Male Barbary lion Qays at Belfast Zoo Kingdom of the Barbary Lion, the new habitat created for three barbary lions at Belfast Zoological Gardens, Aug. 7, 2023. Liam McBurney/PA Images via Getty ...

Now, folks can come visit these incredible barbary lions in person at the ranch. That’s the only place they can be seen because this type of lion is extinct in the wild.

It's basically Tinder for Barbary Lions and other endangered animals," he laughs. Lara Clarke, the senior lion keeper at the zoo, says: "Things don't look great for the Barbary Lion.

Barbary lions originally roamed northern Africa, from Morocco to Egypt. But they were declared extinct in the wild in 1922, after centuries of over-exploitation and habitat destruction by humans. Some ...