The Sacramento Zoo received Binti under the species survival plan, which helps maintain a diverse and biologically sound population. The Land Park zoo has frequently engaged in those exchanges — a snow leopard named Blizzard left the capital city in October under the same program.

The four-year-old lioness comes over from the Detroit Zoo as part of the Lion Species Survival Plan – an initiative of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to manage the breedi

The Sacramento Zoo recently welcomed a new resident and her name is Binti. Binti is a 4-year-old lioness who arrived from the Detroit Zoo as part of a recommendation by the Lion Species Survival Plan,