The Brief

The Fort Worth Zoo has announced the birth of two new African lion cubs, a male and a female, born on June 29, 2025.

The cubs have been named Imara ("strength") and Tamu ("sweet"), and they are full siblings to the zoo's other young cub, Moja.

The cubs are currently bonding with their mother behind the scenes and are expected to make their public debut in the coming weeks.

FORT WORTH, Texas - The Fort Worth Zoo announces the birth of two lion cubs!

What we know:

A male-female sibling pair of lion cubs were born on June 29, 2025, to mother Saba and father Jabulani. These are Saba’s second and third cubs, and they are full siblings to brother Moja, who was born Oct. 20, 2023.

Mother Saba

Since the birth of the sibling cubs, the two have been growing behind the scenes and

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