Authorities believe their mother was hit and killed by a vehicle in the Portola Valley area of San Mateo County in the San ...

The three rescued cubs were relatively healthy but thin after it was determined the mother was absent for about two weeks before their rescue, zoo officials said.

Aspinall Foundation chairman Damian Aspinall plays with the lion cubs. Photo: Daz Takes Photos But park bosses say the new arrivals will remain at Howletts “for the foreseeable future”.