Kingdom of The White Lions
- 2004 - The Arrival.
West Midland Safari Park marked 2004 as a special year with the introduction of the UK’s first ever pride of rare African white lions the 4 Lions came from the sister park Ongarva in Namibia, the one male and 3 females form the attraction Kingdom of the white lions.
- 2007 - The Legend Grows.
In 2007 four cubs were born in the space of nine hours, not only the first born in the UK and at the park but doubling the pride from just four to eight, Two weeks later another two cubs was born bring the total to ten. The biggest and only pride of white lions in the UK. The park now branded "WMSP, Home of the White Lions" and that year marketed Kingdom Of The White Lions, The Legend Grows.
- 2008–Present.
Kingdom Of The White Lions now holds the UK's largest Pride of White Lions with a total of 20 making the pride. In January 2011 the park named 'kingdom of the White Lions' the park's greatest animal exhibits in its 37-year history.
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