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Zookeepers have welcomed a new lion cub – but not the tricky task of weighing her.
Karis, a one month old lion cub being weighed at Blair Drummond Safari Park near StirlingKaris, a one month old lion cub being weighed at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling
Karis, a one month old lion cub being weighed at Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling

Karis is the second lion cub to be born at Blair Drummond Safari Park, near Stirling, and handlers had to use a sack to get her on the scales.

Weighing in at 5kg, Karis will stay with her mother until she is 12 weeks old before they are returned to the pride.

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Park manager Gary Gilmour said: “Even though she is a wee cutie, keepers had to use a hessian sack to help with the weigh-in, as even at five weeks old she can still give a nasty scratch.”

Karis will grow to around 150kg and brings the pride to eight lions in total.