The cubs are routinely separated from their mother after birth in order to get them acclimated to their handlers and also to keep better eye on their growth and development.
A lion cub whose twin had recently died. The zoo that he was born in separates the cubs born there from their mother and hand-raises them until they are old enough to be reintroduced into the pride.
Spend your next 29 minutes with them wherever you are! The one-month-old lion cubs and mother, Adia, play, nurse, lick, bite, lick, frolic, get licked some more, and fog the lens of a video camera stationed at floor height in their heated den room.
