Rare Barbary lion born at local zoo

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GROVE CITY, Pa. — The newest member of Grove City's Keystone Safari zoo is a lion cub.

According to our news partners at TribLIVE.com, Simba was born in May.

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Simba was named after a character in Disney's The Lion King remake, which hits theaters on Thursday.

He's a Barbary lion, which is extinct in the wild.

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