Yokohama - 2 April 2008 1. Mid-shot of lion cub zooming in 2. Pan from milk bottle to cub being milked 3. Mid-shot of lion cub drinking the milk 4. Zookeeper pan down to cub drinking milk 5. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Shunichiro Tajima, zookeeper: "Because it's a rare lion close to extinction, it is receiving a lot of attention. But even without such attention, any animal being born makes me truly happy as a zoo keeper." 5. Cub growling at the camera from his cage 6. Close-up of the cub 7. Top shot of cub being fed some meat 8. Close-up of zookeeper Tajima 9. Cub eating meat 10. Close-up of cub finishing his meal 11. Mid-shot of cub after the meal Tama Zoo, Tokyo - FILE: March 2008 12. Fast forwarded monitoring video footage of a cheetah in labour and a cub being born 13. Fast forwarded monitoring video footage of the cheetah giving birth to all four new borns 14. Mid-shot of cheetah cubs 15. Wide-shot of the cubs 16. Cheetah cub being held to be weighed 17. Wide-shot of mother cheetah 18. Cheetah cub being weighed in a shoe box STORYLINE: Zoos in Japan are celebrating the arrival of newborn lion and cheetah cubs at the beginning of a warm spring. One rare lion cub, born on 11th February, made his first public appearance on the 21st of March. Visitors will be able to see him on Fridays and Saturdays from 3rd May at the Zoorasia in Yokohama, Japan. The precious Indian lion cub, also known as the Asiatic lion, was very weak and put in an infant incubator immediately and the zoo has decided to raise the cubs. Two cubs were born but the sibling died after the birth. Scampering around, the seven-week-old Indian lion is being treated like the "prince" of the zoo because he is the first male cub in eight years. On Wednesday, he was named "Raja" deriving from the Hindi word for "King". The cub rested its front paws on the milk bottle as proud father Shunichiro Tajima fed the cub like he does everyday. The rare cub has been nurtured by the zoo keeper and have grown to a healthy 5198 grammes. In the past eight years, male cubs were born but none of them survived. Raja is the proud survivor of the Zoorasia. His older brother is housed at Ueno Zoo at Tokyo. The cubs are particularly special because they are so rare - there are barely 500 of the species still in existence - 300 in the wild and 200 in captivity. Keyword animals wacky You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/99f2039ba4caa7084fb137c088119c6d Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork