Meet the suburban Sydney 'lion keeper' in his lounge room

Source: Agencies | August 12, 2014, Tuesday |

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At six weeks of age, little Nathan, Mal and their sister who is yet to be named, resemble three kittens purring and napping for the majority of the day.

But by the end of the year, Ben Britton, 37, expects his current African lion roommates to weigh up to 40 kilograms each and no longer fit on his couch.

As the director of Wild Animal Encounters in Western Sydney, Mr Britton has taken on the role of the lions' mother from the day they were born, after their natural mother rejected them.

'They're only just starting to find their feet,' Mr Britton told Daily Mail Australia.

'They're sleeping around 20-22 hours a day at the moment so they're not very active, they only have short bursts of energy when they're fed which is about four times a day, and then they crash about half an hour after that.'

Wild lion numbers are falling at a significant rate across the world, dropping to 26,000 from over half a million in only 100 years.

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Meet the suburban Sydney 'lion keeper' in his lounge room

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