<P> White lions in the area of Timbavati is the same subspecies as the tawny Southeast African lion ( Panthera leo krugeri ) found in some wildlife reserves in South Africa , and in zoological parks around the world . They were thought to have been indigenous to the Timbavati region of South Africa for centuries , although the earliest recorded sighting in this region was in 1938 . Regarded as divine by locals , white lions first came to public attention in the 1970s , in Chris McBride 's book The White Lions of Timbavati . </P>
<P> White lions in the area of Timbavati is the same subspecies as the tawny Southeast African lion ( Panthera leo krugeri ) found in some wildlife reserves in South Africa , and in zoological parks around the world . They were thought to have been indigenous to the Timbavati region of South Africa for centuries , although the earliest recorded sighting in this region was in 1938 . Regarded as divine by locals , white lions first came to public attention in the 1970s , in Chris McBride 's book The White Lions of Timbavati . </P>
where are white lions found in the world
where are white lions found in the world
the Timbavati region of South Africa
the Timbavati region of South Africa