He loves tummy rubs, his favourite toys are old shoes.

The cub, who was the only one in the litter, had to be separated from his mother Luca at two weeks of age when her milk dried up

The lion cub is being bottle fed a special milk formula by five-year-old Aliya and her three-year-old brother Ryan.

The lion cub is being bottle fed a special milk formula by five-year-old Aliya and her three-year-old brother Ryan.

The cub, which was born at the Paradise Valley Springs wildlife park near Rotorua, now weighs 12 kilos and is putting on a kilo a week.

The lion cub is being bottle fed a special milk formula by five-year-old Aliya and her three-year-old brother Ryan.

The lion cub has been bottle fed by five-year-old Aliya and her three-year-old brother Ryan.