The 20 Lions at Lacey's live in a huge enclosure. Each of them was born in specialist breeding stations and bought up among humans. But even lions, or Leo Panthera to be formal, that are used to this amount of to human company should never be taken for granted. With a typical female tipping the scales at 200 Kg and the males at more than 300 Kg these beautiful creatures remain predators. With huge claws, powerful muscles and teeth that can crush a coconut, it is always safest to avoid getting that bit too close.