Rehearsing for the big moment on the giant M.G.M. screen is Sam (named after Goldwyn), a 10-week-old lion cub. Mr Lang Masters, of Masters Independent Cinemas, holds the M.G.M. trademark board, while Sam’s sister, Sophie, tries to get in on the act. The two lions were cared for and bottlefed for about three months by Mr Masters’ wife’s brother-in-law, Mr Brian McLeavey, a veterinary surgeon, of Lincoln Road. The cubs are from a litter of three which was rejected by their mother; the third one was killed. Sam and Sophie were recently returned to Wirths Circus at Invercargill.
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98Rehearsing for the big moment on the giant M.G.M. screen is Sam (named after Goldwyn), a 10- week-old lion cub. Mr Lang Masters, of Masters Independent Cinemas, holds the M.G.M. trademark board, while Sam’s sister, Sophie, tries to get in on the act. The two lions were cared for and bottlefed for about three months by Mr Masters’ wife’s brother-in-law, Mr Brian McLeavey, a veterinary surgeon, of Lincoln Road. The cubs are from a litter of three which was rejected by their mother; the third one was killed. Sam and Sophie were recently returned to Wirths Circus at Invercargill. Press, 26 December 1985, Page 10
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