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Dale & Lucinda Cockrell’s adventures with animals in Africa, Part 1

CASPAR, THE ONLY white lion of about 2,000 in Kruger National Park, may be old and battered, but he is still the king of his pride of 14. His white color is the result of leucism, a condition that follows from recessive coloration genes in both parents.

In the fall of 2024, Dale and Lucinda Cockrell of Lincoln traveled to South Africa for a five-week stay in Kruger National Park. Over the course of the trip, Dale Cockrell snapped more than 18,000 photos.

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