Rare Behind The Scenes Photos From Your Favorite Animated Disney Movies

The Real Lion King

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While making The Lion King, animators spent a lot of time at the LA Zoo, the San Diego Zoo, and the Tippi Hendren Shambala Preserve studying big cats up close.

You can only get so close to zoo lions, though. One day Disney went all out and invited a group of real, trained lions from a local animal ranch to visit the studio.