After Marius the Giraffe, Copenhagen Zoo kills Whole Lion Family (Including 2 Cubs)

27 March 2014

 - Copenhagen zoo, which caused an international outcry after it killed a healthy giraffe because of its breeding procedures, has put down a pair of adult lions and two cubs.

Citing the “pride’s natural structure and behaviour,” Copenhagen Zoo said on Tuesday that two old lions had been ‘euthanised’ as part of a ‘generational shift’.

It added that the cubs were also put down because they were not old enough to fend for themselves and “would have been killed by the new male lion.”

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