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Animal rescuers evacuate a lion cub from war-torn Lebanon to South Africa

1:20pm November 15, 2024

The group Animals Lebanon says it rescued Sara the lion cub from abuse by a Lebanese social media influencer, kept it safe in Beirut and sent it to a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa.

A wild boar is pictured in Berlin in November 2017. This week, local officials in a nearby suburb said they confused one of these animals for a lioness, prompting them to ask residents to stay inside as they searched for the animal.

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The 'lioness' that sparked a massive search near Berlin may have just been a boar

12:47pm July 21, 2023

by Emily Olson

For 36 hours, dozens of police, veterinarians and hunters scoured a wooded German suburb while warning residents a lion could be at large. Turns out they may have misjudged a video of the animal.

Last lion at North Carolina Zoo gets a companion

2:46pm April 10, 2023

by Alexander Friedel

A new lion has been added to the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro and his name is Haji.

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The Oklahoma City Zoo welcomed four lion cubs on Sept. 26, its first litter of African lion cubs in 15 years.

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Oklahoma City Zoo welcomed its first lion cubs in 15 years. You can help name them

1:18pm November 07, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

Dunia, a 7-year-old African lion, gave birth to three females and one male in September. Fans can vote for one of three groups of names on the zoo's website until Monday at midnight.

A former circus lion peers from inside a cage during their arrival at OR Tambo International airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.

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PHOTOS: 33 Rescued Circus Lions Airlifted From Peru To South Africa

2:39pm May 01, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The organizers are calling it the "largest airlift of lions in history." The animals were rescued from circuses after Colombia and Peru banned the use of wild animals in circuses.

Photographers take pictures of the lion carcass before it's publicly dissected at Odense Zoo in Denmark. It was the zoo's second public dissection of a lion in four months.

Danes Say Zoo Dissections Fit With Country's 'Very Honest' Parenting

10:57am January 22, 2016

by Sidsel Overgaard

Last weekend at an event in Denmark called "Animals Inside Out," a college biology student publicly dissected a lion. Attendees — including young children — were given a close-up, gory view.

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In a speech on Monday, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said his compatriots failed to protect Cecil the lion.

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Zimbabwe's President Blames 'Vandals' For Killing Cecil The Lion

2:33pm August 14, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

President Robert Mugabe made his first public statement about the lion, saying his compatriots must protect their country's natural resources from foreign "vandals."

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Jericho the lion, right, seen here fighting with Cecil last year, was the subject of competing stories Saturday, as groups in Zimbabwe disagreed over whether he had been killed.

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Jericho Isn't Cecil's Brother And Is Probably Still Alive, Lion Researcher Says

8:53am August 03, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Citing "huge disgust and sadness," a conservation group said the lion nicknamed Jericho had been killed Saturday. But a researcher in Zimbabwe says he doesn't believe it.

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Death Of Beloved Lion Heats Up Criticism Of Big Game Hunting

1:59pm July 31, 2015

by Jackie Northam

The killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe has highlighted big game hunting. Hunters legally kill more than 600 African lions every year. More than half the tourists hunting in Africa are American.

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Cecil the lion is shown walking in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park in a YouTube video from July 9, 2015. Credit: Bryan Orford

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Investigation Underway Into Killing Of Cecil, Zimbabwe's Best Known Lion

12:39pm July 31, 2015

by NPR Staff

The killing of the beloved lion, hunted for sport, has been condemned by wildlife conservationists. A conservationist in Zimbabwe says a ban should be imposed on the hunting of endangered animals.

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