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Animals News tagged with lions

Lions Kill Rare White Tiger at Czech Republic Zoo
Animals  (tags: horrific tragedy, czech zoo, lions, killed, white tiger )

Simone
- 1 day ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Two lions at a zoo in the northern Czech Republic have killed a rare white tigress after entering her enclosure. The incident happened at Liberec Zoo - the only one in the country which has white tigers. Zoo workers were alerted by the cries of
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White Tigress Slaughtered By Lions
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tiger, lions, killed, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife, death )

Cher
- 1 day ago - sofiaecho.com
Two lions at Liberec Zoo in the northern Czech Republic killed a rare white tigress after entering her enclosure
9 comments
Penguins and Sea Lions Help Produce New Atlas
Animals  (tags: Penguins, Lions, Ecosystem, New Atlas )

Nancy
- 4 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The atlas contains the most accurate maps ever assembled for this ecosystem revealing key migratory corridors that span from coastlines to deep-sea feeding areas off the continental shelf hundreds of miles away.
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Photo Gallery: Lions
Animals  (tags: Male lions, Lions, female )

Nancy
- 5 days ago - animals.nationalgeographic.co.in
Male lions generally leave hunting duties to the female members of the pride, helping out on occasion. Only when they are on their own do they demonstrate their hunting abilities.
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At the Zoo, No Escape for a Deer in the Lions' Den
Animals  (tags: deer, lions, sadness, suffering, euthanized )

Lone
- 11 days ago - washingtonpost.com
A deer that jumped a wall at the National Zoo was fatally injured by two lions Sunday as dozens of startled spectators looked on.
3 comments
Third Lion Killed in 6 Months in Vandalur
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, lions, environment, death, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 16 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
In the third such incident in six months, a 19-year-old lion died on Tuesday after a bloody fight with other lions at the rescue and rehabilitation centre attached to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park
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Female Lion Leaving New Brunswick Zoo After She Attacks Unwilling Mate
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, lions, zoos, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 17 days ago - google.com
There's no jungle love in the lion enclosure at New Brunswick's Magnetic Hill Zoo, and that's left an older lioness so frustrated and angry she has resorted to violence.
3 comments
Big Cats Lose Claws
Animals  (tags: lion man, new zealand, lions, tiger, declawed, mutilation, cruelty )

Simone
- 25 days ago - stuff.co.nz
Big cats featured on The Lion Man hit TV show are suffering after having their paws 'mutilated' so they could perform with their handlers, says the wildlife park troubleshooter now overseeing the animals' welfare. Some 29 of the 37 lions and tigers
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Big Cats' Big Plight
Animals  (tags: animals, environment, protection, habitat, nature, lions, Africa, wildlife, wildanimals, AnimalWelfare )

Cher
- 28 days ago - bangkokpost.com
The lions of Africa are threatened as never before; with the population numbering just a tenth of what it was mere decades ago. This month, wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin attempts to find out what happened to these majestic beasts in Investigation Earth
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Helsinki's Big Cats Dine on Feral Park Bunnies
Animals  (tags: animals, lions, zoos, feral bunnies, food, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 29 days ago - yle.fi
Lions and other big cats at Helsinki's Korkeasaari Zoo got their first taste of home-grown feral bunnies on Wednesday.
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LIONSROCK Tour:Visiting the Lions
Animals  (tags: animals, lions, Lionsrock, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 32 days ago - vier-pfoten.org
Can you imagine how much a former zoo-lion enjoys his life in LIONSROCK? Come and visit Cesar, Octavian and the other lions in their new home! Experience the FOUR PAWS big cats sanctuary, the fascinating wildlife and the natural beauty of South Africa
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Chinese Threat to Gir Lions
Animals  (tags: animals, Gir, lions, Chinese medicines, poaching, killing, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 35 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
The International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has, in its red list, the Asiatic lion as an endangered species. The main threat to the Gir lion, it says, is from poachers who sell its bone as tiger bone which is used in Chinese remedies.
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Time Running Out for Africa's Big Cats
Animals  (tags: animals, lions, Africa, killing, hunting, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 38 days ago - ajc.com
Just 50 years ago there were close to a half-million lions in Africa -- about 450,000 in all. Today there are between 16,000 and 23,000. And yet, unlike elephants (a far more numerous species), lions have no protection under the international accord
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Masai Warriors 'Protect' Lions! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, lions, protection, Masai, environment, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 41 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A group of Masai warriors in Kenya have turned from hunting lions to protecting them as part of a unique wildlife project.
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Lion-Killing Maasai Leave Spears at Home
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, lions, protection, environment, habitat, wildlife )

Cher
- 43 days ago - in.reuters.com
Olubi Larambe, Bilenanke Sitieyo, Linkena Ngindau and Mokoi Lekanai, all "morans", or "warriors" in the Maasai age-group system, are Lion Guardians, and the tracking device they are using is their weapon of choice in a war to halt the rapid decline of
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