Disaster Swedish zoo eunthanizing healthy lion cubs - Should have been the kebabs instead

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A Swedish zoo is facing a media storm after it admitted to euthanising nine healthy lions.

Boras Djurpark in western Sweden admitted to killing the lions after they failed to integrate into the zoo's pride, Swedish newspaper Expressen reports.

Furthermore the zoo could put down more of the animals if they have the same problem in later litters.



All the lions killed were born at the zoo in three different litters between 2012 and 2016 before being put down.

Potter, Weasley, Simba, Rafiki, Nala, Sarabi, Kiara, Kovu and Banzai were all named after pop culture characters from The Lion King and Harry Potter and lived around one or two years before being euthanised.

Potter and Weasley were the most recent, born in 2016. They were euthanised on January 2.

The zoo says it was unable to find a new home for the animals and instead opted to put them down due to aggressive behaviour in the pride.

The zoo defended the decision to euthanise the young lions in a statement from CEO Bo Kjellson.

"In accordance with animal welfare, our animals should be able to express all natural behaviors possible, including breeding and the caring of offspring," he said.

"The euthanasia takes place at a biologically relevant junction, such as weaning, leaving the family unit or any other social group.

"We are very transparent about this concept, both in our communication with our visiting guests and students, as well as in our communication with the media."

Following the euthanisation the lions, the bodies were donated to the Leibnitz-Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria bio-bank.

As if Sweden can get any worse

 

[CWCissey]

This reminds me of that shitstorm surrounding the euthanisation and recycling (they fed it to the lions after exhibiting a dissection to schoolchildren) of a giraffe a couple of years ago in Denmark.

 

[Intelligent Calcium]

Boras Djurpark in western Sweden admitted to killing the lions after they failed to integrate into the zoo's pride, Swedish newspaper Expressen reports.

Euthanized for failing to integrate in Sweden.

 

[DICKPICSRUS]

Euthanized for failing to integrate in Sweden.

Sweden can find homes for rapefugees but cant find home for some lion Cubs

 

[QB 290]

Sweden is coming up with some really creative ways to look fucking stupid in front of the rest of the world.

 

[Fleshy Sanik]

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As if Sweden can get any worse

Hey, they realised that those cubs were aggressive and would threaten the pride.
They are running a zoo, not some kind of mortal combat fight club with animals.

Really, this is progress for sweden. Now if they could learn from this and implement it in other parts of society

 

[AnOminous]

How can I respond to this other than by going REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

FUCK SWEDEN.

This is the most shit country in the universe.

Hey, they realised that those cubs were aggressive and would threaten the pride.
They are running a zoo, not some kind of mortal combat fight club with animals.

Really, this is progress for sweden. Now if they could learn from this and implement it in other parts of society

They should be starting a new pride with these obviously more fit animals.

Instead of doing what they're doing and importing incredibly unfit animals.

 

[frozenrunner]

They could at least be consistent and let the aggressive outsider lions maim and terrorize the animals already living peacefully in Sweden.

 

[AnOminous]

They could at least be consistent and let the aggressive outsider lions maim and terrorize the animals already living peacefully in Sweden.

They should just release them into their major cities. It's pretty much what they're doing with their other major aggressive imported mammals.

 

[Fleshy Sanik]

How can I respond to this other than by going REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

FUCK SWEDEN.

This is the most shit country in the universe.



They should be starting a new pride with these obviously more fit animals.

Instead of doing what they're doing and importing incredibly unfit animals.

Its a zoo, what are they going to do? Have 15 lion enclosures? In the wild cubs wander off from the pride all the time and most of the time they get eaten by buzzards.
Animals have more offspring than can be allowed to survive, it is just how nature works.

They should just release them into their major cities. It's pretty much what they're doing with their other major aggressive imported mammals.

They would just get raped to death by roaming gangs of neurosurgeons and rocket scientists from Somalia

 

[AnOminous]

Its a zoo, what are they going to do? Have 15 lion enclosures? In the wild cubs wander off from the pride all the time and most of the time they get eaten by buzzards.
Animals have more offspring than can be allowed to survive, it is just how nature works.

Fuck that bullshit. Release them into Stockholm. Then we will see who is fit to live.

 

[QB 290]

Its a zoo, what are they going to do? Have 15 lion enclosures? In the wild cubs wander off from the pride all the time and most of the time they get eaten by buzzards.
Animals have more offspring than can be allowed to survive, it is just how nature works.

Then, forget an enclosure.
Put them in a sandy gladiatorial area and feed them with live rapists. Sweden has enough to feed them for decades so they should be fine.
Or you know, zoo transfers, they do exist and there's always a market for healthy rare animals, especially lions.

 

[AnOminous]

Then, forget an enclosure.
Put them in a sandy gladiatorial area and feed them with live rapists. Sweden has enough to feed them for decades so they should be fine.
Or you know, zoo transfers, they do exist and every zoo wants lions.

They need to save the resources they use for sick rapists, so they would rather kill healthy lions.

 

[Elwood P. Dowd]

I'd bet all the lions euthanized were males. IIRC once male lions go beyond cub status they're either killed or chased out of the pride by the dominant male.

(And even if that isn't true, I'd still bet all the lions euthanized were males. This is Sweden we're talking about here.)

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Or you know, zoo transfers, they do exist and there's always a market for healthy rare animals, especially lions.

Not so sure about lions, but tigers in captivity are kind of becoming ridiculously common. Especially in Texas, of all places.

 

[AnOminous]

I'd bet all the lions euthanized were males. IIRC once male lions go beyond cub status they're either killed or chased out of the pride by the dominant male.

(And even if that isn't true, I'd still bet all the lions euthanized were males. This is Sweden we're talking about here.)

I'm pretty sure they were all Christian lions, too. The moment they identified with Aslan, they euthanized them.

Fucking Swedish cocksuckers.

 

[Sylvie Paula Paula]

d bet all the lions euthanized were males. IIRC once male lions go beyond cub status they're either killed or chased out of the pride by the dominant male.

(And even if that isn't true, I'd still bet all the lions euthanized were males. This is Sweden we're talking about here.)

Given the names, I think 3 of them were either female or possibly misidentified to be female at birth (Nala, Sarabi & Kiara).

 

[AnOminous]

Given the names, I think 3 of them were either female or possibly misidentified to be female at birth (Nala, Sarabi & Kiara).

What a shitty country.

Not only do they murder lions, they murder them after naming them.

They can't even conceal their crimes.

 

[RG 448]

“Simba, Rafiki, Nala, Sarabi, Kiara, Kovu and Banzai”
Did sweden even watch the fucking lion king? Only like half of those are actual lion names, no wonder they couldn’t fit in.

 

[Roast Chicken]

This zoo has a reputation for putting down healthy animals when they run out of space and can't relocate them. I think they should consider putting their animals on birth control or separating the males and females instead of going "Meh, euthanize them" when confronted with more animals than they can hold.

 

[vertexwindi]

This zoo has a reputation for putting down healthy animals when they run out of space and can't relocate them. I think they should consider putting their animals on birth control or separating the males and females instead of going "Meh, euthanize them" when confronted with more animals than they can hold.

Couldn't they sell them to other zoos or something? Isn't there a market for healthy zoo animals?