A Zoo in Sweden has admitted it killed Nine healthy Lion Cubs

Two cubs from this litter (Potter and Weasly) were killed. Source: Boras zoo

This is devastating...

Borås Djurpark, a Zoo in Sweden, has admitted it put nine-Lion Cubs to sleep over a six year period, from 2012 to 2018.

It's understood that the pride was growing too large and agressive, and the Zoo claimed it was unable to sell or move them.

Park CEO Bo Kjellson said he and his staff were forced to decide who to get rid of ‘and it had to be the cubs’.

Speaking to Swedish broadcaster SVT, he said: ‘'At that time we had already tried to sell or to relocate them at other zoos for a long time but, unfortunately, there were no zoos that could receive them.

When the aggression became too big in the group we had to remove some animals. And it had to be them.’'

The names of the poor Cubs were: Potter, Weasley, Simba, Rafiki, Nala, Sarabi, Kiara, Kovu and Banzai.

Source: Boras zoo

Kjellson added that the killings are a ‘natural path’ and has to be done when ‘animals at the zoo do not fit into a group’.

So sad!