The cubs, three females and one male, have spent latest weeks within the Czech zoo’s outside enclosure with their dad and mom, Khalila and Bart. They may quickly be transferred to different zoos concerned within the breeding programme, together with Beersheba Zoo in Israel.
Barbary lions as soon as roamed throughout North Africa however have been declared extinct within the wild by the Nineteen Sixties. Fewer than 200 are thought to stay in captivity worldwide.
Early discussions have taken place with Moroccan authorities a few attainable reintroduction of the Barbary lion to its pure habitat. A convention of specialists is deliberate later this yr or in early 2026 to discover whether or not such a transfer might be viable.
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