Zoo Kills Healthy Lion Cubs Because They Became ‘Surplus’ Animals

A lioness waits to be fed at a zoo. Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images

A zoo in Sweden admitted to killing healthy lion cubs because it could no longer keep them.

Borås Djurpark, an animal park in western Sweden, said it had euthanized nine healthy lion cubs since 2012 because they were not able to sell or relocate them, reported the Independent.