The Danish zoo that sparked international outrage after killing an 18-month-old giraffe and then dissecting it in public has drawn further criticism after euthanised four lions.

Copenhagen Zoo has said that two lions and their two cubs had to be put down to make way for a new male.

And now the zoo has said it ‘had to euthanise’ the two lions and their cubs – ‘who were not old enough to fend for themselves’.

According to The Guardian, the new male lion would have killed the ten-month-old cubs ‘as soon as he got the chance’.

After the zoo was unable to find a new home for the lions, all related, they were put down yesterday.

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