Four cubs of Barbary Lion Cubs recently appeared for the first time in a Czech Zoo eventually working to re -submit the strain to its original habitats after decades after it became extinct in the wilderness.
The three and male females were seen playing in an outdoor container in the DVůr králové safari garden on Wednesday, and enjoy themselves under the eyes of their fathers, empty and bart. The cubs were He was born in early January It was I was first monitored In the Assad Pavilion in April.
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But their house will change soon. As part of the international endangered species program that coordinates efforts to remain in captivity, the cubs will be sent to other participating gardens, including the Perespa Zoo in Israel.
It is possible that the story is not the end of the animal.
The deputy director of DVůr Králové Jaroslav Hyjánek said that although the initial steps have been taken to re -introduce the Burberry lion to its normal home, it is still “a far away future.”
Burberry, a majestic member of the northern lion strains, was previously wandering freely in North Africa, including the Atlas Mountains.
A symbol of force, was almost completely wiped due to human activities. Many were killed by wrestlers in the Roman era, while excessive fishing and the loss of habitats later contributed to their extinction.
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The last known image of the wilderness was taken in 1925, while the last individual was killed in 1942. It is believed that the last population of young people became extinct in the wilderness in the mid -sixties.
Currently, you are able less than 200 Blames that live in captivity.
These are not the first barbarian cubs born in the Dvůr Králové safari garden. Two cubs were born in July 2021Three in July 2020 And two in May 2019Everything for my mother Khalil I made it for the first time In the zoo in 2018.
The park said that the licensed education of the lions “is guided by the recommendations of the coordinator of the European Conservation Program” on its appropriate colleagues and the place of placing the cubs for the highest genetic diversity as possible.
“These steps are essential to keep the species in the future,” said the zoo.
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Peter David Josek / Aug
Hyjánek said that after preliminary talks with the Moroccan authorities, which did not reject the idea of re -presenting, the Experts Conference in Morocco was planned in late this year or early 2026 to decide whether it was logical to move forward in such a plan in a national park in the ATLAS Mountains.
That is, the re -submitting will face many bureaucratic obstacles and other obstacles. Since Assad was not in the environment for a long time, the plans will have to ensure its protection, combat prey, cooperation and approval from local communities.
Hyjánek said this step is still worth trying if it turns out to be sustainable.
“It is important that you have such a vision for any animal,” he said. “Without it, the presence of zoos will not have meaning.”
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