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CBS NewsJanuary 21, 2020, 4:35 AM GMT+1
A movement to save a group of malnourished and mistreated lions in Sudan has gone global. The hashtag #sudananimalrescue began trending over the weekend after photos emerged showing the lions at Khartoum's Al-Qureshi Park.

Activist Osman Salih posted images of the big cats on Saturday, writing in a Facebook post that "seeing these animals caged and be treated this way made my blood boil."

Some of the lions were mere skin and bones, while others appeared to have untreated conditions such as wounds on their faces. One lion is believed to have died on Monday, according to Salih.
A malnourished lioness sits in her cage at the Al-Qureshi park in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on January 19, 2020. Sudanese citizens and activists have launched a social media campaign to save five lions from starvation after complaints that they were not receiving their daily quota of meat. ASHRAF SHAZLY

"I regret to inform you that the sick female lion has died," Salih said in a post. "The other female is getting better and the male is OK."

An official confirmed the news of the lion's death to AFP. Park officials blamed Sudan's economic crisis for the lions' poor treatment and say they have gone weeks without the proper amount of food and medication. Some lions are believed to have lost more than two-thirds of their body weight.

A group of activists came to the park on Saturday after seeing Salih's social media post. Salih suggests bringing food directly to the lions rather than donating to Al-Qureshi.

According to the World Wildlife Foundation, African lions are a vulnerable species, with just 23,000 remaining. Their numbers have plummeted 40% over the last three generations, WWF claims.
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Lalasticlala
Help push this to frontpage and hopefully we will fight Animal Cruelty in Nigeria

Oh boy see lion be like eke uke dog oh,
Mehn let them do the needful

The zoo keepers are sharing the meat meant for the lions! This can only happen in a failed state!

You judge the civility of a country based on the way it treats it's weak and its animals!

Hunger is Terrible!!
This one is no more a Lion oooo..

This one Na Skeletal specimen

OP abeg add "disturbing photos"

Photo shopped

nuti:
Lalasticlala
Help push this to frontpage and hopefully we will fight Animal Cruelty in Nigeria

Where did you see Nigeria in the write up

Ebenezar2020:
OP abeg add "disturbing photos"

even if you offer this thing fresh meat, where is the stamina to eat it?

This is why i laugh at the stupidity of those that always shout that we should stop killing the wild animals we come across and rather send them to the zoo... Who will cater for them at the zoo? It's either we let them go or we kill them for food but sending them to the zoo is a no no for me because it's like sending them to hell.

No matter the hunger of a Lion, it can never eat grass.





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I can fight dis lion 1 on 1 walahi

This lion get Aids

I've never seen a starving lion, shit like this only happens in Africa!

phuck lions! who is saving us from the herders and boko

Oh poor lions.

Pls someone should take a pic of the lions in Ibadan and Jos zoos and post online...we have a similar condition.
Zoo attendants fatter than a lion.

Poor lions.:!!:.But then, there are humans just like these lions that needs assistance in Sudan.:!!:.

I can personally kill this lion with my bare hands

Lion ko.... People wey dey Sudan don chop??. Campaign for them first

I weak!

This one no be lion again, na leo