They were able to rescue three lions and one tiger from the Kharkiv Ecopark.

[Donkees]

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Kharkiv Zookeepers Relocate Lions to Safer Areas

Fri, April 8, 2022, 2:00 AM

As if keeping their residents safe were not difficult enough in the face of Russian shelling, officials in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine, are also attempting to relocate several large animals from a local zoo. ‘Transporting lions is not an easy task,’ said local politician Oleksandr Feldman. ‘Especially when animals have been under stress from shelling for more than a month and, in general, from the fact that their calm and measured life has changed dramatically.' Though the animals have been evacuated safely, it is not immediately clear where their next permanent home will be. But the zoo says it has received several overtures from elsewhere in Ukraine, as well as from some international cities.

[secondwind]

1. That poor lion cannot even turn around.............

[Donkees]

2. They were to be euthanized if transport wasn't possible.

[zeusdogmom]

3. To be sure not the greatest transport container

But sometimes you have to work with what you have. Hopefully the relocation trip was not too long. My heart is breaking for all living things in Ukraine

[North Shore Chicago]

4. This is heartbreaking!

Putin and his terrorist soldiers will go to hell! (if you believe in such a thing)

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. A lot of incredibly brave people have managed to

get those animals out.

Unbelievable!

I read thst 40 zoo keepers and 50 civilians stayed with those animals to care for them

[Donkees]

6. And some were killed by the animals.

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. I didn't see that. But working with wild animals

is always risky even under good conditions.

[treestar]

7. Glad they did not euthanize them

An earlier report was they feared they might have to.