Three week old lion cub dies at a Victorian Zoo

Three week old lion cub dies at a Victorian Zoo

Zoos Victoria staff has been left heartbroken after they were forced to euthanise a three-week-old African lion cub.

Lion cub dies at Victorian Zoo

Zoos Victoria staff has been left heartbroken after they were forced to euthanise a three-week-old African lion cub.

Zoo mourns lion cub | Brimbank & North West

The African Lion cub recently born at Werribee Open Range Zoo has died from kidney issues after its mother unexpectedly stopped producing maternal milk. At three weeks old, the cub was showing signs of lethargy, weakness and poor weight gain which prompted an emergency examination under anaesthesia at the zoo’s veterinary hospital on Sunday, April 13. Following extensive care that included fluid therapy and high density oral supplements, the vet…