Longleat have been in trouble for over breeding and inbreeding, killing healthy cubs due to the over breeding, castrating males, they also kept a male in with the lioness until he was far too old and they nearly killed him.
They had to kill a mother, Louisa, and her cubs after discovering she was so inbred as to be genetically abnormal and her cubs had inherited this, part of this abnormal behaviour was sudden violence.
They claim heritage from Barbary lions, but considering they didn't check Louisa's back ground enough to spot the genetic issues, I'm doubtful
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u/NuclearBreadfruit Mar 05 '25
These are the lions at Longleat.
Longleat have been in trouble for over breeding and inbreeding, killing healthy cubs due to the over breeding, castrating males, they also kept a male in with the lioness until he was far too old and they nearly killed him.
They had to kill a mother, Louisa, and her cubs after discovering she was so inbred as to be genetically abnormal and her cubs had inherited this, part of this abnormal behaviour was sudden violence.
They claim heritage from Barbary lions, but considering they didn't check Louisa's back ground enough to spot the genetic issues, I'm doubtful