Iran: Asiatic lions return to Iran after more than 80 years

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News ID: 38746
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 21:43 - 02 May 2019
A pair of Asiatic lions have returned to Iran after eighty years, in a ceremony held at Tehran Zoological Garden.

Iran: Asiatic lions return to Iran after more than 80 yearsTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -The institution took seven years to bring back the lions after submitting a request to the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria.

Asiatic lions once were present in the Middle East and India, but today only a small number of them survive in the wild.

(Source: Ruptly) 

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iran ، people ، Lions
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