(AP) – A Missouri tiger sanctuary is raising eight lion cubs
that unexpectedly joined the family after a lion, who had undergone two
vasectomies, sired them.
The Springfield News-Leader reports that Leo the lion had received his first
vasectomy in 2015. Late last year, National Tiger Sanctuary in Saddlebrooke
staff was surprised to discover that he had fathered two cubs. However, both
died from a vitamin A deficiency.
Staff members then gave Leo a second vasectomy, but he somehow managed to sire
eight additional cubs this year.
Keepers checking on one lioness on April Fools’ Day found her with four cubs.
Staff then checked a second lioness for pregnancy, and four more cubs were born
a month later.
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