Exotic lion

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'Love is tough': Affluent Pakistanis increasingly keep, then abandon, exotic pet lions

Owners would previously gift lions to Lahore Zoo but authorities now refusing to take in more due to overcrowding
Lion cubs could fetch more than $2,500 a few years ago, now former lion owners say hard to get one fourth of that amount

By Muhammad Akbar Bajwa · 15 July 2022