{"id":21172,"date":"2022-07-21T10:48:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T10:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lioness-born-at-cheyenne-mountain-zoo-killed-in-alabama-while-meeting-male-lion\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T10:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T10:48:58","slug":"lioness-born-at-cheyenne-mountain-zoo-killed-in-alabama-while-meeting-male-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lioness-born-at-cheyenne-mountain-zoo-killed-in-alabama-while-meeting-male-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Lioness born at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo killed in Alabama while meeting male lion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">BIRMINGHAM, Ala.  (KKTV) &#8211; A zoo is grieving after one of its female lions was killed while being introduced to a male lion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Birmingham Zoo had been trying to find a new mate for African lioness Akili after she lost her longtime companion Kwanza last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe loss of an animal is always sad, but when it is sudden and unexpected, that makes it particularly difficult,\u201d Birmingham Zoo president and CEO Chris Pfefferkorn told sister WBRC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Akili was seriously injured within minutes of meeting lion Josh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cDespite immediate intervention, she succumbed to her injuries and died,\u201d said Hollie Colahan, Birmingham Zoo&#8217;s deputy director.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Akili&#8217;s loss is felt more than 1,000 miles away in Colorado Springs, where she was born in 2005. Akili was selected as a partner for Kwanza and departed the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo for Birmingham in 2007. She and Kwanza welcomed five cubs in 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Josh arrived at the zoo just three months ago, and keepers hoped he and Akili would take to each other.  Tragically, that wasn&#8217;t to be.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WBRC says Josh is remaining at the zoo.  Officials are working with the Lion Species Survival Plan to determine the next steps to take.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Akili&#8217;s keepers say they are \u201cdevastated at this unexpected loss of a long-time favorite animal and member of the zoo family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><i>Copyright 2022 KKTV.  All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (KKTV) &#8211; A zoo is grieving after one of its female lions was killed while being introduced to a male lion. The Birmingham Zoo had been trying to find a new mate for African lioness Akili after she lost her longtime companion Kwanza last year. \u201cThe loss of an animal is always sad, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lioness-born-at-cheyenne-mountain-zoo-killed-in-alabama-while-meeting-male-lion\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lioness born at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo killed in Alabama while meeting male lion<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20066,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/zoo-devastated-after-beloved-african-lioness-dies-while-meeting-new-lion\/","url_meta":{"origin":21172,"position":0},"title":"Zoo &#8216;devastated&#8217; after beloved African lioness dies while meeting new lion","date":"July 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"BIRMINGHAM, Ala. 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