Belfast Zoo's two Barbary lionesses Thheiba and Fidda pass away at 22

Thheiba and Fidda, sister Barbary lionesses at Belfast Zoo, have both been euthanised at age 22 following health decline and to prevent welfare stress from separation. The pair were significant contributors to the EAZA Ex-Situ Programme, producing multiple offspring to help secure the future of this lion sub-species, now extinct in the wild.