
Images of starving lions in Sudan zoo spark global concern
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- Category: World News
- Published Wednesday, January 22, 2020
- CTV News

KHARTOUM, SUDAN -- At an impoverished, forlorn zoo in Sudan's capital, several lions are starving in rusted cages -- their ribs protruding, eyes glassy and skin flaccid, they are desperate for food and water.
The unsettling images, shared on social media by a local animal rights advocate, drew impassioned responses from thousands around the world.