African lion cub, Lomelok, euthanized at Lincoln Park Zoo after slow recovery from spinal surgery

Visitors brave the rain and dreary weather to see the three young cubs lounging with their father, Jabari, and other lions on heated rocks on, May 1, 2023, at Lincoln Park Zoo. The cubs turned 4 months old on May 9.

Several of the lions, including the young cubs, watch visitors brave the rain and dreary weather on May 1, 2023, at Lincoln Park Zoo. Three lion cubs make their debut at the Pepper Family Wildlife Center on April 14, 2023, at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.The first of three cubs gingerly enters the enclosure alongside its mother, Zari, for first time at the Pepper Family Wildlife Center on April 14, 2023, at the Lincoln Park Zoo. The cubs, all males, were born at the zoo Jan.

“We have been overwhelmed by the support from the community for Lomelok throughout his health journey,” said Cassy Kutilek, the curator of mammals, in a Monday news release. “Lomelok’s name means ‘sweet’ in the Maa language, and that was the best way to describe him. There are no words to articulate how deeply he will be missed.”, grew to more than 250 pounds. Zoo officials said he had started growing a thick adolescent mane.

When Lomelok started to grow, staff were concerned about his rear limbs and lower-than-normal activity levels. He was eventually diagnosed with stenosis, which zoo officials said is the narrowing of channels that carry nerves from the spine to the legs. “That cub would have been left behind. That cub would have either starved to death or been killed by a leopard or hyena or another lion from a neighboring pride,” Packer said. “So that animal had a much longer life than you ever would have seen in the wild.” The challenges of surviving with this condition in the wild make it hard to know how common spinal birth defects are in lions, Packer said.

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