Thheiba and Fidda were among the zoo’s last Barbary lionesses and played a key role in conservation. The sisters lived side-by-side their entire lives and helped support a lion subspecies now extinct ...

Two rare Barbary lionesses were euthanized together at the Belfast Zoo at 22 years old due to their lifelong bond.

BELFAST Zoo bid a sad farewell to two of the world’s rarest lions today after the animals were euthanised “to end suffering”.

One user claimed the footage depicted the majestic animal climbing Mount Everest.

Thheiba and Fidda were 22-years-old and were the remaining two females of a pride at the zoo, with one male lion named Qays remaining.

Belfast Zoo has has put its last two remaining Barbary lionesses to sleep despite one of the pair having no physical ailments ...

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The zoo was home to three Barbary lions- a species extinct in the wild - consisting of one male named Qays and the two females Thheiba and Fidda ...