Guest guest Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/921115.html Together again: Haifa Zoo reunites Littermate lionesses By Zafrir Rinat <zafrirr tags: Haifa Zoo<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/tags/index.jhtml?tag=Haifa+Zoo>, Ramat Gan Safari<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/tags/index.jhtml?tag=Ramat+Gan+Safari> Not many people saw the moving reunion yesterday in Haifa between sisters Gaia and Gov. Even though they had been living only 100 kilometers apart, the two heavyweights had not seen each other in a year. That's because Gov was living in the lion cage at Haifa Zoo and Gaia at the Ramat Gan safari. Gaia, a young lioness, was transferred to Haifa from Ramat Gan because her native pack at the safari had rejected her. To give Gaia a chance to reintegrate into a another pack, the safari and the zoo decided to move her sister up north with her. Advertisement The two lionesses were born in Ramat Gan. When the safari transferred Gov to Ramat Gan a year ago, Gaia was left behind, without her sister. Now the two will share a cage with the elder Simba, a 12-year-old in Haifa. Gov had been transferred to Haifa as part of the safari's effort to decrease the size of the resident lion's pride, which at times numbered over 50 individuals. The lion compound at the safari has gradually been reduced in size, and so the institution has had to send pack members to other zoos. Additionally, zoos occasionally have to remove rejected or violent individuals from their native packs to prevent the animals from hurting one another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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