Three lions die of heatstroke at Japanese zoo
A Tokyo zoo has temporarily shut down its lion enclosure to the public as extreme heat claims three lions.
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Three lions have died of suspected heat stroke at a zoo in Tokyo after soaring mid-summer temperatures across Japan.
Over the past week at Tokyo's Tama Zoological Park, three female lions, aged three to 15, have become the first heat-related deaths among the facility's lion population in its 62-year history.
The lions, all born in the zoo, showed signs of severe dehydration and multiple organ failure in post-mortem examinations; however, the exact cause of death is still under investigation, the zoo said in a press release this week.
As temperatures in Tokyo suddenly spiked in mid-July, the majority of the zoo's 16 lions began losing their appetite and became lethargic to the point of requiring treatment, the zoo said.
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