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How Israel Saved a Lion(9:51)
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Samuni on the operating table. (Courtesy: Ramat Gan Safari)
Following the horror at the killing of Cecil the lion, Viva Sarah Press of Israel21C joins VOI's Gil Hoffman to discuss the rescue of Samuni.
An American dentist shocked the world by reportedly paying $50,000 to a professional hunter to enable him to kill Cecil the lion outside the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. Coincidentally, in Israel, the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan performed two hours of surgery Wednesday to remove a large growth on Samuni the lion’s stomach, saving his life.
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