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    Simba the lion leaving Detroit Zoo after more than 10 years

    By DeJanay Booth-Singleton,

    2024-05-10

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    ROYAL OAK, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Simba is saying goodbye to the Detroit Zoo.

    Zoo officials announced that the lion is moving to the Great Plains Zoo in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after more than a decade in Michigan.

    The Association of Zoos and Aquariums recommended the transfer "to support the sustainability of a healthy, genetically diverse and demographically varied lion population in zoos," according to a news release.

    Officials say Simba fathered a cub named Binti.

    "Though we will miss him dearly, we know he will receive the highest level of care in his new home and continue to be a fantastic ambassador for African lions in the wild," the zoo said.

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