Lioness kills father of her cubs at zoo

Zookeepers have no idea why Zuri, 12, suddenly turned on her mate of eight years

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Zookeepers have spoken of their shock after a lioness suffocated the father of her three cubs in a brutal and unexpected attack in their enclosure.

Staff members were injured as they tried to rescue ten-year-old male Nyack from his mate, Zuri, 12, after she clamped her jaws around his neck.

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