“The Danish zoo that sparked an international outcry by slaughtering a giraffe to avoid inbreeding has killed two lions and their cubs to clear the way for a new male.

The Copenhagen Zoo said the kings of the jungle had been put down Monday.

“Because of the pride of lions’ natural structure and behavior, the zoo has had to euthanize the two old lions and two young lions who were not old enough to fend for themselves,” the zoo said in a statement, according to Agence France-Presse.”* The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Stephen Rex Brown / NY Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/zoo-killed-giraffe-puts-lions-article-1.1734125