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IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho zoo says it has euthanized its 14-year-old male African lion due to age-related health issues.
The Post Register reports the Idaho Falls Zoo euthanized Dahoma the lion on Wednesday.
The zoo's executive director David Pennock said in a statement that Dahoma had been diagnosed with inoperable degenerative arthritis in his spine.
Zoo officials say the lion's condition had worsened in recent days promoting them to make the decision to euthanize him.
Dahoma was born in 2004 in a Madison, Wisconsin zoo.
He had been at the Idaho Falls Zoo since 2006.
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