After surviving drone attacks and bombing in their first few months of life, four lion cubs and a black leopard cub from war-torn Ukraine have found refuge in a Polish zoo, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).
The cubs were transferred to animal rescue organisations in Kyiv and Odesa after a crackdown on the exotic pet trade in Ukraine, and are now in Poznan zoo in western Poland awaiting onward travel.
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IFAW said it had partnered with a sanctuary in the United States and one in Europe to care for the cubs, who were bred in captivity and cannot be released into the wild.
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