Elderly Lion Couple That Were Soulmates Are Put To Sleep At The Same Time So Neither Has To Live Alone

A zoo spokesman said the African lions were both suffering from declining health and age-related issues that had left them with an increasingly-poor quality of life. Hubert was born at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, while Kalisa came from Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. The pair met at Woodland Park and were instantly smitten with one another. They moved to Los Angeles Zoo together in 2014, where they had lived happily until their health began to decline. LA Zoo spokesman Beth Schaefer said the lions' bond was evident to visitors. She told the Los Angeles Times: 'These lions were charismatic both together as partners and separately, but they were hardly ever apart from one another.