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

Verret finished her emotional statement by thanking the animal care and veterinary staff for looking after the lions, 'who lived longer than most lions do in human care and in the wild.' Alisa Behar, who works as the zoo's animal curator, described Hubert and Kalisa's deaths as a 'very hard loss' for the zoo community. 'In the early mornings, staff would routinely hear Hubert's waking roars, and I will personally miss hearing them on my walks around the grounds,' she said. 'You cannot think of Hubert without thinking of his companion, Kalisa; they've been an inseparable couple for years.' Rest in peace, Hubert and Kalisa.