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Zoo Miami announced Friday with “profound sadness” the passing of Kwame, the last lion at the zoo.

The 17-year-old male lion was humanely euthanized by the Animal Health and Animal Science teams after a prolonged battle with chronic health issues, said Zoo Miami Communications Director Ron Magill in a statement .

For the past few years, Kwame, like his brother Jabari who passed away in July, had been treated for “chronic arthritis, mostly in his upper spine, that limited his range of motion and level of

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