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Feb. 02, 1973 - Exporting Lions to Africa: Windsor Safari Park, Berkshire are Exporting lions to Africa for breeding purposes. On Friday, ten lions who were born at the Safari Park, leave Southampton for Africa to augment the depleted families in their ancestral lands. They are destined for the Johannesburg Game Reserve. Yesterday, four of the lions were being prepared for their journey and made docile with the aid of anaesthetising darts, before being placed in travelling boxes. Photo shows veterinary Surgeon David Taylor takes aim to Brutus, one of the lions to render it harmless with a tranquilizer dart. at Windsor Safari Park yesterday. Sheba, another of the lions, had just been shot with a dart. She was out for three hours

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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Ancestral Augment Berkshire Breeding Brutus Dart Darts Depleted Destined Docile Exporting Harmless Lands Placed Prepared Purposes Render Safari Sheba Southampton Surgeon Veterinary


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