The Week in Pictures: Animals, May 17 – May 24, 2014

Lucifer, a 30-stone male Asian lion, is surrounded by ZSL London Zoo's team of vets and keepers as they carry out a health check ahead of him moving home. The 11-year-old lion moves to another breeding group next week as the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) launches its Lions400 campaign – an ambitious public fundraising campaign designed to raise £5.7m for the endangered Asian lion. The campaign will include the building of a new state-of-the-art lion breeding centre and visitor experience, as well as the extension of vital conservation work in the field where only 400 Asian lions are left in the wild. Lucifer's female cubs will remain with the Zoo to begin a new breeding group, which visitors will be able to see when the new exhibit opens in 2016. Lucifer, named after his studbook number of 666, has been given a clean bill of health and is due to move later this week. (Photo by Jeff Moore/Splash News)
The Week in Pictures: Animals, May 17 – May 24, 2014
   
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