sometimes later when the original Mauser was sold by the zoological garden

" Lion shot dead at Leipzig zoo after escaping from enclosure

One of two lions that escaped from east German zoo shot dead after attempts to tranquillise it failed, zoo director says

Motshegetsi (left) and Majo pictured in their enclosure at Leipzig zoo on 20 September. Photograph: Jan Woitas/EPA

Agence France-Presse in Leipzig

Thursday 29 September 2016 15.52 BST

German zookeepers have shot dead one of two lions that escaped from an enclosure after a tranquiliser failed to sedate it, the zoo’s director said.

“It’s a very, very sad outcome but we had no choice,” said the head of the zoo in the eastern city of Leipzig, Jörg Junhold.

The one-year-old lions, named Majo and Motshegetsi, had slipped into the main grounds of the zoo at about 8.40am local time, before the park opened to the public.

Staff implemented an emergency plan, placing the facility on lockdown so the animals could not breach the facility’s fences.

“After Majo was caught and Motshegetsi was hit with a tranquiliser dart, we were hopeful that the breakout could end without any loss of life,” Junhold said.

However the staff then determined they had lost control of the situation and a zookeeper shot and killed Motshegetsi. “Human safety always comes first,” Junhold said.

The two lions, originally from Namibia, arrived in Leipzig last month from Basel zoo. They were given several weeks to get used to their new home before being released into an enclosure where they could be seen by the public.

Motshegetsi (left) and Majo, originally from Namibia, arrived in Leipzig last month from Basel zoo. Photograph: Jan Woitas/AFP/Getty

The escape “surprised all of us because the enclosure had been in operation for 15 years. Of course we assume that it is secure,” Junhold said.

Last March, one tiger was killed by another at Leipzig zoo when a partition separating the animals was removed by accident.

An Ohio zoo faced international uproar in May when its staff killed a critically endangered gorilla as it dragged a young boy who had fallen into its enclosure.

While acknowledging the US zookeepers had few options, critics said the zoo should have installed more barriers. The park’s managers said its facility met all industry standards."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/29/two-lions-escape-from-leipzig-zoo-enclosure

its a special tradition there since the famous Leipzig lion hunt of 1913 when 8 circus lions escape because the coachman visit a tavern and let the lions on the street