Rare Desert Lions of 'Five Musketeers' Fame Poisoned
The stars of a film that aired on National Geographic were poisoned in retaliation for attacking a donkey.
A trio of male lions died earlier this month after they were poisoned—but they weren’t just any big cats. They were three of the five brothers, known as “the five musketeers,” who starred in the film Vanishing Kings: Lions of the Namib, which aired on the National Geographic Channel earlier this year. The film traced their pride through the Namib Desert in northern Namibia.
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