Authorities forced their way into a private zoo on Sunday and removed 12 animals because of fears that they were malnourished. Albanian police and conservation officials pried open the main gate ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian authorities forced their way into a private zoo on Sunday and removed 12 animals because of fears that they were malnourished.

Vets from the charity sedated 12 animals - three lions, a bear, a waterbuck, four deer, a fox, a zebra and a turtle - and transported them to Tirana’s public zoo.

Lenci and the other rescued animals were transported to a zoo in Albania’s capital Tirana. Picture: Four Paws Animal welfare activists of ‘Four Paws’ remove Lenci.

The three lions — Lenci, Bobby and Zhaku — from the Tirana Zoo in Albania have been sedated and in about 48 hours will wake up at the Felida Big Cat Centre in the Netherlands.

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TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian authorities forced their way into a private zoo on Sunday and removed 12 animals because of fears that they were malnourished.