Copenhagen Zoo puts down lions after feeding them Marius the giraffe

The Danish zoo which hit headlines last month for euthanising one of its giraffes has put down a further four animals - the lions it fed the giraffe to.

The lions were given a lethal injection on Monday to make way for a new three-year-old breeding male.

According to the Copenhagen Post, the destroyed animals were a 16-year-old male, a lioness of nearly the same age, and two younger females.