video footage of the animals at G.W. Zoo, currently operated by Jeff Lowe in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, prompting several requests to the US Department of Agriculture to launch an investigation, according to a release.They said juvenile lions were suffering from “flystrike, a condition in which flies, usually drawn to uncleared animal waste, bite other animals and lay eggs on them.” The hatched maggots then eat their skin and destroy their ears.
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