Baghdad zoo lion cubs to be freed in South Africa

Six lion cubs born in the cramped Baghdad zoo owned by Saddam Hussein's son Uday will find freedom in South Africa.

SanWild Wildlife Sanctuary, a nonprofit organisation, has secured the release of the cubs, their mother and two other lions.

The mother and her cubs will be settled in the Ngome Community Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal. The other two lions will remain at SanWild in the northern Limpopo province.

Herald Feature: Iraq