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Because in the wild, there is a possibility that the lion won't find/catch food sometimes, while in a zoo, they get fed on a regular basis, there won't be a time when they have to miss a meal. Plus, lions get hunted in the wild, but nobody's just going to bring a gun to the zoo and shoot a lion.

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