--- title: Lion to be Dissected at Zoo in Denmark description: Kids can watch a lion get dissected at the Odense Zoo in Denmark canonical: https://time.com/4068027/denmark-zoo-lion-dissect/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-09T15:59:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:55.134Z og:title: Lion to be Dissected at Zoo in Denmark og:description: Kids can watch a lion get dissected at the Odense Zoo in Denmark og:url: https://time.com/4068027/denmark-zoo-lion-dissect/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lion to be Dissected at Zoo in Denmark twitter:description: Kids can watch a lion get dissected at the Odense Zoo in Denmark twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Denmark Zoo to Terrify Children By Inviting Them to Witness Lion Dissection  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 9, 2015 3:59 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 9, 2015 3:59 PM UTC A zoo in Denmark is planning to dissect a lion next Thursday and is encouraging students who are off for fall break to come watch. Nina Collatz, head of animal keepers at the Odense Zoo, told [BBC Newsbeat](http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34485784/children-invited-to-watch-a-lion-dissection-in-a-danish-zoo) that the lioness in question was nine months old when it was humanely killed earlier this year after no other zoo would take it in. [AFP reports](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/08/danish-zoo-dissect-lion-public-odense-marius-giraffe) that the Odense Zoo had too many lions and that the lioness was getting too aggressive. 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