Why do the lions in zoos never roar?

Well to answer this question, firstly we must understand why a lion roars? Lions use a wide variety of sounds and calls to communicate with each other like meows, hums, chuffs, growls, snarls and even moaning. read more

In case of zoos, it is a wide enclosure but it is artificially built and kept maintained with man made inputs into it here the lions do not have to fight off other stranger males or they don’t have to protect their territory form other pride members. read more

Lucifer, the male Asian lion at London Zoo, often lets out a roar at night to let other animals know it is his territory. Lions are very protective of their home, and a male lion, whose main job is to defend his pride, uses his loud roar to warn off anything that might threaten his family. They also use roars to communicate with one another. read more

Here they are restricted, isolated and safe from all those factors and thus eliminating the main reason for them to roar in the first place and that might be one of the main reasons to why we don’t see lions roaring in zoo. read more