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NEWS ABOUT: lion

lion stories: 9 news summaries

 Zoo Lions Kill White Tigress 

Czech zoo staff unable to stop attack on Isabella

Nov 20, 09 2:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A rare white tiger was ripped to shreds by two lions that gained access to her enclosure at a Czech zoo yesterday. The lions unexpectedly entered the tiger's open-air area through a trap door, and workers who heard Isabella's cries were unable to prevent them from killing the elderly tiger.... More »

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Czech Republic • zoo • lioness • lion • tiger

 Chimps, Lions 
 Saved From 
 Calif. Inferno 

Volunteers help evacuate exotic animals from threatened Wildlife Waystation

Sep 2, 09 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Volunteers leaped to the rescue yesterday as the gigantic Station fire approached a home for exotic animals north of Los Angeles. Rescuers drove trucks, horse trailers, and an 18-wheeler Budweiser truck to the Wildlife Waystation to help evacuate its tigers, lions, bears, ostriches and other animals to the Los Angeles... More »

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California • lion • chimpanzees • Los Angeles Zoo • California wildfires • tiger • exotic animals • Station fire

(Newser) - Lion prides display the behavior of human gangs not to hunt more efficiently, but to defend their turf, researchers have discovered. The larger the prides, the more successfully lions keep out interlopers, reports the BBC. Scientists have long been stumped by why lions are singularly sociable among cats and what... More »

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gangs • lioness • lion • territory • gangsters • survival • lion pride • street gangs

Heart of a Lion: YouTube Fave Lives On in Memoir

One-time owners of Christian the lion recall the wild years

Mar 31, 09 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A lion who went wild after being raised by his hippy "parents" in their London shop, and later became a YouTube fave, has been immortalized again in a new memoir, Time reports. The emotional reunion in Africa between Christian the lion and his former owners has been viewed over... More »

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Africa • lion • viral video • animal • pet owners

 Liger Mauls Handler to Death 

Volunteer entered lion-tiger hybrid's cage during feeding

Oct 31, 08 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - An animal handler at an Oklahoma refuge died yesterday after being attacked by a liger—a hybrid of a lion and a tiger—during the animal’s feeding Wednesday, the Tulsa World reports. Safari’s Animal Sanctuary in suburban Broken Arrow will launch an investigation into whether volunteer Peter Getz,... More »

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zoo • lion • Oklahoma • animal attack • tiger • animal • neck wound • liger

 Zoo Shows Off Baby White Lions 

Record-breaking number of rare cubs born on the same day

Jul 16, 08 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world's population of just 200 white lions leaped by seven in a single day when twin lionesses gave birth in June, Der Spiegel reports, and the German safari park where they were born has now unveiled the extremely rare cubs. But while one new mom took to motherhood with... More »

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endangered species • zoo • lion • safari

OPINION

 Teddy's Mantle
 Looks Tailored
 for Hillary 

Parallels 'startling' between Senate's current lion and a logical successor

May 22, 08 6:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though Ted Kennedy helped crush her presidential dreams by endorsing her rival, writes Eamon Javers in Politico, Hillary Clinton may find he ultimately gives her the job she’s made for: his. Kennedy has been the Senate’s center of Democratic gravity since his own White House bid failed in... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Senate • Ted Kennedy • lion

Big Cats Are Back at SF Zoo

Lions, tigers return to outdoor grottoes after fatal Christmas attack

Feb 21, 08 5:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Seven tigers and lions are back in their outdoor grottoes at the San Francisco Zoo for the first time since a Siberian tiger killed a man on Christmas Day. The pens got a $1.7 million security upgrade after Tatiana escaped and attacked three people. Officials said the enclosure's front... More »

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zoo • lion • animal attack • Tatiana • San Francisco Zoo • Siberian tiger • tiger • tiger attack • animal

Hamas Frees Kidnapped Lioness

Crime gang stole cub Sabrina from Gaza zoo 20 months ago

Jul 10, 07 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas soldiers yesterday freed Sabrina the lioness in a raid on a Palestinian crime gang that kidnapped her 20 months ago. The four-month-old cub and a pair of Arabic-speaking parrots were snatched from the Gaza zoo, and Sabrina was left to languish in a dark cell where curious spectators snapped... More »

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Alan Johnston • BBC • Palestine • Hamas • kidnapping • lioness • lion • captivity

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