3/14/2005

Here’s another in the long line of Lion stories in Japan this month in the news3yen.com. This story is almost as sad as the story we covered about the Zookeepers Lion Chase and its associated story Tama Zoo Reveals Secret.

Aging lion at Nagoya zoo dies after being rescued
Monday March 14, 12:39 PM
Aging lion at Nagoya zoo dies after being rescued
(Kyodo) _ A male lion at a Nagoya zoo died Monday of old age, after being rescued from an 8-meter-deep concrete ditch that he had fallen into in February….
….His death leaves two female lions — 9 and 13 — at the zoo.