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Sep 17, 2021

All Of The National Zoo’s Lions And Tigers Have Tested Positive For Coronavirus

The zoo said tests for six African lions, a Sumatran tiger, and two Amur tigers came back positive.

Jan 12, 2012

Lion Cubs Get Ready to Move Out of Mom’s Place

I don’t remember the part of The Lion King when Simba was kicked out of the house. But that seems to be what’s soon to happen to the National Zoo’s three year-and-a-half-old male lion cubs, who have started exhibiting some behavior that’s a little too, well, frisky for the family home.

 
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