ALERT which is an acronym for something like African Lion Environment … (I can’t find it on their outdated website) first came up on our radar in Dec 2015 when we were told that Animal Planet had aired yet another bogus show that claimed to be real conservation but seems to be nothing more than…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Zoo has announced the death of an 18-year-old African lion that had been at the zoo since 2007. A statement on the zoo’s website says the lion named Aslan died Friday. The zoo said the lion had been diagnosed with an enlarged spleen in January and that a…
Inbreeding for White Lion Cubs in Colombian Circus A rare white lion cub was born in a Colombian circus in the city of Monteria. The cub, named Milagros – or ‘Miracles’ – is now one of only 300 white lions left in the world. Both of Milagro’s parents have normal yellow fur and the cub…
Lion cub smuggling a worrying trend in Somalia MOGADISHU, SOMALIA—Behind a fortified compound encircled with sandbags near Mogadishu’s airport is a large fenced enclosure that was the unlikely home to a pair of lion cubs rescued from smugglers earlier this year. The two cubs were discovered aboard a ship at Mogadishu port. They were taken…