Tag: lioness

Lioness at Belgian Zoo Tests Positive for COVID-19

BRUSSELS—A lioness in a Belgian zoo has been diagnosed with COVID-19 and the members of her pride have gone into isolation in individual enclosures away from the public, the Pairi Daiza Park said. Dana, one of four lions at the park, was suffering from fever, a cough, and a loss of appetite according to vets….


Lioness Dies From COVID-19 in Indian Zoo

CHENNAI, India—A nine-year-old Asiatic lion has died from the coronavirus in a state-run zoo on the outskirts of the south Indian city of Chennai, the zoo said on Friday. There have been various coronavirus cases in animals, including two white tiger cubs thought to have died of COVID-19 in neighboring Pakistan and lions also testing…


Circus Lioness Who Was Painfully Declawed Seemed Sure to Die, Until Rescuers Give Her a New Life

Sasha the lioness once lived a cruel life in captivity with a circus in Guatemala, where she was starved, beaten, overworked, and kept in a tiny cage. When she and 5 other lions, and 12 tigers, were rescued by Animal Defenders International (ADI), veterinarians thought Sasha was facing certain death. But she’s defied all of…