lion

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Facebook members who responded to the Escondido police online post expressed relief that the mountain lion was not euthanized.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

According to London Zoo, Asiatic lion populations once ranged in areas including Turkey, across Asia to eastern India but were hunted to near extinction.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

“Cats” is still “Cats” — now and forever, as the musical’s iconic slogan warned — but this production infuses the old lion with new vitality.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Plus, an energy crisis is spreading across the world, Thom Tillis supports Kevin Warsh’s confirmation, and San Francisco is in love with Chonkers the sea lion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

The warriors reasoned that the lion had eaten too much to run fast and that the muddy ground would slow him up.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola