We really have to chock this one up to a lapse in procedures.

She really is too dominant now.

For the first time in over a decade, we are being encouraged to breed lions, but not right away because they're both still so young. Once matured, we know that the genetics are right, so it would be a good match-up and we hope we could take it to the next level.

It could have been worse. Lions in Africa can go a couple of weeks between eating.

That's a question I will be asking.

Eventually, the smell of her favorite treats won over her stomach.