The John Ball Zoo family has grown as zookeepers welcomed ... and I think they will fit in well here.” Upepo, a 425 pound lion, is described as a bit shy and timid at first.

(WOOD) — When John Ball Zoo opens for the ... are moving in after one of the zoo’s lions died and another was moved to a new facility. The zoo’s female lion Abena died in April.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A pair of lions have made their new home at John Ball Zoo (JBZ)! The African lions, a non-breeding pair, hail from Zoo Knoxville, according to JBZ. We’re told 7-year-old ...

Cassy the mountain lion, named for the Cascade Mountains where she was found orphaned as a cub in 2007, died at her Kansas zoo at 17 years old.

A beloved resident of the Topeka Zoo, Cassy the mountain lion passed away, the conservation center said in a press release.