A lion at the Addis Ababa zoo attacked and killed a zookeeper Monday after he forgot to close the door to the inner cage where the lion sleeps, officials said.

The zoo will be moved to a grassier enclosure next year A lion has mauled to death a keeper at a zoo in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, after he forgot to close the door to the inner cage where ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Rare Abyssinian lion cubs are being poisoned at a zoo in Ethiopia and sold to taxidermists because there isn’t enough money to care for the animals, the facility’s ...

"These animals are the pride of our country, but our only alternative right now is to send them to the taxidermist," said Muhedin Abdulaziz, who heads the Lion Zoo in the capital, Addis Ababa. The ...

A group of lions at the Addis Ababa Zoo in Ethiopia have dark manes that cover their chest and belly. The late emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie, established the zoo in 1948 with seven founder ...

Unfortunately, the males at the zoo are the only lions known to exist who possess the distinctive mane — a possible indication that the Addis Ababa lion won’t be found in the wild.

Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, is home to a zoo with lions. A post shared recently on Facebook claims to show footage of lions roaming on a road on the outskirts of the city. However, the ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia is a perilous place to be an Abyssinian lion — so perilous that an Italian aid group brought two orphaned cubs to the Italian Embassy, where the wife of a ...

The zoo will be moved to a grassier enclosure next year A lion has mauled to death a keeper at a zoo in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, after he forgot to close the door to the inner cage where ...

A lion mauls to death a zookeeper in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, after he forgot to close the door to the inner cage where the animal sleeps, officials say.