Luke, the lion, has died at the National Zoo in Washington
with Naba and Shera in four different litters from 2010 to 2014. Some of the cubs went to other zoos. Shera and three of her offspring stayed at the D.C. zoo.Since 2016, he had some discomfort and lameness in his right forelimb, zoo officials said. At one point, he wasn’t putting his full weight — 422 pounds — on his leg. A CT scan showed he had a lesion on his spine.
A final pathology report will be done in the coming weeks, and it will probably give more details about his condition, officials said. “I was one of the only men he saw consistently, and I think because I produce testosterone as a man, it’s a distinctive smell that a lion can pick up,” Saffoe said. “I think he picked out my scent, and he viewed me as invading his lion pride.”Luke would see Saffoe and “jump and bark,” so Saffoe kept his distance. But when female keepers sat in front of Luke’s enclosure and cooed at him, “he loved it,” Saffoe said.With other cats, Luke was very gentle, Saffoe said.
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