This isn't about a domestic cat, but I thought it might mean something to some people here. I have mixed feelings about zoos - for many years I avoided them entirely, with the thought that I would rather not see animals caged. However, for the past several months, I have been watching the development of the pandas in D.C. and San Diego. The SDZ site is especially rich, with lots of internal links, videos, information, web logs, and so forth. So I learned there five months ago that a little lion was born C-section, almost died from meconium aspiration, and was hand-reared and paired with a canine friend for purposes of socialization. He was soon to be introduced to members of his own species - but, obviously, with very careful protocols. Yesterday, I logged on to find, to my horror, that Koza, the lion cub, had been killed by an attack by a female lion - presumably the first of his own kind the cub had ever seen. A mesh barrier between the two had been accidentally removed (I don't know how that happened), and the female, who had been picked because she was especially playful and easy-going, unexpectedly attacked. Koza survived in the short term, but his injuries were too severe for the vets to be able to heal him. It seemed so extremely sad to me, and I just needed to share my sadness with someone. I hope it's okay to post it here.