SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Dickerson Park Zoo (DPZ) announced the death of Ade, an 18-and-a-half-year-old African lion on Friday. After battling with kidney failure, the care team decided to ...
At ages 17 and 19, the Saint Louis Zoo’s lions lived long lives. According to the Smithsonian National Zoo, lions in zoos may live into their late teens or early 20s. In the wild, a lioness may live ...