Japan’s oldest lion, Oto, died on Monday at the age of 25, which is equivalent to a century in human years. Born in 1999 in Hokkaido’s Asahiyama Zoo, Oto had lived in the Toyohashi Zoo and ...
OSAKA -- At Osaka's Tennoji Zoo, it's not uncommon to see lions dozing on rocks with one of Japan's tallest skyscrapers looming in the background. The zoo, which opened on Jan. 1, 1915 ...