As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, I went to the Denver Zoo Saturday afternoon to take photographs of the animals. Near closing time, it was starting to get pretty damn cold, and as I walked past the lion compound, I saw all the lions let inside except one. The door slammed and he was left out in the cold. As I watched, he kept walking around in circles, banging against the door, to no use, as seen in the photo above. As I was leaving, he was still out in the middle of the compound, lying in the grass, reconciled to his fate. I'm not sure why he was singled out like that. I assume it was a mistake - the zoo keepers probably didn't do a count once the lions were inside, which seems a bit careless, to say the least. I mentioned this to a security guard as I left, but he didn't seem very concerned. He had a "we know what we are doing" kind of attitude. I just hope they discovered him out there before the snow began early Sunday morning. Now that would have been cold.
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