| Show JUNGLE DEATH WATCH maintained AT ZOO wn and lioness stand guard over their lifeless cubs toledo A jungle death watch overwhelming in its tenderness yet awful in its savage intensity was maintained in the uon lion house of the walbridge park zoo the watchers are sahara the beautiful lioness lent to toledo by the cleveland zoo and ring king the pride of tile the toledo collect collection ioL between maharas Sa haras two beautiful forepaws but caressed tenderly at intervals and guarded by two halt balf closed cloned eyes dimmed by grief are two chubby fuzzy cubs both lifeless sahara will not believe they are dead or knowing it cannot calm the overwhelming urge ot of mother love that has hag aroused all of the tenderness and oil all of the savagery aava gery of her jungle no nature only an occasioned occasional whine escapes the lioness to indicate her grief for more than 24 hours the death watch has been maintained since the great kuisle stork flew over the animal home borne and left the lifeless lion son and daughter crouched ready to spring sahara has hag hardly moved a muscle since she cuddled these her first born to her only twice has she left them when keeper louis scherer anxious to put on an end to the heartrending death watch entered the lion house to see if there was an opportunity to remove the two bodies on both occasions sahara has sprung throwing herself fiercely against her cage in on an effort to drive off the intruder and king kida in such ruch a 8 frenzy as scherer never has seen this king of beasts since be took him as a cub to rear roaring ills his rage has tried to reach his keeper its the old old call to protect their young scherer said there will ila b no use in trying to take the lifeless cubs cuba a av aa A oy ay from sahara tor for a couple ot of days so the big lion house has been locked to all but the keepers kee pera sahara will be permitted to keep her death watch undisturbed until she realizes the tha hopelessness of the struggle |
