On Valentine’s Day, Sauda and Amana, two young female Lions at the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo turned one year old. The two sister cubs who arrived together in September from a small zoo in Florida continue to do well and according to Zoo Curator Assistant Ashley Burdick, they are currently 150 to 160 pounds and in good health. Burdick says it has been fun to see the lions physical and social development and says despite being sister’s, they have very different personalities.

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The two Lions were brought to Great Bend to become companions for the male lion Luke who became despondent after the death of the zoo’s only other lion Mumbasa who died in July of last year. Burdick says the plan remains to try and make the trio a big happy family.

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The Zoo continues to add new animals and most recently added a Lar gibbon at the end of October. ReRun turned 28-years old on January 27th. The female was brought to Great Bend from Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon to provide companionship for Zito, a 23-year old male Lar gibbon.