11.   Manager Paul Beier said most of the animals the firm sells, including zebra, bear and African lion, are raised on game farms in the United States.

12.   Morrow said the oryx is reputed to be the only hoofed animal ever to kill an African lion.

13.   Sudan has sent Iraqi President Saddam Hussein a gift of two African lions, the London-based Al-Wassat weekly said in its Monday edition.

14.   Two adult African lions escaped from a barn and roamed a highway near Niagara Falls Monday until they were recaptured by authorities, police said.