This means a louder roar with less effort. A female lion needs 5 kg and a male lion around 7 kg of meat a day, and studies of the animal in the wild show that their average intake is between 8 kg ...

One recent morning, Kevin Richardson hugged a lion and then turned away to check something on his phone. The lion, a 400-pound male with paws ... and his willingness to roar and howl his version ...