“In mid-July, the zoo’s lions began exhibiting symptoms of appetite loss & reduced physical activity—possible symptoms of heat stroke. By July 22, 10 of the facility’s 16 lions were showing such severe symptoms that they required treatment.
Stressed by Heat, 3 Lions Die at Tokyo ZooThe female lions died within five days of each other despite zookeepers’ efforts to shelter them from Japan’s blistering summer temperatures.www.nytimes.com