Guernsey Police had to close Les Banques earlier from the Red Lion towards Admiral Park because a flat roof blew off a building near the Red Lion pub.

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Born in Africa, she was one of the first residents at Lion Country Safari theme park in Loxahatchee, Florida, about 20 miles west of West Palm Beach.

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"She came here when the park opened in 1967, " said Lion Country Safari Wildlife Director Terry Wolf, who has been with the park just as long.

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Most of his time though is spent at the animal orphanage at Nairobi National Park, where his lion patient lives.

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After admiring the lion pride, we crisscross the park's dirt roads, passing birds (there are 300 bird species in Gir), langur monkeys with whip-like tails and docile chital (Bambi-esque spotted deer).

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The lion, which had lived at the park since it was a cub, was later shot by Fresno County sheriff's deputies who were trying to reach her body.

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Jenny Michaels, the head of The Jungle Jenny Foundation, said she had been in the lion's cage before, accompanied by a park worker .

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To drive away evil spirits, 500, 000 rounds of eardrum-testing pyrotechnics will be set off at Sara Roosevelt Park in Chinatown at the New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival on 10 February, before lion and dragon dance troupes make the rounds to local businesses to ring in the Year of the Snake.

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Wolf doesn't know how much the park's owners paid for Little Mama, who was certainly no baby when she came to Lion Country Safari 45 years ago.

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