If he deals with bears and bulls in his day job, tigers and lions dominate his spare time.
The commission has a reputation for dealing "only with the small flies" and not catching the "tigers and lions, " says Ho.
The stone cages would have held the tigers, lions and other exotic animals that were hoisted in wooden elevators through 80 vertical tunnels up to the arena. 2000 years ago, it must have been chaos down here with the gladiators, animals, large sets for other parts of the productions and hundreds of stagehands putting on the show.
You know that weird fact about how hippopotamuses kill more people than lions or tigers?
Cat Haven breeds and keeps lions, tigers, jaguars, lynx and other exotic cats and takes them out for public appearances.
There are toys scattered in the waiting room, cartoon pictures of sweet-faced lions and tigers on the walls, and floor-to-ceiling rows of paper charts in the chart room.
Cats, not unlike lions and tigers, use two hunting strategies.
Cat Haven is a 100-acre wooded sanctuary that is home to "some of the rarest cats in the world, " including lions, tigers, jaguars and leopards, according to its website.
Her first hands-on experience with such animals came while a student at Western Washington University in Bellingham, where she helped take care of lions and tigers owned by a family there.
Terry Thompson died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on October 18 shortly after he pried open cages and opened the farm's fences that held his private menagerie of lions, tigers, bears, wolves and monkeys.
Lions, tigers, pop concerts at one end, the National Trust and heritage pot-pourri at the other, with all sorts of money-spinning devices in between, can keep the roof on, the guttering in order and the mullions mended.
The architect in charge of the project, Barbara Nazzaro, says that visitors will be able to see where the lions, tigers, bulls, ostriches and gazelles were kept in cells before being hoisted up on 80 rope-slung lifts to the ground floor.
He has, after all, commanded the center ring in Washington this year. (We've changed metaphors here.) But may we call your attention to the Senate ring where Bob Dole is juggling the roles of majority leader and presidential candidate...and to the Oval ring where Bill Clinton is wrestling with all sorts of lions and tigers.
Many had customised cars - usually made in the US - for hunting tigers, leopards and Asiatic lions in India's forests.
Authorities, who did not have access to tranquilizer guns, killed two wolves, six black bears, two grizzly bears, nine male lions, eight female lions, three mountain lions and 18 Bengal tigers.
Authorities, who did not have access to tranquilizer guns, killed two wolves, six black bears, two grizzly bears, nine male lions, eight female lions, one baboon, three mountain lions and 18 Bengal tigers.
After initial delays, it is due to start by the middle of November, and will feature six teams, the Mumbai Champs, Chennai Super Stars, Chandigarh Lions, Hyderabad Warriors, Kolkata Tigers and Delhi Jets.
India's lions are lesser known than its famed tigers, which live on dozens of tiger reserves and are fighting a well-publicized battle against poachers.
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