Lions await pride in the name of love

DUBLIN Zoo is famous for its lions.

The first Irish cub was born there in 1857 and, according to the magazine Zoo Matters, Dublin had produced 593 lions by 1965, more than any other zoo in the world up to that time.

The male which appears at the start of every Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer film was, reputedly, born in Dublin Zoo. He must be the most widely featured film-star in history.