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Lions return to enclosure after realising cost of housing in Sydney:

https://www.theshovel.com.au/2022/11/02/lions-return-to-enclosure-cost-of-housing-in-sydney/

"Five lions who broke out of Taronga Zoo this morning have returned to their enclosure after they discovered the cost of getting a one-bedroom knockdown in the outer suburbs would set them back over a million dollars."



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ABC radio news yesterday afternoon very much amused me when they reported the lions "were returned to the safety of their enclosure".

I don't think the lions were unsafe at any time! However the people in their vicinity may well have been :) 



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Mike Harding wrote:

ABC radio news yesterday afternoon very much amused me when they reported the lions "were returned to the safety of their enclosure".

I don't think the lions were unsafe at any time! However the people in their vicinity may well have been :) 

It depends on your point of view.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-63467137

"In 2009, a lioness escaped its enclosure at Mogo Zoo, south of Sydney, and had to be shot dead because of the danger it posed to the public."



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Dorian: you need to get out and socialise with real people much, much more.



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Mike Harding wrote:

Dorian: you need to get out and socialise with real people much, much more.

There are too many lions on the loose. As for real people, I've learnt to despise most of them. If I had enough money, I would live like a recluse.



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They returned as they had air conditioning!



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They were trying to get the next bus out of Sydney but the cubs were hungry and the big M was full of high cholesterol snacks at that time of the morning.

Much better pickings back at the zoo.

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This is almost as funny:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/02/taronga-zoo-put-into-lockdown-after-five-lions-break-out-of-enclosure

The zoo later on Wednesday said an integrity issue led to the lions escaping.

The article goes on to describe several other escapes.



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