The Dallas Zoo sent Disney footage of their month-old lion cub "for motion and behavior references when designing Simba" Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The three cubs were born on Aug. 17 to the zoo's 3-year-old female lion, Bahati The Dallas Zoo is expanding its pride! Last month, the Texas-based zoo welcomed three African lion cubs — one male ...

When the Dallas Zoo was founded in 1888, it housed two deer and two mountain lions. More than a century later, the zoo – which is the oldest and largest in Texas – has grown to shelter more ...