Show’s popularity benefits Oklahoma City Zoo

 
BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL
Published: May 14, 2009

Whether kids call the lion Simba or Xerxes doesn’t really matter.

What matters is they’re paying attention, said Tara Henson , spokeswoman for the Oklahoma City Zoo .

"Kids are tuned-in to that sort of thing,” Henson said. "You’ll hear little kids. They may say ‘Simba’ if they don’t know the names of our lion cubs.”

The popularity of " The Lion ...


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