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Published: May 14, 2009
Show’s popularity benefits Oklahoma City Zoo
BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL
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 K...

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