![]() Savannah loved to lay on the "hot rock" in the enclosure, Powers said, and enjoyed a shank bone to chew and beef chunks as a treat. "She was always a greeter for people when they came." "To me, she was such a quintessential part of the Memphis Zoo," said Felicia Knightly, head veterinarian. They are all about 6 years old and shared the exhibit with Savannah since their arrival in 2011. The zoo's three remaining lions are sisters, Akeelah and Jamela, and a male, Thabo. Savannah was born on Jat the Racine Zoo in Racine, Wisconsin, and lived there until she was moved to Memphis in 2007. ![]() "She was one of my favorite cats," Morgan Powers, a longtime keeper in The Commercial Appeal Cat Country, said in a statement. ![]() Zoo officials say they decided to euthanize her March 12. Savannah, the Memphis Zoo's 20-year-old lioness with a distinctive roar, has died after being placed on hospice care early this month.
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