{"id":1342,"date":"2014-10-08T03:17:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T07:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2014-10-08T03:17:32","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T07:17:32","slug":"zoe-lion-at-popcorn-park-zoo-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2014\/10\/zoe-lion-at-popcorn-park-zoo-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe, Rescued Lion at Popcorn Park Zoo, Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Zoe,<\/a>

Zoe, a lion at the Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township. (Photo: Popcorn Park Animal Refuge)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township announced late Tuesday night that Zoe, a 13-year-old lion, has died.<\/p>\n

Zoe had been \u201cacting fine and doing great up until a week ago last Monday when she came in for her dinner and then decided not to eat,\u201d a statement from the zoo said. \u201cTuesday, when she went out she seemed a little off but then wouldn\u2019t come into her den Tuesday night.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The park\u2019s veterinary staff met Wednesday morning and decided to sedate Zoe for examination, the statement said. Upon exam, some masses were felt in her abdomen. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cZoe was immediately brought inside to our clinic for emergency surgery,\u201d the zoo said. <\/span><\/p>\n

Doctors Stassa Ferikes and Jonathan Bergmann performed surgery to remove numerous tumors from her abdomen, but it was determined that one of these masses, known as a liposarcomas, had ruptured and is what caused Zoe\u2019s rapid decline. The lioness was in critical condition but zoo officials decided to do whatever was necessary to save her.
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\u201cAll masses were removed and her abdomen flushed and we hoped for the best,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Early the next morning, Zoe seemed to be doing better, but she ultimately ended up passing away at about 8:30 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zoe was part of the \u201cTexas 7,\u201d a group of seven lions<\/a> who arrived in Ocean County from a dilapidated Texas farm in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had lived in deplorable conditions at a private facility in Texas for years, not even having a place to go outside<\/span>,\u201d the zoo\u2019s statement said. \u201cWe are thankful for the time she shared with us.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

Zoe was known for her \u201cextra loud purring,\u201d racing over to the fence of her enclosure for attention, and rushing to the meal cart at dinner time.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe loved being outside, which she had been deprived of for so many years, in that yard that she was able to call her own.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Zoe,<\/a>

Zoe, a lion at the Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township. (Photo: Popcorn Park Animal Refuge)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Zoe,<\/a>

Zoe, a lion at the Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township. (Photo: Popcorn Park Animal Refuge)<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Zoe,<\/a>

Zoe, a lion at the Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township. (Photo: Popcorn Park Animal Refuge)<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Popcorn Park Zoo in Lacey Township announced late Tuesday night that Zoe, a 13-year-old lion, has died. Zoe had been \u201cacting fine and doing great up until a week ago last Monday when she came in for her dinner and then decided not to eat,\u201d a statement from the zoo said. \u201cTuesday, when she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[24,390,388,389],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ocean-county","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-lion","tag-popcorn-park-zoo","tag-zoe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/zoe.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-lE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}