An update on past news
Wednesday, July 17, 1996
Wednesday, July 17, 1996
ANSWER: Her brother Apollo killed her May 8, 1993, minutes after the two were spotted lounging on the hill of the African Savanna exhibit at the zoo. She was 7 years old. The killing puzzled zoo officials who said lion siblings usually get along. But Apollo had attacked his sister before, even though she was very gentle.
Isis underwent a 45-minute root canal operation Dec. 13, 1992. She had a silver filling cap placed over the stump of a broken-off lower right fang after the root canal was done.
Honolulu dentists John Pittaway and brother Tom did the work on the anesthetized lioness. It was her second experience with root canal work. John Pittaway did the same thing for Isis' two upper fangs two years before. He said he had to acquire custom-made instruments for the lioness' dental work. Equipment used for normal dentistry is too small, he said.