Lion cubs are born tiny and helpless, but they can already walk by two weeks and begin eating meat around three months. Baby lions need their mother’s protection for the first two to three years.

Kya tries in vain to hold onto a PVC pipe last week at the Henry Doorly Zoo. The pipe was placed there to entertain Kya and her four siblings, born at the zoo in December 2012. Now nearly 9 months old ...