In Mexico, lions get meat popsicles in heat wave

By Associated Press

Jun 10, 2024 12:15 am

(UPDATE) MEXICO CITY — Amid Mexico's heat wave and drought, suffering birds are getting air-conditioning and monkeys with heat stroke are being rescued by nongovernmental groups.

The government, meanwhile, has been more preoccupied with cooling down animals at state-run zoos, giving lions frozen meat popsicles.

A baboon inspects a frozen treat in its enclosure at the Chapultepec Zoo as staff work to keep the animals cool amid a continuing heat wave and drought, in Mexico City, Friday, June 7, 2024. AP PHOTO

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