Santa Barbara Zoo Says Goodbye to Pauline the Lioness

Pauline when she was a cub (left), and the 2-year-old lioness in 2023 | Credit: Courtesy S.B. Zoo

Pauline, the Santa Barbara Zoo’s 2-year-old African lioness, is moving to a new zoo this weekend, the zoo announced this week.

Born at the Santa Barbara Zoo in November 2020, Pauline is being transferred to Zoo Boise in Idaho now that she is “mature enough to contribute to a pride of her very own,” according to a statement released by the zoo on social media Tuesday announcing the “paw-sitively exciting news.”