Lion gets chance at love

TORONTO (AP) - He's a veteran actor who was too busy making films, television shows and commercials to learn the ways of love. Now terminally ill, he is trying to make up for lost time by making time. If that sounds implausible, consider that the thespian is Bongo, a 14-year-old lion who starred in films such as "George of the Jungle" and "The Ghost and the Darkness." His trainer, Michael Hackenberger, said Wednesday that Bongo has lung cancer and probably will die in the next few months. To give him a chance at that most lion-like passion - mating - Bongo has been paired in his enclosure at the Bowmanville, Ontario, zoo with Gresil, a 4-year-old lioness from a zoo in Quebec.