After purchasing one of the 100 raffle tickets, which are priced at US$1,500 (£1,015) each, hunters get the chance to win an 18-day safari which includes a "full lion trophy hunt".
"I can honestly say I've never done this before," Oprah said as she reclined next to George DeLacy, a member of the set-design team, who gamely posed in a full lion costume.
For years, Trump has been compared to P. T. Barnum, but the comparison doesn't capture his range; on the campaign trail, he is less the carnival barker than the full cast the lion, the fire-eater, the clown with the seltzer all trussed into a single-breasted Brioni suit.
"Rain in the Port of Spain (White Oak)," which is more than nine feet high and eleven feet wide, is dominated by a full-grown lion, pacing freely but somewhat glumly, head down, outside a yellow building with green doors and a barred green window.
"You've got to be a little nuts to go into a cage full of lions twice a day".
The sight of a full-grown lion at the side of a newborn antelope -- she has adopted five antelopes this year -- attracted hordes of tourists.
And for a full-bodied lion, there's the rearing one being tamed by Cupid, bridle and all, in a Flemish statue made by Mattheus van Beveren in the late 17th century.
Some armed artiodactyls can and do use their horns as defenses against predators the Cape buffalo is said to be more dangerous than a full-grown lion but many rely on speed to outrun would-be predators, and on their keen senses of sight, smell and hearing to detect predators.
However, this place was far from serene as it was full of lions and tigers, many of whom didn't seem too pleased to see him.
The gift to the Sultan of Muscat was part of an exchange of diplomatic gifts that resulted in the Sultan presenting the Washington Zoo with a full-grown lion and lioness.
These full-length lion lentiviruses are integral to the advancement of comparative genomics of human pathogens, as well as emerging disease in wild populations of endangered species.
