The story of Wallace the lion, Sunderland's favourite big cat
www.sunderlandecho.com -

Possibly the most famous exhibit in Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens is now 164 years old, but he's not a bad looking lad for his age. There can scarcely be anyone brought up in the city who has not at some point taken a close look at Wallace the lion. Lifeless though he is, it's not difficult to imagine encountering such a magnificent creature living and breathing, when popping round the shops in Kenya or Gujarat. What an animal. Wallace stands these days close to the museum's current main...

In related news