She is said to have adopted 5 baby oryxes, one after the other (one died), before she went absconding.
http://www.pbase.com/wkf/adoption
http://www.fruitnut.net/index2.htm?PAG=64Oryx,REF=
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_1906000/1906661.stm
http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/10-7-2002-27733.asp
http://www.lewa.org/oryx-lioness.php
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