Molly, R.I.P. - Lincoln Park Zoo Poem by Ima Ryma

Lincoln Park Zoo is sad to say
Goodbye to Molly, old and dear.
This tigress went a good long way
To give humans reason to cheer.
Born and raised in her home, the Zoo,
For eighteen years she lived to be
A star with stripes in show biz, true,
And visitors did love to see.
Tigers of wild, she did not know,
But represented them all for
A better chance to thrive and grow.
She was Madame Ambassador.

Molly, triumphant tigress - gone.
But her Zoo legacy lives on.