North Spokane zoological park move to ML falls through

There will be no lions, tigers — and yes, even bears — roaming on land outside of Medical Lake at a relocated Cat Tales.

This past November, city resident Scott Christenson broached that idea at a City Council meeting, informing the group he was working behind the scenes to see if the zoological park located along U.S. Highway 2 north of Spokane might find a new home.

Christenson recently reported that efforts to get 6th Legislative District Sen. Mike Baumgartner to submit a bill that would allow sale of state land near Lakeland Village for the project failed. An alternative to purchase privat...