Lioness

Thanks animaisfotos!

I'm sure that would be appreciated - I believe that the sanctuary is funded solely from donations & sponsorships! :)

I find cruelty towards animals in any form difficult to accept. Thankfully there are places like Born Free but until & unless something is done to stop the illegal trade in wild animals these sad stories are bound to be repeated.

I have Emma! It is a wonderful place & also a great educational facility. I don't recall the name of this lioness only that she had been been very traumatized & would cower any time that the workers there approached her. It was terribly sad - I think you can even see the fear in her expression. There was another male lion there that had been kept from when he was a cub in a cage in the basement of a restaurant. He couldn't roar but used to make a weird barking sound - there had been a dog tied up outside his cage & the staff there think he used to hear the dog barking & was trying to communicate in the same way. I is absolutely tragic the way some people treat wild animals.