Hugs with Lions

A South African trainer playing with his lions. I never imagined lions are such playful creatures.


This is courageous and skilled work.

Also, Riana Van Nieuwenhuizen, a sanctuary worker in South Africa shares her home with four cheetahs, five lions and two tigers. The cats are allowed to roam freely throughout the house. Here she is lying in bed with some of them:



Another picture showing these cats in her kitchen:



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