I just had to share this with you.....

Quite recently, but I can't remember where, I saw a short video clip.

The background was that this lady had found a lion cub maltreated and undernourished. She took the cub and gave him appropriate nourishment and lots of affection. (Stop thinking "Born Free")!

However the time came when she had on her hands a male adult lion, and you can't really keep them as pets, can you? So, as it had been around humans too much, she felt the best course of action would be to give him to a zoo.

Some months later she went to the zoo to see how he had got on.

I almost turned away in fear and trembling at this point.

What happened was, as she approached the bars of the den, and spoke to the lion, this big beautiful animal came to the bars to meet her, stood up on his hind legs, put his fore legs through the bars, and held her just below the neck in a hug. He kept this up, stroking gently at her shoulders, and laid his face alongside her face.

It was such a lovely show of genuine affection on the part of the animal.

Fair brought a tear to my een.