Lion and tiger and a bear, oh my!

This is fabulous story about a lion, a tiger and a bear

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This is Leo the African Lion, Baloo the Black Bear, and Shere Khan the Bengal Tiger.They came from a background of abuse and fear.
Now they’ve bonded together and are truly inseparable

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The threesome were rescued as babies from the basement of an Atlanta drug dealer’s home when it was raided by authorities.

20140627-131729.jpgThey were starving, traumatized, and had bacterial infections.While at the drug dealer’s home, Baloo had been mistreated so profoundly that the harness that was put on him had grown into his skin.Lion, tiger and bear at Noah's ark

Since then, they were brought to Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary (Georgia) …where they’ve lived in the same habitat together for 13 years.

The only time the three were separated was when Baloo was sent to surgery.

Lion and tiger at Noah's arkThe two cats were distraught and cried for the bear’s return when he was at the vet’s. Since then, no one has separated the group.

20140627-132612.jpgThey had clearly bonded during their earliest memories, and never wanted to be apart.

20140627-132748.jpgNow they live together as if they were brothers of the same species.

20140627-132844.jpgThey play together, nuzzle one another, and are extremely affectionate.

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20140627-133120.jpgLion, tiger and bear at N oah's ark

The threesome are the only lion, tiger, and bear living together in the entire world.

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Thanks Helen Gil, for sending this wonderful story to my kitty care.