Watch Lioness Jump Into The Arms Of Her Old Friend!
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A lioness was caught on camera jumping excitedly into the arms of her old friend after spotting him and his buddy walking towards her.
The instance took place in Botswana, Africa, where 27-year-old Valentin Gruener is running the Modisa Wildlife Project which aims to preserve lion populations in Africa.
Along with his colleague Mikkel, Valentin, who is originally from Germany, was in charge of taking care of the ‘teen’ lioness named Sirga who was three years old at the time the video was recorded.
Sirga the Lioness was discovered in a critical condition along with two dead cubs after their pride abandoned them.
Following the rescue, the conservationists spent years raising up the lioness and preparing her for her return in the wild. Among other survival tricks, the pair taught the lioness how to stalk its prey and hunt.
Despite being a wild beast, Sirga has forged an outstanding bond with her rescuers. When the three weren’t in ‘class,’ the lioness would play with Valentin and Mikkel and lie down in their laps.
“By cooperating with leading researchers in Botswana, Modisa Wildlife Project has the unique opportunity to create positive changes in local communities which in turn will create a better understanding of and a brighter future for wildlife and the big cats of Botswana,” the MWP website reads.
“Project Modisa’s mission is inherent in its name, which means ‘guardian’ in the local language of Tswana. It is Modisa’s goal to act as advocates for the wildlife in Botswana. Modisa’s vision is to develop a sustainable project which can stop conflict and unite local farmers with wildlife.
“All the captive predators at the Modisa Wildlife Project were relocated out of farming areas around the reserve, after conflict with farmers protecting their livestock and property.
Rather than getting shot or poisoned, the predators were relocated to Modisa. At Modisa they are given the best possible life with as natural an environment as possible.”
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