[Trending] Dying Lion Had No Hope Of Survival – But Then She Found Love

Kahn and Sheila belonged to the same owner who used to rent them for photo ops and parties like many of his other lion cubs. Luckily, the two lions were rescued by Texas’ In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Education Center, but months apart. 6-year-old Kahn was malnourished and the end of his tail was chewed off, probably because of stress and boredom, but he was easy to treat due to his friendly character. Sheila, on the other hand, was dying.

15-month-old Sheila was so weak, she couldn’t even stand up. She lay lifeless and vomited all the time but the rescue refused to give up on her. “For two weeks, I had to go in with Sheila and hand-feed her,” the rescue’s founder Vicky Keahey said. “I’d roll up meat balls and literally stuff them down her throat.” Sheila also had toxoplasmosis, an illness that results in a loss of appetite and lethargy, but Keahey kept on treating her and she began to recover. “As time went by they both healed and grew into beautiful grown lions,” Keahey said of Sheila and Kahn. The two were moved next door to each other and it was love at first sight. After 3 months of ‘dating,’ the two majestic lions were let to get ‘married’ and have been living in the same enclosure ever since. They’re crazy for each other! And the guy who abused them? He got his license revoked and is no longer allowed to keep exotic animals.

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Sheila was dying when she was rescued from a man who used to rent her for photo ops and parties

“For two weeks, I had to go in with Sheila and hand-feed her. I’d roll up meat balls and literally stuff them down her throat,” said her rescuer

When Sheila recovered, she was moved next door to Kahn, another lion rescued from the same man

It was love at first sight

The lions were allowed to ‘date’

“We did short dates every day, then the dates got longer and then the dates became unsupervised”

“Then we let them spend the night together. After three months of dating, we let them get ‘married'”

Of course, Sheila was spayed

The lovebirds have been living in the same enclosure ever since

They’re crazy for each other!

And the guy who abused these magnificent creatures?

He got his license revoked and is no longer allowed to keep exotic animals!

Source: BoredPanda