In 2012 Valentin Gruener saved a young lion cub and raised it himself at a wildlife park in Botswana. It was the start of an extraordinary relationship. Now an astonishing scene is repeated each time they meet - the young lion leaps on Gruener and holds him in an affectionate embrace."Since the lion which is three years now arrived, I haven't really left the camp," says Gruener.
"Sometimes for one night I go into the town here to organise something for the business, but other than that I've been here with the lion."
"The lions had killed the other two or three cubs inside the cage, and the mother abandoned the remaining cub. She was very tiny, maybe 10 days old," Gruener says."So I took her to a wildlife park and became her adoptive mother, feeding her and taking care of her."
She's much bigger now, but when Gruener opens her cage she still rushes to greet him - ecstatically throwing her paws around his neck."That happens every time I open the door. It is an amazing thing every time it happens, and it's such a passionate thing to do for this animal to jump and give me a hug," says Gruener."But I guess it makes sense. At the moment she has no other lions with her in the cage and I guess for her I'm like her species. So I'm the only friend she's got. Lions are social cats so she's always happy to see me."
The companions spend their time hanging out in the Botswana bush, doing the kind of things that cats enjoy, such as lying around under trees, play-fighting, and hunting.
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