A lion and her three cubs have been saved from a war-torn part of Ukraine and are starting new lives in Doncaster.
Three-year-old Aysa was in a private collection in the Donetsk region when the Russians invaded, according to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park , where she is now adjusting to new freedoms. The park said Aysa was alone, malnourished and traumatised by bombings when she was rescued and taken to an interim sanctuary in Kiev – where she gave birth to cubs Emi, Santa and Teddi, before they were all moved to a temporary facility in Poland.
I’m trying to learn a few words in Polish to make them feel more at home. “But I can’t wait for them now to run around playing, walking on grass for the first time, seeing the water and the sky. It’s going to be incredible.” Mr Northcott paid tribute to Poznan Zoo who did an “amazing thing” by rescuing them. But he said: “The rangers over there were also really keen for them to get more space.
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