Three-year-old lioness Yuna has arrived at her new enclosure at The Big Cat Sanctuary.
The first of two lions rescued from Ukraine has successfully arrived in Kent after leaving war-torn Kyiv.
Rori, a male lion, is currently in Belgium and will join the sanctuary when a specially built enclosure is completed in November. He said: “When the bombs hit last year she suffered from shell shock and concussion and she wouldn’t stand for a very long time.The Big Cat SanctuaryWhile the lion's new enclosure contains trees and ramps for her to climb up, staff have removed most to ground level so that she cannot hurt herself.
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