Freya the rescued lion cub is safe in South Africa, but many other lions there are bred to be shot
Freya, a 6-month-old lion cub rescued from the wildlife trade in Lebanon, poked a curious nose out of her transport crate and sniffed the air. Satisfied, she took her first cautious steps in her new forever home in a sanctuary in South Africa.
Freya's relocation to the Drakenstein Lion Park is only a partial success story.
She will never live as a lion should in the wild. She has been given lifetime sanctuary at Drakenstein, which, Chile, Romania and elsewhere. Some have terrible backstories of abuse, noted on placards at the sanctuary: Ares was blind and neglected when he was rescued. Brutus had been beaten hard enough to break his jaw.
