This Circus Lion Spent 13 Years Living In A Metal Cage. He Finally Feels Grass For The First Time

May 15, 2015

Silvia and Marcos Pompeu, the founders of the Ecological Sanctuary Association - Rancho dos Gnomos - rescue domestic, exotic and wild animals from abusive environments (circus, cockfight, deforestation, burning, trafficking, ritual, abandon, fur industry).

This is the moment a circus lion was finally given a second chance, and released into their sanctuary, free from his imprisonment and a tiny cage that he called home for the majority of his life...

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