A zookeeper has told how a dog became the perfect parent for an abandoned lion cub. A zookeeper has told how a dog became the perfect parent for an abandoned lion cub. With almost 30 years' experience as a zookeeper, Linda Frew from Belfast Zoo has helped to socialise animals including bears, primates and big cats. Linda's two loves combined in 2007 when Lily, an endangered Barbary lion cub, was abandoned by her mother Fidda and father Qays. "I remember all my foster dogs and have photos or doggy ornaments to remind me of them."

Source: Irish Independent February 22, 2018 06:45 UTC