Sign up to FREE email alerts from Mirror - daily news Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailFour lion cubs kept as pets in squalid conditions have been freed to live their lives in an African sanctuary – thanks to the efforts of British wildlife campaigners. The Born Free Foundation said they were kept in “completely inadequate conditions” in France. As well as being very underweight, she also had skin irritation, a dull coat, gastrointestinal problems and corneal ulcers. Born Free’s Dr Chris Draper added: “The tragic stories of these cubs are a result of the appalling demand for wild animals as ‘pets’ and in circuses. “These four cubs face a happier future in our care, but we must also work to stamp out the trade in wild animals as pets and bring to an end the use of wild animals in circuses once and for all.”

Source: Daily Mirror May 17, 2020 19:38 UTC