The love between species is probably the purest and most beautiful thing on the planet. It breaks all barriers and can beat all the odds. I’ve read a heartwarming story of a lion befriending a goat that was given to it as living food. They lay trust in each other and give their friend the best care and comfort ever. When these come at the right time, they can even save one’s life.
This is the case of the lioness mom and the sick two-month-old leopard cub in this story. The poor baby leopard can’t survive if his foster mom doesn’t come to help him.
As you may know, lions and leopards compete with each other in the wild for space and food. It means that they are hard to get along with each other. But this lioness mama adopted a sick baby leopard and raised him as her own.
The Gir National Park is the setting for this heartwarming tale. When the unfortunate leopard youngster needed aid the most, the lioness stepped in. She fed him and cared for him as if he were one of her own children. In her household, everything was shared and shared alike.
“The lioness took care of him like one of her own,” nursing him and sharing meat that she hunted,” said Stotra Chakrabarti, a researcher who studies animal behavior.
Not just that, the poor little leopard received a warm welcome from his siblings. They loved their new sibling and considered him a part of the gang. The lioness mother and her youngsters were deeply moved by the plight of the leopard cub. They provided him with the greatest possible treatment till he passed away due to a hernia he had from birth.
Sadly, the leopard’s body was found near a watering hole after a month and a half living with his lion family.
Although the pitiful poor baby leopard can’t live a longer life with his adoptive lion family, he gets all the love and cares in his last days. And this story wins the Internet. Animals are sometimes more human than us, humans.
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