This is the heart-warming story of Valentin Gruener, Mikkel Legarth, and a lioness called Sirga. The video you are about to watch is a demonstration of the bond that has been created between Valentin and Sirga in the time since he rescued her from certain death two-and-a-half years ago. Be prepared for what happens when Valentin opens the cage to be ‘greeted’ by this 110kg cat as you are in for a shock. However we can assure you that what you are about to witness is one of the most remarkable moments shared between any lion and a human being.
However Sirga was born a wild cat and there would normally be no telling
if that wild instinct would dominate. As you can clearly see from
Sirga’s reaction to meeting Valentin and how they enjoy going for a walk
together, there is no question of that happening now.
This is indeed a quite remarkable bond between man and beast.
