Elsa Labrador dog and Fortis lion pose in enclosure of Fortuna Zoo, Irkutsk, Russia in undated footage. Elsa, as a puppy, began to look after the lion cub Fortis, who lost his hind leg at birth. Note: Picture is a screenshot from a video (@zoogallery_irkutsk/Newsflash)
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11 November 2022
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An unlikely adoption-success story involving a three-legged lion and a labrador has taken place in a zoo and is continuing even though the lion is now much bigger than its dog mother. The event played out at Irkutsk Zoo in Russia where labrador Elsa ended up as the role model for the three-legged...