Rescued Lion Says Goodbye To Savior After 20 Years Together

Meet Jupiter, a cherished Lion from Colombia who became famous while living at Refúgio Vacation home Lorena.

Vacation home Lorena is a pet haven like no other.
Ana Julia Torres cares for 4 lions, 9 Bengal tigers, jaguars, cougars, a crocodile, a multicolor bear, and also an ostrich.
There is likewise a primate called Jocko, spider apes as well as numerous brilliantly colored birds.
One point they all share– they’ve been mistreated, states Ana Julia.
” They’re lame, or have actually lost limbs; they’re blind, or can not concentrate, or have actually lost an eye,” she claims.
” I have two human kids, and the rest of my children are 800 pets– some clawed and some really unshaven, but all of them fantastic,” Torres claims.
There are around 800 animals at the refuge, however Jupiter the lion was Ana’s preferred.
She rescued Jupiter from the circus, where he was usually abused as well as had his claws gotten rid of.
Understandingly, Jupiter shed trust in people and also established a phobia of human call.
When he was taken care of by Anna Julia, this phobia completely changed.
But the healthy and balanced lion was moved to the Los Caimanes zoo in the city of Monteria.
Officials removed Jupiter from Anna Julia’s treatment as a result of her reported absence of paperwork to keep the lion.
Sadly, Jupiter rapidly dropped weight while at the zoo as well as came to be very unwell.
In a bid to conserve Jupiter’s life, he was moved to a location closer to Ana Julia.
He mosted likely to obtain treatment in Cali zoo, where vets worked all the time to care for him.
The veterinarians established that he was experiencing incurable liver cancer cells as well as anemia. He had the ability to see his beloved Ana Julia one last time.
Jupiter lost his battle versus liver cancer and also regretfully died in 2020, however his memory resides on.