Rescued Lion Says Goodbye To Savior After 20 Years Together

Meet Jupiter, a cherished Lion from Colombia that became famous while living at Refúgio Suite Lorena.

Vacation home Lorena is a pet sanctuary like nothing else.

Ana Julia Torres looks after four lions, 9 Bengal tigers, jaguars, cougars, a crocodile, a polychromatic bear, as well as an ostrich.

There is also a monkey called Jocko, spider apes and thousands of brightly colored birds.

Something they all have in common– they’ve been mistreated, states Ana Julia.

“They’re lame, or have actually lost limbs; they’re blind, or can’t concentrate, or have actually shed an eye,” she says.

“I have 2 human children, et cetera of my children are 800 pets– some clawed and some really hairy, yet every one of them remarkable,” Torres states.

There are around 800 pets at the refuge, however Jupiter the lion was Ana’s preferred.

She rescued Jupiter from the circus, where he was usually mistreated and also had his claws removed.

Understandingly, Jupiter lost trust in people as well as also created a fear of human get in touch with.

When he was dealt with by Anna Julia, this fear entirely changed.

However the healthy and balanced lion was transferred to the Los Caimanes zoo in the city of Monteria.

Officials eliminated Jupiter from Anna Julia’s treatment due to her documented lack of documents to keep the lion.

Unfortunately, Jupiter swiftly dropped weight while at the zoo and came to be extremely unwell.

In a proposal to save Jupiter’s life, he was moved to a location better to Ana Julia.

He went to get therapy in Cali zoo, where veterinarians functioned around the clock to look after him.

The veterinarians identified that he was experiencing incurable liver cancer as well as anemia. He was able to see his cherished Ana Julia one last time.

Jupiter shed his battle against liver cancer as well as regretfully died in 2020, however his memory resides on.