A6 THE MUSKOKAN, Thursday, July 19, 2007. A lion is one man’s best friend ubira the lion spent the days, whether pouring Subira continued to sulk. Lions do not make good pets. Anyone else going into rain or hot sunshine, lying in the tall grass or in WILDLIFE her enclosure, even as a substitute Tony, would be in utter danger. She is attached Sher house, big head between her paws, sulking. SANCTUARY to one person only. Ben and Jai could put her daily supply of raw chicken in What else does a lion do when the only living being in through the feeding hole in the fence, they could talk to her and assure her that the entire world for whom she cares has abandoned Tony would return, but all we had for the long days that Tony was away was a very her? And Tony had disappeared. unhappy lion. Tony, as many of you will have heard, had been invit- Dogs are well known for their deep attachment to their human masters, but ed to a conference of bear rehabilitators in Russia. while “master” is a term which cannot really be applied to any relationship with a There he was sharing with them the work that Aspen lion, the extent of her loneliness was something we had certainly not anticipated. Valley has been doing over the years with bears, and And then Tony returned. thus helping animals from South America to northern A great huge, lumbering lion can dance. She rushed around her enclosure. He Russia, and all the places in between. waited until she was calmer, and then went in. She licked his hands and his face, Apparently we have rehabilitated more bears than she rushed around through the tall grass. When he finally sat, she sat down beside any other sanctuary in the world, and done it well. him. She leaned against him. And then they went into her house and sat, out of About which Subira couldn’t care less. BY AUDREY TOURNAY the mosquitoes (likely Tony’s choice), in the dry straw, and the conversation went on and on. If she learned anything about bears and Russia it is difficult to say, but he learned that no human friend ought to leave a lion, even with friends. And her chicken is being brought into the pen every day now, and being put prop- erly down in the place it belongs. Brought in by Tony. As it ought to be. Visiting hours at the Aspen Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, near Rosseau, are Wednesday afternoon and Sunday afternoon from 1-4 p.m. For more information Presents call 705 732-6368.

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