Let me introduce Leo, the African lion, Baloo, the black bear, and Shere Khan the Bengal tiger. They live together at Noah's Ark Sanctuary in Georgia where they're known as BLT (bear, lion, tiger).
Now that's one awesome BLT.
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BLT were found during a police raid at the home of a drug dealer in Atlanta. He kept them as status symbols. They were a few months old and in pretty rough shape.
The living conditions were terrible.
Not only were they starving, but they had been traumatized and had infections which needed treatment
They were brought to the Noah's Ark Sanctuary and kept together since they had already bonded. The only time the three were separated was when Baloo, the bear, was sent to surgery. While at the drug dealer’s home, Baloo had been mistreated so profoundly that the harness that was put on him had grown into his skin. The two cats were distraught and cried for the bear’s return when he was at the vet’s. Since then, no one has separated the group.
They're the only bear, lion, and tiger living in the same habitat; each from a different continent so they would never have "met" in the wild.
They've been living and playing together for the last 13 years.
Here's more of their story:
Despite the fact that Baloo, the bear is much larger than the cats, there's only affection between them.
People could learn a lot from their example.
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