This unusual trio might have any animal lover scratching their head, but
their backstory goes a long way to explaining how the three wild
animals ended up together.
For the past 15 years, Baloo the American black bear, Leo the African
lion, and Shere Khan the Bengal tiger have been happily living together
at Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary.
They were rescued as cubs when they were discovered by police officers
in a home’s basement in Atlanta, Georgia during a drug raid. The three
animals were all under a year old and had sustained terrible injuries,
infected with parasites and severely malnourished when they were
rescued.
NAAS noticed that the three animals leaned on one another. They had
become closely bonded through their ordeal and so NAAS believed it was
better that they all stay together.
They sleep together, play together and are affectionate with one another like siblings are
