As lioness Dhubiya gains in confidence (first pic) and bounces around her habitat at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa, tearing down hay bales and tearing up catnip sacks, it is hard to believe it was just a week ago today that she made those first tentative steps out onto African soil. Rescued from the illegal wildlife trade in Kuwait, the young lioness survived being dumped to die in the desert by a callous owner who’d tired of having a ‘pet’ lion. Now, she has made it home to Africa on the airlift of the #Kuwait6! Relive those first momentous steps as last Tuesday morning, the door to her house opened and Dhubiya looked out, with Saif watching behind her as she cautiously stepped forward. Through the night she had heard the roars of the other lions, and now African soil was beneath her paws. We wonder what she was thinking?

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