It’s all fun and games for the bold and playful young lioness at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. She seems proud of herself for having demolished her catnip sack. Dhubiya has an incredible spirit despite her harrowing past. A victim of the illegal lion pet trade, she was left to die in the desert outside Kuwait City – either dumped by a trafficker or an owner no longer wanting a lion as a status symbol ‘pet’.

Now, Dhubiya is free to live as close as possible to what nature intended. She loves catnip and any other enrichment, loves to get into everything and see what everyone is doing.

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