Lion, Forced To Stay Silent In Abandoned Zoo, Lets Out His First Roar Since Rescue

Animals have an interesting way of reacting to certain situations and behaving once they are comfortable.

Daphnie

• Published in Animal Stories
• July 20, 2023

We've heard oftentimes of animals and how they may react to being abandoned or in a situation that isn't quite great for them. We may see this more often times for pets, but that doesn't mean that it can't happen to larger animals as well.

This lion was the only animal in an abandoned zoo, and he was kept away from everyone and forced to keep quiet. We all know that lions are quite loud, and they are known for their loud roars.

This helps them to communicate and also express themselves when in distress; we know that this is a huge part of being a lion. Ultimately, it's very important to let these animals live in their natural habitats as much as possible or at least give them a simulated version.

Keeping this lion in a cage and keeping it all by itself was not the way to get it to behave properly or to be happy in its life. It's a sad story that we're going to look into, but this lion definitely proved everyone wrong when it got its voice back after being silenced for a long time in an abandoned zoo.

Let's look into this amazing story and see how Ruben the Lion came so far and how he finally got his voice back after all this time.

Ruben was confined to a small cage for 5 years.

He was kept in an abandoned zoo which made the lion feel lonely and fall silent. He no longer roared.

The zoo owner passed away, and although most of the animals were rescued, Ruben was actually unfortunately left behind.

Ruben was finally saved by a rescue animal charity.

Ruben now has a great life after being rescued and is looking to live a life in a sanctuary in South Africa. He was safely transported to Yerevan where he will be taken to a sanctuary to regain his roar and get him back to the happy lion he once was.

He has already changed and grown so much since his time in captivity. Being born into and kept into captivity set Ruben up to be weaker and just overall uncomfortable

The lion was transported to a place that was going to be his new home.

Ruben has never had this much space and he's going to have even more space once he's moved to Africa in his larger habitat.

It's said that Ruben has weak muscles after his time in captivity but they are building him up with food and exercise.

Here's what they had to say about Ruben's future: “This is more space than he has ever known but the real transformation will be in Africa where he will eventually have access to a very large natural habitat,” Creamer said.

” Being kept so long inside cages have weakened his muscles…but we are building him up with exercise and food and he is responding well.

We are so glad to hear that Ruben is doing much better, and we're so happy that this rescue group helped him as much as they could to get back to a healthy natural state. This just goes to show that it's so important to keep animals in their natural habitat and keep them happy in order for them to be at their maximum potential.

Daphnie