Circus lion feels grass for the first time

Circus lion feels grass for the first time

Get the tissues ready. Circus lion freed from cage feels earth beneath his paws for the first time in Brazil…

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Footage shared this week by the Rancho dos Gnomos Santuário in Brazil shows the thrilling moment a lion named Will experiences, for the first time, the feeling of soil and grass beneath his feet.

Prior to being rescued and taken to the sanctuary, Will had been forced to perform with a traveling circus. 

For 13 long years, the lion had been confined to a cramped cage.

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