[MMIT OMG - beautiful! The BLTs

 

   This is Leo the African Lion, Baloo the Black Bear, and Shere Khan the Bengal Tiger.

The threesome were rescued as babies from the

basement of an Atlanta drug dealer's home when

it was raided by authorities.

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They were starving, traumatized and had

bacterial infections.

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Since then, they were brought to

Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary

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… where they've lived in the same habitat

together for 13 years.

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The only time the three were separated was when

Baloo was sent to surgery. [While at the drug dealer's home,

Baloo had been mistreated so profoundly that the harness that was

put on him had grown into his skin.]

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The two cats were distraught and cried for the

bear's return when he was at the vet's. Since then

no one has separated the group.

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They clearly bonded during their earliest

memories and never wanted to be apart.

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Now they live together as if they were brothers of

the same species.

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They play together, nuzzle one another and

are extremely affectionate.

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The threesome are the only lion, tiger and bear

living together in the world.

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They're just that exceptional.

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Humans could really learn from the bond that

these three have.

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No one ever told them they couldn't

love one another, so they did just that.

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And now, even all these years later, they

continue to do so.

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The trio are affectionately referred to as BLT,

standing for bear, lion, and tiger. They might

just be the most adorable sandwich ever!

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