{"id":764,"date":"2011-11-17T13:51:47","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T20:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/?p=764"},"modified":"2011-11-17T13:54:11","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T20:54:11","slug":"pictures-a-lioness-will-to-save-her-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/2011\/11\/pictures-a-lioness-will-to-save-her-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"[Pictures] A Lioness&#8217; Will To Save Her Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These pictures originally ran in the British Tabloids &#8211; amazing because the wildlife photographer just happened to be there while this drama unfolded&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The dramatic rescue, captured by wildlife photographer Jean-Francois Largot, was played out in Kenya\u2019s Masai Mara game reserve.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-766\" title=\"mom-lion1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion1.jpg\" alt=\"Lioness saves her cub 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion1-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Clinging on for dear life to the side of a vertical cliff, the tiny lion cub cries out pitifully for help.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-767\" title=\"mom-lion2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion2.jpg\" alt=\"Lioness saves her cub 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion2-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The drama begins:<\/strong> His mother arrives at the edge of the cliff with three other lionesses and a male. The females start to climb down together but turn back stopped by the sheer drop-off.<\/p>\n<p>Her son cries out for help, unable to move without falling further.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually one single factor determines which of them will risk her life to save the youngster \u2013 motherly love.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-768\" title=\"mom-lion3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion3.jpg\" alt=\"Lioness rescues her cub 3\" width=\"500\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion3-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Slowly, agonizingly, the lioness edges her way down towards her terrified son, using her powerful claws to grip the crumbling cliff side.<\/p>\n<p>One slip from her and both of them could end up dead at the bottom of the ravine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-769\" title=\"mom-lion4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion4.jpg\" alt=\"Lioness rescues her cub 4\" width=\"500\" height=\"691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion4.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion4-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just as the exhausted cub seems about to fall, his mother circles beneath him and he is snatched up in her jaws.<\/p>\n<p>She then begins the equally perilous journey back to the top.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion51.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-771\" title=\"mom-lion5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion51.jpg\" alt=\"Lioness rescues her cub 5\" width=\"500\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion51.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.vetlocator.com\/dailypaws\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/mom-lion51-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Minutes later, they arrive and she gives her son a comforting lick on his head.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These pictures originally ran in the British Tabloids &#8211; amazing because the wildlife photographer just happened to be there while this drama unfolded&#8230; The dramatic rescue, captured by wildlife photographer Jean-Francois Largot, was played out in Kenya\u2019s Masai Mara game reserve. 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