AMAZING! Man Rescues Lions And Keeps Them As Pets In His Back Garden (PHOTOS)

An animal lover who lives in a remote mountain town keeps two adult lions as pets much to the annoyance and criticism of his neighbours and friends, who he says think they are just ‘killers’.

53-year-old Ales Basista, from Stupava in the Czech Republic, has been keeping lions since 2012, and has done everything from nursing them back the health to playing with them in the garden.

Meanwhile, his neighbours and friends have been very critical of decision to keep and raise the lions, and many others around the world have disagreed with keeping lions as private pets.

According to Daily Mail , Basista rescued his first lion from a circus when it was seven months old, back in 2012. The cub, named Alex, was born with deformities including a deformed spine. At the time, Basista was convinced that the lion cub would have died without his help. A short while later, lioness Mijanka, just four weeks old at the time, joined the family at their home in the Czech Republic. 

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