{"id":4285,"date":"2026-03-30T11:01:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/young-lion-reunites-with-parents-after-illegal-sale\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:01:41","slug":"young-lion-reunites-with-parents-after-illegal-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/young-lion-reunites-with-parents-after-illegal-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Young lion reunites with parents after illegal sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-03-30 11:01:38<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>A young lion that was illegally sold as a cub has been reunited with his parents.<BR><br \/>\nStaff from The Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota had saved nine lions from a roadside zoo in Quebec, Canada, but discovered Kiros was missing from the pride, only to receive a surprising phone call a few months later.<BR><br \/>\nA young lion, related to rescued creatures Kim and Carl was looking for a home and staff checked photos and records to confirm it was Kiros.<BR><br \/>\nThe cub had been seized by authorities and taken to an accredited zoo, where he remained for 18 months while legal proceedings involving the roadside facility were resolved.<BR><br \/>\nThe Wildcat Sanctuary staff made a 2,280-mile roundtrip to bring back Kiros &#8211; which means Lord &#8211; after securing international parents, and Kim and Carl watched curiously as he arrived back at the facility.<BR><br \/>\nTammy Thies, founder and executive director of The Wildcat Sanctuary, told People magazine: \u201cFrom the moment we heard about the missing cub, we hoped we might one day find him.<BR><br \/>\n\u201cTo discover that Kiros not only survived but could come to the sanctuary where his parents now live is incredibly powerful. Stories like this remind us why rescue work matters.<BR><br \/>\n\u201cKiros\u2019 story highlights the cruelty of roadside zoos and the illegal pet trade.<BR><br \/>\n\u201cBut it also shows what\u2019s possible when animal welfare organizations, accredited sanctuaries, and caring supporters work together to give these animals the lives they deserve.<BR><br \/>\n\u201cThis is a new beginning for Kiros. After everything he\u2019s been through, he can now relax at his forever home.\u201d<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-03-30 11:01:38 A young lion that was illegally sold as a cub has been reunited with his parents. Staff from The Wildcat Sanctuary in Minnesota had saved nine lions from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4286,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4285\/revisions\/4286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}