Catwalk

I was enthralled and privileged to get a call from Arne Muller to walk again with Lyla and Mustafa, the two young lions at Zorgfontein this weekend. What an experience this is and I love it more each time I do it. There are no leashes, no cages and no collars- just a walk through the African bush with some rather large kitties.

These lions are still very young, at just over a year each and yet their paws are already huge. Our guide, Ben Bristow told us that these paws will be as large as dinner plates when the lions are fully grown. The cats are already so powerful, it is hard to imagine how much bigger they will be!

We had a peaceful walk this weekend with no disturbances and the lions left us after an hour- wishing we could spend more precious time with them.  Ben made me very jealous by mentioning that when he was a baby his father used to bring lions to his cot rather than teddy bears. Humpf ! How lucky can you get?

Watch this space though, because in April there are going to be cubs.

Thank-you Arne for thinking of me.

Fiona Ayerst

17 March 2012