Several years ago this woman found a sick, malnourished lion cub in the jungle. She took the cub home and fed him and brought him up until he was too big to keep anymore.
Then she made arrangements with a zoo in Colombia to take the lion.
Here's a video of what happened when she went to visit him in the zoo for the first time:
BIG cat with a mommy complex.
Cardy, was it you who posted a similar clip a while back, a similar scenario? IIRC, in that instance, two young men had raised a big cat, a lioness, I think it was. Eventually, they had to leave her at a santuary. When they paid a visit some months, the moment of recognition was obvious, she ran to them and was just as clearly happy to see them. Very demonstrative, very affectionate with them.
*sigh* I just get a page of HTML, in Spanish...