Rescued Lion Brothers George and Yame Find New Home in South Africa

The Lion Whisperer

George and Yame, two rescued lion brothers, have found a new home at the Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa after being saved from a petting zoo in Spain more than a decade ago. Kevin Richardson, the Lion Whisperer, keeps their days lively by moving them from camp to camp, giving these big cats fresh surroundings to explore. The result is a gentle wildlife story about rescue, care, and the ongoing work of sanctuary life.  For anyone who loves lion videos, animal rescue stories, and South African wildlife, this is a quiet look at how two brothers settled into life in a sanctuary setting. It blends nature, conservation, and big cat behavior in a way that feels both calming and memorable. The focus stays on the lions and the environment that now protects them.  Created for viewers searching for rescued lions, lion sanctuary footage, wildlife sanctuary stories, big cat conservation, and nature and animal content from South Africa. It also fits searches for animal rescue, wildlife documentary-style clips, and relaxing wildlife viewing with a strong conservation theme.

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00:03Wow all right good morning good morning good morning guys today we're going to

00:07be moving some of the lions around those who are willing and wanting to participate

00:19okay so on our way to fetch George and Yame. George and Yame are the two lions that were

00:26rescued from Spain back in 2014 coming on 12 years of age very soon brothers very good lions and

00:40actually I must just take a moment to give a huge shout out to the members of the channel members

00:48and pride leaders and paid subscriptions on Facebook massive shout out to you guys thank

00:53you thank you thank you what we have been doing is we've been taking to heart your commentary in

01:00the members videos so for those of you don't know I make exclusive videos for members so do go and

01:08check that out and we listen to those members comments obviously we read every comment and we

01:15try and take to heart what you're saying so members we have been listening members are wanting to

01:23see a lot more of the lions in the sanctuary even if the lions aren't doing a lot the members

01:29are all

01:30pretty happy to just see the lions in their camps literally doing nothing you know as the one member

01:36put it this is not a pony show so I don't need to perform this is not a performative thing

01:43especially with the animals getting old and and a lot of them you know having these injuries yeah

01:50and even you know quality time is also just sometimes being together in each other's company

02:01being present and sometimes I feel that life is just so crazy that I don't spend the quality time

02:09uh that I used to so I am making a concerted effort to to try and spend more quality time

02:16with with the animals

02:19because there's just no guarantee

02:24there's no guarantee uh there's no guarantee how long they're going to live so yeah

02:28all right let's go and move uh george and yame they're waiting here patiently

02:34hello my boys

02:36oh oh oh oh

02:44hello boy

02:50okay

02:58oh

03:06oh

03:07oh

03:12oh

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03:20oh

03:48cut cut cut cut

03:49whoop

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04:16whoop

04:18you have to admire this lion yeah

04:26what a cat yeah

04:33guys yeah yum yum yeah

04:41yum yum yeah

05:12George you're not even interested in the food yeah

05:29George gets so easily distracted by smells that lion his strong point is his sense of smell

05:38so you'll notice when I come in and he smells the other lions

05:43he starts to sniff sniff sniff sniff sniff and then he grimaces

05:48and uh or Fleming response that's the Jacobson organ on the surface of the palate

05:57they draw in the smell over that and then they can

06:02recognize that smell if they smell it at a later stage so it's a way of drawing in new new

06:09sense

06:09but George is very very um yeah he is he's very susceptible to those kind of smells and Fleming response

06:20which is quite interesting look at him there he is

06:31sniff sniff sniff you see he's um drooling he's getting that that smell and he's going to draw it in

06:41drawing it in drawing it in and then watch watch what's going to happen let's see

06:51yeah there we go perfect demonstration you can hear him sniffing and snorting and

06:57bringing that smell

07:03he's gonna go again and where Yama is just he's just interested in the meat

07:09George is just George is just interested in the smells so interesting combo these two all right see you there

07:17yeah

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