Balanced News: ‘World’s Loneliest Lion’ Returns to Africa After Years Alone in Zoo–WATCH His First Steps

A 15-year-old lion named Ruben, known as the “world’s loneliest lion,” has returned to his natural habitat in South Africa after being abandoned in a private zoo in Armenia for five years. Ruben was left behind in a small concrete cell while the other lions were relocated. The lion was transported to South Africa by Animals Defenders International and Qatar Airways Cargo. Ruben is now being rehabilitated at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in Free State, South Africa, where he took his first steps on grass and started playing with toys.