The new BLT trio (Bear, Lion, Tiger)

Wisdom Quarterly; Telegraph.co.uk

The kindest "BLT" is made of bear, lion, and tiger (telegraph.co.uk)

 

Hey, what about us?! (Christy30/flickr)

Rescued eight years ago during a police drugs raid in Atlanta, Georgia, the three friends were only cubs at the time and barely two months old. They had been kept as status symbol pets by the drug barons.
 

Delivered to the Noah's Ark animal rescue centre in Locust Grove, Georgia, the decision was made to keep the youngsters together. "We could have separated them, but since they came as a kind of family, the zoo decided to keep them together," said Diane Smith, assistant director of the Noah's Ark zoo.

"To our knowledge, this is the only place where you'll find this combination of animals together, they are our BLT, (bear, lion, and tiger). More

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