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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 When an animal finds the right companion,

00:04 as one exotic cat is about to discover,

00:08 the bond can be life-changing.

00:10 Noah's Ark is a sanctuary in the United States

00:16 for all sorts of animals rescued from private owners

00:20 and the illegal pet trade.

00:21 - Okay.

00:24 - The team here is always looking for ways

00:26 to keep the inhabitants stimulated.

00:29 It goes around here.

00:31 Today, they're building a swing bed

00:35 for one of their biggest residents.

00:37 - Yeah.

00:38 - Animal manager, Allison Hedgecoth, is in charge.

00:41 - Thank you guys.

00:43 Ready?

00:47 Here you go.

00:48 - This is Liberty, a six-year-old lioness

00:51 who came here when she was one.

00:53 Liberty was rescued from a private facility

00:58 where visitors paid to pose for photos with her.

01:01 Her arrival brought a host of new challenges for Allison.

01:06 - She really did need a forever home

01:11 where she would be safe and not exploited,

01:14 but we didn't have any other lions for her to live with.

01:17 And so we were faced with a problem

01:19 because lions are very social animals.

01:21 Liberty.

01:23 - But Liberty was all alone.

01:26 At first, the team tried to keep her engaged with toys,

01:30 but to thrive in captivity,

01:33 this lonely lion needed a companion.

01:36 One day, Allison noticed that Liberty

01:41 was paying a lot of attention

01:43 to her older next door neighbor,

01:45 a 16-year-old Bengal tiger named Tiger Lily.

01:51 - Tiger Lily and Liberty lived in separate enclosures

01:54 right next to each other

01:55 so they could see each other, smell each other,

01:58 kind of get used to each other.

01:59 - Pretty soon, the two cats

02:02 were setting up their own playdates.

02:05 - They would play through the fence.

02:09 They would rub up against the fence

02:10 and try and snuggle with each other and touch each other.

02:15 - Allison wondered,

02:16 could Tiger Lily be the right companion for Liberty?

02:19 (upbeat music)

02:24 (upbeat music)

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