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Moving day for the old lions brings a mix of careful handling, patient teamwork, and a surprisingly uplifting mood at the sanctuary. Kevin Richardson and the team move George and Yummy first, then plan the next transfers with Echo, Naobi, Bobcat, Vieti, Gabby, and the rest of the group as they shuffle spaces around the sanctuary.

The transcript reveals both the challenges of ageing lions and the close bond between keeper and animal. George still struggles with his Achilles strength, Echo and Naobi have lost condition with age, and Bobcat’s sore hip and crepitus make loading more difficult, while Gabby remains one of the most talkative personalities. Even so, the lions respond well, load into transport with less resistance than expected, and show that their love of life is still very much there.

This is a wildlife sanctuary moving day, animal care video, and emotional lion rescue update with a calm behind-the-scenes feel. It is ideal for viewers interested in big cats, lion behaviour, sanctuary life, animal welfare, and Kevin Richardson’s work with ageing lions.

Created for anyone searching for lion sanctuary videos, wildlife conservation content, big cat care, animal rescue updates, and behind-the-scenes animal handling. If you enjoy emotional wildlife stories, lion moving day footage, and real sanctuary management with old lions, this video offers a gentle, grounded look at care, patience, and progress.

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00:15good morning everyone today we're going to be doing a sanctuary move around nice boy nice nice
00:23nice nice good job
00:53come whoop whoop
01:00you can see George he does obviously
01:29struggle a bit with his Achilles strength due to his childhood nutritional deficiencies
01:43but apart from that yeah these two are in tip-top health yeah as far as lions in the sanctuary
01:54go
01:56they're young 12 years old is young good boys
02:13so
02:31cut
02:50okay a million dollar question who next and where to okay uh I was thinking if we can take Eko
02:58and Naomi yeah to not to where George and Naomi were okay
03:02so at least they can keep Sibindi company okay yeah let's do that
03:12hello my girlie
03:17hey it's my leg
03:20ah ah ah
03:22and bite her
03:40I'm gonna need
03:44the meat
03:45the meat
03:48look at you two loving girls today hey
03:53thank you
03:55what you doing
03:56and be a naughty girl
03:59you
04:01you
04:02you
04:10you
04:15you
04:17you
04:17you
04:26Come, come, come
04:30Come, whoop, whoop, whoop
04:33Okay
04:37Nice echo, sure
04:39That's incredible
04:45Here
04:47Here, here, here, here
04:55That's it
04:55Nice one, nice one Nobe
04:58Nice, nice Nobe
05:02Wow
05:04That's insane
05:06What's got into these lions?
05:08Eh?
05:10Nicely my girlie
05:12That's incredible
05:16Thank you George
05:17If I didn't have George
05:20I would lose everything
05:26Too much to think of guys
05:28Yeah
05:31So
05:31Let's summarize Echo Nobe
05:34Echo
05:34Wow
05:36She jumped in like she was a cub
05:39No problems there
05:40She's lost a lot of condition
05:42She's losing
05:43Clearly she's losing protein in her urine
05:48There's been, I mean their diets
05:50We've actually increased the girls' diets
05:53Feeding them a lot more
05:55But they still continue to lose condition
05:59That's just an age thing guys
06:02You see it
06:03No matter how much you feed your
06:05Your gran
06:07You see her muscles
06:10She loses muscle condition
06:12And we lose
06:14In humans
06:15A major percentage of muscle mass
06:18The older we get
06:19The same with lions
06:21But Echo is faring very, very well
06:28Come
06:30Come
06:30Come
06:31Come
06:31Come
06:32Come
06:32Come
06:34Whoop
06:35Come
06:48Come
06:50Come
06:50Here
06:51Nubby
06:52Here
06:53There
06:55There
06:55There
07:18I think we can take Bobcat and put him South 6 where these two were.
07:26Yeah. Then after Bobcat we take Vietti, put him where Bobcat was, then take the 6, put him where Vietti
07:36was.
07:37Cool. Let's go. Yeah. Good idea.
07:41Let's do this. Good idea. Glad I thought of it.
07:48Okay. Oh nice, nice new camp. Different tasting water.
07:55Lovely.
08:05Alright, so Bobcat's going to be an interesting one because he has that crepitus in the hip joint.
08:13You can actually feel the grinding. It's quite severe.
08:20And he is in a bit of pain. We are treating him for pain.
08:27And he seems to be a little bit better off than he was.
08:32So we'll keep an eye on that.
08:34The issue with the pain meds is that you just got to continue it and then it kind of loses
08:39its effectiveness.
08:40So you've got to do regimes where you kind of stop and start it.
08:46So Doc is working on a new regime at the moment as we speak for Bobcat.
08:53And we'll take it from there. But let's see how he loads.
08:55He's very sore on the hindquarters. In actual fact, it's like a weird pain because if I massage his hips
09:05and his leg, you could actually feel, you can feel him feel relief.
09:14So he actually enjoys that. So if I just, which I do when I visit him, I always just rub
09:20his legs and rub his back.
09:22And he appreciates that. So yeah, let's see how Bobcat loads.
09:27It's going to be an interesting one. Gabby, no issues. Gabby's just, yeah, she's starting to get old.
09:33So the jumping and all of that kind of thing is slowing down. And, and one thing that I don't
09:40have to do, guys, is scream.
09:42No, Gabby, no. So pros and cons to old age, I suppose.
09:56Hello, the most, the two most talkative cats in the sanctuary.
10:00The two most talkative lions. Gab, Gab. Oh, whoa, whoa.
10:05And Bobcat. Hey, yeah. Oh, whoa, whoa.
10:13Hello, my boy.
10:19Oh, whoa, whoa.
10:29Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
10:37Cup, cup, cup, cup, cup.
10:49Yeah. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Yeah.
10:56Come on, boy.
11:04Nice.
11:08Excellent.
11:10Excellent.
11:12Yes, that's a good boy.
11:15That's a good boy.
11:17What a good lion.
11:20Not you, Gabs. You're not a good lion.
11:22You're a naughty lion.
11:25I'm only kidding. You're a very good lion, Gabby.
11:27Good lion. Yeah, Bobcat. Yeah.
11:33All right. So I can't be cross about that.
11:36That was next level Bobcat. Well done.
11:40Even though I can see it took a bit of effort.
11:45Glad I didn't use the ramp, guys, because I could assess an hour from last time to this time.
11:51And there's a market difference in him hopping in, which means our meds are working.
11:59Okay, let's go, George.
12:15gon control the colonel with God.
12:15Sounds like a good boy, George.
12:19Boh we'll get you to a park.
12:20For a very noble one, here's your walk and a good dog.
12:20Do you want to get rid of theomy?
12:21How'd you make it to a perch?
12:26Isn't enough?
12:31We've been to Angel arch.
12:31How'd you with this?
12:31You
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