Rescued Baby Lion Can't Sleep Without Favorite Blanket, Even Now As An Adult

Meet Lambert, an African lion who was rescued after being illegally purchased by a family who decided they didn’t want him anymore.

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It can be a wrench giving up your comfort blanket – especially when you've had a particularly tough start in life. Lambert the African lion was illegally purchased by a family as a cub and kept as a pet. In June 2014, Vicky Keahey, founder of Texas' In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue and Educational Center received a call from the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries (GFAS) asking if she could take Lambert in.