After 20 Long Years In Captivity, Circus Lion Tastes Freedom For The First Time

Lacking even the comfort of a cage, when he wasn't performing he would be locked up and chained in the open bed of a truck, where he'd curl up behind the tent poles to sleep. It was heartbreaking to see Mufasa chained among the circus equipment, living on the back of a pickup truck, Jan Creamer, president of Animal Defenders International (ADI), said in a statement. A heavy harness and chains were wrapped around his body and as we cut them away, he stretched, free, for the first time. (Animal Defenders International)