If babysitting was a sport, those who had never experienced taking care of children would surely discover how difficult it is to raise a child.
It’s not just humans who are struggling with the burden of unexpected extra childcare at the moment, but it is amazing to see that animals have their own share of difficult parenting moments like humans, as these remarkable photographs show.
Singa, an African lion living in Pakawi Park Zoo in Belgium, s.truggled to look after his five cubs while mum was in the hospital recovering from an i.njury caused by another lioness.
Singa tried to lift the cubs to carry them to a safer place the way their mother would but did not know how to do it properly making them cry every time he came near them
Wildlife photographer Linda Smit explained: ‘The mother was a.ttacked by another lioness. She had severe i.njuries and had to be separated from her cubs for a few weeks to h.eal. So dad had to take care of them.
‘He was trying to lift them, like the mother would do, to carry them to what he probably thought was a safer place. But as a male, he didn’t have the skills or experience to properly lift them.
‘Although he was very gentle with the cubs, they screamed every time he came near and tried to move them. He was very tolerant with them, but he did get a bit g.rumpy when they were biting his tail.’ “If this wasn’t his cub, he probably would have lost his temper.”
Finally! Lion mom is here to save the day!
After almost a week of medical treatment, JJ was back in the zoo. Her cubs were happy as shown in the picture, but you can consider the dad is happier to know he is free at last from the headaches in the past few days.
