Deep in the African bush a lioness gives giant hug to the two men who saved her.
As a cub, Sirga was driven out of her pride and rescued by Valentin Gruener and Mikkel Legarth who could not stand by and watch her die.
Now the 110lb lioness has developed an incredible bond with the pair who are fighting to save her species in Botswana, southern Africa.
Sirga treats the two conservationists just like she would other lions and with their help she can now hunt for prey on her own.
She is now a beacon for hoped success of the Modisa Wildlife Project, founded in Botswana, Africa, by Mr Gruener, from Germany, and Mr Legarth, who is Danish, with the hope of saving the lion population.
'We didn't want Sirga to become like other lions in captivity, constantly fed by streams of tourists. She only interacts with me and Valentin.
The Modisa Wildlife Project aims at removing lions from areas where they face certain death after coming into conflict with farmers.
Mr Legarth added: 'If you release wild lions somewhere else, they will come straight back to where they were before because there is food there.
'And if you just dump a pride of lions in the middle of a new territory they will disturb the prides that are already there.
The prophecy is fulfilled. If its not with God's intervention such fierce animals cant interact with other animals more so the human species regardless of what good they do to them.
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