Mutilation and malnutrition of the animals makes them unfit for return to the wild. But they’re safe and well-fed in their permanent new  bushveld home.

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The 23 lions from Lima had begun a rehabilitation process before the Animal Defenders International brought them to South Africa.

They lie about in their secure  enclosures, apparently at ease about being watched by humans whom they have no reason to like.

In the distance, the nine lions from Colombia, who were locked up right until they left the country, are given more privacy.

Emoya Big Sanctuary director Savannah Heuser explains that rehabilitation will taken months, perhaps years.

The lions are being well fed and given expert veterinary treatment sponsored by ADI

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