Incredible moment lioness goes in for a HUG with her human best friend

HERE’S one lioness looking like she sleeps so tight. Sirga has formed such an incredible bond with her human best friend that they start every day with a hug. This is the incredible moment Sirga the lioness goes in for HUG with her rescuer Valentin GruenerValentin Gruener/ Magnus News African conservationist Valentin Gruener, 34, rescued nine-year-old Sirga when she was abandoned by her mum at ten days old. Millions online have viewed videos of them at a Botswana wildlife project. The pair’s unbreakable bond has become a worldwide internet sensation, with videos of their embrace receiving millions of views. They live at the Modissa Wildlife Project in the Kalahari Desert, Botswana, Southern Africa, with Valentin’s partner, Sarah, 33. Most read in World News WHERE IS SHE? Inside decades-old mystery of missing girl as Vatican accused of 'cover-up' CARGO CRASH One dead after 'drunk Brit sailor smashes supertanker into another vessel’ HANGING HORROR Terrifying moment girl, 3, nearly hangs herself as she hurtles down slide XMAS FRIGHT I was asked to buy my landlord an XMAS PRESENT - after they'd increased my rent LION-AIR Two huge LIONS spark panic at major airport after escaping GETTING A RISE I was fired for calling boss a ‘w****r’ but I took them to court & WON The pair’s unbreakable bond has become a worldwide internet sensationValentin Gruener/ Magnus News Millions online have viewed videos of them in BotswanaValentin Gruener/ Magnus News Sirga has formed such an incredible bond with her human best friend that they start every day with a hugValentin Gruener/ Magnus News We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun news desk? Email us at exclusive@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4104. You can WhatsApp us on 07423 720 250. We pay for videos too. Click here to upload yours. Click here to get The Sun newspaper delivered for FREE for the next six weeks.