One malnourished lioness had spent her life confined to an apartment. Another was so shell-shocked she could barely walk. They are among five traumatized lions rescued from the war zone in Ukraine who are settling into a new home in England after an international effort to bring them to safety.

Rescued from war-torn Ukraine, traumatised lions settle into ‘forever home’ in UK - One of the lions had never touched grass before being brought to England

One of the lions was unable to stand because of severe concussion caused by shell shock during the conflict - while another was rescued from a flat where she was being kept as a family pet.