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The mothers of three lions, a tiger, and a spotted hyena abandoned them -- leaving them with a bleak chance of survival. Layla Cajee, the owner of Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg, South Africa, took them in at birth and has been raising them together ever since All photos: Splash/All Over Press

The mothers of three lions, a tiger, and a spotted hyena abandoned them -- leaving them with a bleak chance of survival. Layla Cajee, the owner of Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg, South Africa, took them in at birth and has been raising them together ever since All photos: Splash/All Over Press

The mothers of three lions, a tiger, and a spotted hyena abandoned them -- leaving them with a bleak chance of survival. Layla Cajee, the owner of Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg, South Africa, took them in at birth and has been raising them together ever since All photos: Splash/All Over Press

The mothers of three lions, a tiger, and a spotted hyena abandoned them -- leaving them with a bleak chance of survival. Layla Cajee, the owner of Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg, South Africa, took them in at birth and has been raising them together ever since All photos: Splash/All Over Press

The mothers of three lions, a tiger, and a spotted hyena abandoned them -- leaving them with a bleak chance of survival. Layla Cajee, the owner of Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg, South Africa, took them in at birth and has been raising them together ever since All photos: Splash/All Over Press

The mothers of three lions, a tiger, and a spotted hyena abandoned them -- leaving them with a bleak chance of survival. Layla Cajee, the owner of Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg, South Africa, took them in at birth and has been raising them together ever since All photos: Splash/All Over Press

The mothers of three lions, a tiger, and a spotted hyena abandoned them -- leaving them with a bleak chance of survival. Layla Cajee, the owner of Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg, South Africa, took them in at birth and has been raising them together ever since All photos: Splash/All Over Press

The mothers of three lions, a tiger, and a spotted hyena abandoned them -- leaving them with a bleak chance of survival. Layla Cajee, the owner of Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg, South Africa, took them in at birth and has been raising them together ever since All photos: Splash/All Over Press

The mothers of three lions, a tiger, and a spotted hyena abandoned them -- leaving them with a bleak chance of survival. Layla Cajee, the owner of Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg, South Africa, took them in at birth and has been raising them together ever since All photos: Splash/All Over Press

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