Florida Man Will Spend One Month in Lion's Den

Founder Jim Jablon has been working with animals of all types of his entire life. For the past 15 years or so, Jim has been dedicated to helping any animal that has come into harms way, natural or human causes. Over 15 years, it is becoming apparent that all kinds of exotic species are also in dire need of help from living a life in small, dirty cages, being undernourished from a poor diet, lacking in proper medical treatment, and having an absence of NATURAL living conditions. Endangered species lists continue to grow, as the world population rises and the animals are exploited and pushed out of the homes.

James Jablon, of Spring Hill, Florida, recently started a month-long stay in a fenced enclosure with two African lions, one's one-year old and the other is two-years old, in hopes of raising money for his wildlife center. Jablon owns and runs the nonprofit Wildlife Rehabilitation of Hernando (WROH) where the two lions, Lea and Ed, live in harmony. NBC reports that Jablon plans on sleeping in the hay near the lions where they sleep and eat. Lions sleep for 20 hours each day and eats once a day. He aims to raise upwards of $150,000.

His stay with the lions is publicized as a live Internet stream on their web site: (Click Here) and the live stream (Click Here) they have a Facebook site: (Click Here)

A member of my crew and myself spent most of today watching Jim and his lions in action. Along with the stream is a chat box where folks can trade comments and ask questions. Jim and his staff are very informative and love what they are doing while volunteering to help and support WROHFlorida. All of the moderators in chat are volunteers and are from all around the world.

On this day we watched as Jim washed his hair, and one of the lions tried to lick his head dry to the point that his head was in slight pain later on that day. We also got to watch Jim interact with the lions and then dinnertime.

All in all, his stay with the lions was interesting. We would like to remind you that these lions are not pets. Some of other animals at this wildlife rehabilitation include Black and White Ruffed Lemurs, Fennec Foxes, Siberian Lynx, African Servals, Ringtail Lemurs, Tigers, Japanese Snow Macaques, Spider Monkeys and more. With a list like this it is no wonder that Jim is asking for your help. Please visit his site and donate what you can!