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		</div><p><a title="Meet the unlikely bromance trio celebrating their 15th anniversary" href="https://www.blogger.com/null"><span class="video-loader-image"><img src="http://brightcove01.brightcove.com/24/4221396001/201603/512/4221396001_4782728225001_4782714079001-vs.jpg?pubId=4221396001" alt="Meet the unlikely bromance trio celebrating their 15th anniversary" width="400" height="225" /></span></a></p>
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<h2 class=""><span style="color:#3d85c6;"><span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-weight:normal;">&#8216;The trio, also known as &#8216;The BLT&#8217;, have spent most of their lives by each others&#8217; sides and now eat, sleep and play together&#8217;</span></span></span><span style="color:#3d85c6;"><span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-weight:normal;"><b><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></h2>
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<p>A tiger, a lion and a bear make up a group of unlikely <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/animals">animal friends</a> &#8211; who bonded over their harrowing start in life.</p>
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<p>The trio of pals, also known as &#8220;The BLT&#8221;, were brought to the Noah&#8217;s Ark Wildlife Sanctuary in Georgia, in 2001 when they were found by police in a basement in Atlanta during a drugs raid.<br />
<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;"></ins>The three cubs were malnourished and underweight after they were found cowered in small cages underneath the house.<br />
Shere Khan, <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/tigers">the tiger</a>, was skin and bones and infected with internal and external parasites when he was rescued.</p>
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<p><img class="captify" title="Bond: The trio were found together as cubs" src="http://i4.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article7477365.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Lion-tiger-and-bear-living-in-a-Georgia-animal-shelter.jpg" alt="Lion, tiger and bear living in a Georgia animal shelter" /> <span style="font-size:x-small;"><i>Photo: Noah&#8217;s Ark Animal Shelter</i></span><span style="font-size:small;"><b>Bond: The trio were found together as cubs </b></span><br />
Leo, <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/lions">the lion</a>, came in with an open, infected wound on his nose from where he had been confined to a small crate.<br />
Baloo, <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/bears">the bear</a>, was in the worst state, with a severely ingrown harness digging into his flesh because it had not been loosened as he grew in size.<br />
<img class="captify" title="Friends: The three animals are now inseparable" src="http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article7477368.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Lion-tiger-and-bear-living-in-a-Georgia-animal-shelter.jpg" alt="Lion, tiger and bear living in a Georgia animal shelter" /> <i><span style="font-size:x-small;">Photo: Noah&#8217;s Ark Animal Shelter</span></i></p>
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<figure class="inline-image clearfix "><figcaption><b>Friends: The three animals are now inseparable </b></figcaption></figure>
<p>But after expert care and plenty of good food, the trio were soon happy and healthy again.<br />
And to the zookeepers&#8217; surprise, the pals formed a tight bromance, meaning they have been inseparable for the last 15 years.<br />
You might say they&#8217;re the ultimate brothers from other mothers.</p>
<p><img class="captify" title="Happy: The animals now live in a wildlife sanctuary in Georgia" src="http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article7477372.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Lion-tiger-and-bear-living-in-a-Georgia-animal-shelter.jpg" alt="Lion, tiger and bear living in a Georgia animal shelter" width="615" height="396" /> <span style="font-size:x-small;"><i>Photo: Noah&#8217;s Ark Animal Shelter</i></span></p>
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<figure class="inline-image clearfix "><figcaption><b>Happy: The animals now live in a wildlife sanctuary in Georgia </b></figcaption></figure>
<p>Noah&#8217;s Ark Sanctuary said: &#8220;Baloo, Leo and Shere Khan eat, sleep, and play together and even seek out grooming and affection from one another, head rubbing and licking each another.<br />
&#8220;Their terrifying early months in life bonded the three together and they are truly inseparable despite their obvious differences.&#8221;</p>
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