Lyka gets some signatures, but it seems not enough for her to be released to a sanctuary, that she deserves so much ! "

"A government-run zoo in the Philippines has been accused of animal cruelty after visitors found them keeping a blind lioness in a tiny, squalid cage.

Lyka the lion has been written off as a 'breeding mistake' by the zoo, after going blind as a result of a congenital eye problem. 

The five-year-old lioness is now living out her life in a filthy, 3ft-wide rusty enclosure the Maasin Zoo in Iloilo, southern Philippines. "A holidaymaker who went to the zoo said she was heartbroken when she saw the plight of Lyka and is urging animal welfare groups to step in...