Lion shepherds the flock in Dagestan

Even the lions in the revolutionary Russia are tamed. In Dagestan in Georgia, the people dress like the Afghans, sport daggers on their dress, but are a tamed lot. So are the lions, at least the tamed one. A farmer in Dagestan, Barembek Rahimov, sends his sheep flock to the forests for grazing with a lion shepherding the flock. The lion protects the flock in the forest from wild animals and brings them back safe. Rahimov received the lion as a cub present from a friend. He domesticated the cub and tamed it. Now a full grown lion, it shepherds the flock for its master. Farmer Rahimov named the cub Masha, after the popular Russian cartoon film, Masha and the Bear.