When I first saw this video (on Yahoo), all it said was that Lira was a liger living in a Russian apartment. I came across your article out of concern for her well-being as more and more people think it's "cool" to own a dangerous exotic. It is comforting to find that she's with someone who has experience with these creatures and will be using her for more than living decor. Some might say that it's still not the best situation...that a wild release would be better, but I'd like to point out that as a hybrid, there would a large issue of where to release her. Not only do tigers and lions not share the same habitat, but their personalities are opposites as well. Tigers are solitary animals, lions in prides, tigers often hunt near or in water, lions not so much, etc... She's a product of captive breeding, and though not placed in the wild, at least she'll be able to channel her energy into something instead of her perhaps languishing as a curiosity behind circus bars.