Picture: 17 stone lion rewards rescuer's devotion with big kiss

Cat lovers everywhere like nothing more than a hug and kiss from their feline friends.Ana Julia Torres, however, went a step further when she was kissed by a much bigger cat - a 17-stone lion.

Ana rescued grateful Jupiter, an African lion, from a circus in Colombia six years ago. He was extremely malnourished after having been badly mistreated.Now though he is the picture of health and couldn't resist planting a huge smacker on Ana, who runs a shelter for sick and miestreated animals.