A North African wildlife photographer who took the cutest and most unexpected “assistant” to a photo shoot in the wild has wowed netizens.
Wildlife photographer Djamel Hadj Aissa from Ghardaïa in Algeria, is a member of the famous family that founded the first zoological park in Algeria. Today, the Hadj Aissa family has six zoological parks, in Ghardaïa, Tlemcen, Oran, Sétif, Djelfa, and Oum Bouaghi.
Preparing to photograph lions in the wild one day, Djamel, who currently lives in the capital city of Algiers, was inspired to bring along a companion: a friendly lion cub that was born in his backyard….