Russia: Will Luma the lioness make this Moscow hookah lounge a roaring success?

Night life in Moscow just got a little wilder after the recent opening of a hookah lounge in the Russian capital where patrons are able to play with a young lioness. Hookah bar owner Eduard Bykovskii adopted the four-month-old cub from Nalchik Zoo. Luma the lioness has proven a big hit with customers who are keen to play with her and take a selfie with the animal. Bykovskii said Tuesday that “you can bring up wild exotic animals from six months to a year to the point when they start to become dangerous.” In any case the arrangement is not permanent. “We were invited to look after her, we took her to train her and in two months we will return her back to the zoo," Bykovskii added. In the meantime the lioness lives in comfortable conditions in a large private house with a garden and trees where she can roam free.