Today is World Lion Day. LET’S TURN THE TIDE AGAINST TROPHY PETS. Aziza is a beautiful young lioness, with dainty, elegant features. Perhaps it’s not surprising that someone thought it would be cool to have her as a status symbol pet. But then they tired of her and she was discarded like a fashion accessory they had tired of. She was dumped in the streets of Kuwait City. ADI stepped in to bring Aziza and five other lions, abandoned in the same way, home to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.

You’ve all seen the clips on social media of people posing with young lions which encourage this cruel industry. These animals are torn from their mothers as cubs and forced, through social isolation, into dependency on their captors. They live unnatural lives of confinement either caged or chained. When they grow too big, powerful and expensive or the captor simply loses interest, they may be killed or dumped – like Aziza and the other lions from Kuwait ADI recently rescued. No matter how much you would love to touch or pet a wild animal, DON’T. It is not in their interest.

NEVER LIKE OR SHARE WILD ANIMALS BEING USED AS TOYS OR PHOTO PROPS. SPREAD THE WORD.

This World Lion Day, please consider donating towards the rescued trophy pet lions in our care: US $ | UK £