We’ve launched a new range of t-shirts, tanks and sweatshirts in a range of colors, featuring tiger Kumal rescued from a circus cage in Guatemala and lion David saved from a circus in Peru. Both are now loving life at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.
Continue readingThanks to the Robert R Sprague Foundation, we have a great new pick-up truck (bakkie in South Africa), as part of a grant to help the sanctuary through the COVID-19 crisis. This really is an essential addition to the ADIWS – it has been a real struggle with just one rather battered truck up to now. Almost every lion and tiger came out to see the new bakkie as it toured and we think they gave it the paws up!
Two years ago, we did not even own the land on which this sanctuary is built. Today we have enclosures for 42 rescued lions and tigers covering 68 acres (almost 3 million square feet of animal habitats), so a vehicle to get around them is really useful!
With our fundraising efforts focused on survival at present, this was a huge boost.
We’d like to add a special personal thanks to Dr Lo Sprague without whom we could not have got the Guatemala tigers and lions home (she was part of our crew flying with them too!) and whose personal support has been essential to creating our sanctuary.
Thank you to everyone who is helping us through the ongoing global financial crisis. You really are making a difference to these animals’ lives. Everything helps, and if you are able to give today, please do so here:
We are heartbroken to have to say farewell to our dear Junior. Hundreds of you sent messages of support after Junior was diagnosed with cancer and we all rooted for him but it was not to be.
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As South Africa moves into winter, there is a lot of preparation going on at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary so that our lions and tigers will be cozy and warm.
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Donations for animal care have dropped because of the COVID-19 pandemic. WE NEED HELP NOW!
43 lions and tigers at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa, were rescued from circuses in Peru, Colombia, and Guatemala – NOW THEY NEED US AGAIN!
On #GivingTuesdayNow – GLOBAL DAY OF GIVING on May 5 – we need to raise $12,500 / £10,000 for 1 month of food, medicines, and vitamin supplements for our ex-circus lions and tigers.
Continue readingYou can take an animal out of the circus but you cannot always take the circus out of the animal. The inbreeding, abuse, and deprivation invariably leaving its mark, months, even years after their rescue and in some cases for the rest of their lives.
Help provide vital veterinary treatment for our damaged, rescued lions and tigers.
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Everyone is increasingly aware of the economic as well as human devastation that the COVID-19 pandemic is causing. The impact on donations to ADI has been shattering and we are working to ensure our survival and that all of our rescued animals are safe.
Continue readingAt the end of January, the 17 tigers and lions rescued by ADI from circuses in Guatemala touched down in South Africa and headed to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.
The timing now looks like one of the luckiest breaks ever!
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Last night (23 March 2020), in an attempt to combat the spread of COVID-19, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a 3-week shut down in the country, from Thursday 26th March. All South Africans must stay at home – with exemptions for health and other essential workers. People will only be able to leave their homes to buy food, visit the pharmacy, seek medical care or to collect a social grant. All businesses will close, except for medical facilities pharmacies, laboratories, petrol stations and food stores. The shutdown is expected to be enforced by police and the military. South Africa has a young population but millions are vulnerable due to long-term disease, malnutrition and the healthcare system suffers an acute lack of resources.
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Cases of people testing positive for COVID-19 are rising in South Africa. We have seen how quickly the supply of goods has unravelled in the UK and US, and worse is expected to come.
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