Mahla lounges on her new platform for a couple of hours at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, then slips elegantly down to the ground. We’d like to thank everyone who contributed to building the new platform after the boisterous Cusco pride broke the last one. Mahla was rescued as a cub by ADI from a circus in Peru ten years ago.
Thanks to our wonderful supporters, like yourself, our rescued lions, tigers, horses, pigs and others have been in fun paradise at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary with pumpkins, hay bale castles and catnip scarecrows and we will be able to keep the fun going this month.
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We were over the moon to see Lupe back to her old self, enjoying a Halloween treat after suffering a seizure last week.
As ADI supporters know, the tigers we rescued from a circus in Guatemala have suffered from multiple health problems due to in-breeding and malnutrition early in life.
It is tragic how an early life poor care follows these tigers even after they are rescued. Heartbreakingly, four of the tigers we saved in 2018, Sombra, Bimbi, Itza, and Kumal passed away due to these issues.
The ADI Wildlife Sanctuary team keeps Lupe under close observation and Dr Caldwell monitors and adjusts her medication – her last seizure had been in June.
Lupe’s sons Max and Stripes, who live next door to her, appear to have avoided this problem. They were rescued by ADI at six months old, and so have enjoyed good nutrition from an early age, so have developed and grown larger and hopefully healthier than their parents.
Smith has faced several health challenges in recent years but you wouldn’t believe it when he caught sight of a Halloween pumpkin on one of his platforms at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary and launched himself at it.
This picture shows why enrichment is so important for captive animals, giving them different experiences and keeping them mentally and physically stimulated.
Ten years ago Smith was the most famous lion in the world after a clip went viral of him dragging an audience member around a circus ring in Peru. A particularly irresponsible circus act, in which Smith was meant to jump over a member of the audience, went wrong. As a result ADI rescued Smith and all of the other animals that remained in the circus.
Ten years on you can see just how powerful he is and just how stupid it was to put a member of the public in a circus ring with him!
Happy Halloween Smith.
This time last year, Ruben was playing with and even devouring pumpkins! A reminder of how this brave lion seized life at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary and savored every experience and treat.
Rescued from a closed-down zoo in Armenia, he arrived at ADIWS with serious health issues, barely able to muster a few steps without falling. In seven glorious months he drove himself on to walk, climb the slope in his habitat, roar with other lions, sleep under the African stars, and play.
His time with us was too short but reminds us all that for animals rescued from suffering every day of freedom is precious.
The spookiest time of year is nearly upon us once again, and that means pumpkin fun for our lion and tiger residents at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. Most of the big cats at ADIWS were rescued from horrific conditions in circuses where they were forced to perform. I am pleased to say there are NO MORE TRICKS – ONLY TREATS – and you can be part of the fun!
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A new member of the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary family.
Freya was found stinking, dirty and in terrible condition in a sewer – the SPCA asked if we could help and how could we say “no” to that face. She’s two years old and seems to have spent all of that time as a stray.
Nicknamed “The Pocket Rocket”, she spends her days racing around the garden at Chris Lee Lodge (soon to be our visitor/volunteer housing), before collapsing at night on the bed of one of our team. She has already made friends with Rollo and Milo and we anticipate much high spirited mischief.
Remember there are dogs like Freya all over the world, please adopt, don’t buy.
Our team has begun the process of integrating Dhubiya, Saif, Aziza and Muheeb, who were rescued from Kuwait’s illegal wildlife pet trade. They have already been in separate cages in the same building in Kuwait zoo, so they are already familiar with each other.
Dhubiya and Aziza have been spayed to ensure their health and prevent overbreeding, while we’ve adapted their habitats to smooth their transition into a potential single pride! Of course, if they make friends and prefer to form their own companions, perhaps pairs, that is also fine.
It’s a gradual process, as we monitor their interactions closely across their 2.5-acre area, but we are really hopeful that we will see them all reunited in one habitat.
This weekend, I hope you will help me raise enough to purchase the first two electric off-road vehicles for the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. Thanks to our first appeal we are closer to the target, and great news is that one of our Sanctuary Founders has offered a $3,500 / £2,600 match fund. This means that donations this weekend will be doubled, and we can purchase our first two Blitz Cruisers!
Continue readingClimate change is the single greatest threat to the planet and the survival of many species.
Here, at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, we are now fully solar powered for our current needs, and plan to purchase another battery for future power needs for volunteers, visitors and schools.
Almost 100 solar panels power all operational areas, including resident food preparation, workshop, offices, staff living quarters. Independent solar panels and energisers already power our lion and tiger habitat fences, motorized gates and security cameras. We have our own natural underground springs.
Our next investment in green technology will be filtration for grey water (used kitchen water), recycling it for cleaning, watering plants, fire-fighting and more.
These investments in the Sanctuary will ensure we are protected against any future energy and water shortages, providing the safest and most energy efficient home for our residents.
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