It’s the 10th anniversary of the biggest circus rescue ever undertaken as ADI emptied the circus cages of Peru and Colombia. Today we raided the third circus and Rey Cusco happily living at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary these days (first pic) was saved.
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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.
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You’ll be pleased to know that Dhubiya and Aziza have fully recovered after their sterilisation operations last week. As well as preventing breeding this will also reduce risk of pyometra, a sudden and potentially life-threatening infection of the uterus, and certain cancers. This means the girls can live in family groups which include males. And sometimes, with the numbers and breakdown of males and females we rescue, this can be the difference whether they live a lifetime alone or enjoy the touch, communication, and companionship of another lion.
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TWO MORE LIONS SAVED IN OPERATION SPIRIT OF FREEDOM. These days Simba and Rey are seniors at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa (first pic). However, ten years ago today was the day that transformed their lives forever!
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Ten years ago today, ADI raided the first circus in Peru enforcing the country’s ban on animals in circuses. It would be the first of many raids saving over 100 animals and today Leo and his sons Chino, Coco and Rolex were saved. First pic is Chino and Coco in the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary where they live today the others are from Jan and Tim’s phones as a dramatic day unfolded.
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The ADI Wildlife Sanctuary recently took in young Springbok rescued after being injured and chased to exhaustion by hunters with dogs.
We had expected her to join the other antelope that freely roam our 455-acre sanctuary in South Africa. However, she has been welcomed into our family of donkeys rescued last year after being abandoned at a tourist lodge that closed.
Two of the donkeys were pregnant when they arrived and so two baby donkeys, Nugget and Eeyore, have since been born at ADIWS bringing the herd to eight.
During cold nights the adult donkeys gather around the youngsters and springbok to keep them warm. The donkeys wander wherever they please on the sanctuary and are incredibly inquisitive, often coming up to look into the windows of the houses.
In May, our rescue of the Kuwait 6 lions shone a spotlight on the illegal wildlife trade and ‘trophy pets’, and we’re sure you’ll enjoy an update on their progress.
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Sasha relaxes at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary and it’s hard to believe that this is a lioness with a titanium leg implant! A brutal declawing operation in a Guatemalan circus led to an infection and then spread up her leg. For 8 years she limped in constant pain in her circus cage. Then ADIWS veterinarian Dr Peter Caldwell performed ground-breaking surgery, replacing the diseased bone with a titanium implant. After years of limping, the tendons shortened in her leg and so she still limps, but is no longer in pain and will leap onto her platforms. These days, she loves to spend time alongside brothers Tomas and Kimba from the same circus in Guatemala and in the mornings all three will chase along the fence that divides their habitats.
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Aziza is the smallest and shyest of the Kuwait 6 lions rescued from the illegal wildlife trade – but she is growing in confidence.
Abandoned when she was no longer wanted as a ‘trophy pet’, she was found in the streets of Kuwait City and taken to the zoo. ADI was called in to relocate Aziza and five other lions (Dhubiya, Saif, Muheeb, Shujaa and Saham) to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa. When we first saw her she was extremely nervous, frantically pacing and would not come near us.
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It is only when you see animals amongst nature that you truly see them – especially when they are camouflaged, concealed and alert like Sasha here. That is why circuses and zoo present such a distorted and misleading image of animals as they sit blank eyed in small, bare cages.
Sasha’s life at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary is a far cry from the small, bare cage in the Guatemalan circus we rescued her from. After her years of confinement as a young tiger, Sasha now enjoys the safety of her Stephi Habitat in a far better environment for this beautiful girl. She has space to stalk in the long grass, pools of water to soak in at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.
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