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ADI Wildlife Sanctuary: The dream becomes a reality

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  • The lions, like Rey here, love their platforms
  • Leo and Muneca relax together
  • Scarc and Mahla gaze into the distance
  • Planting trees to give back to the animals and nature
  • Amazonas, Mahla and Kiara enjoy the shade
  • A night house that is cool in the summer and warm in the winter
  • The interior of a night house

In the last 12 months, we’ve made huge strides in transforming 455 acres of grassland to create the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, a place of loving kindness in South Africa.

The sanctuary is now home to 25 lions rescued by ADI from circuses in Colombia and Peru. In the coming months, they will be joined by 12 tigers and six lions rescued during Operation Liberty, the ADI mission to help enforce Guatemala’s circus ban, as well as a lion from Pretoria zoo.

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