With great sadness we announce the passing of Easy, one of the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary matriarchs and last of the magnificent pride of nine lions ADI rescued from a circus in Colombia ten years ago. Easy was an exceptionally elegant, powerful, lioness with a very distinctive face.
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This week we said goodbye to our beloved and inspirational Ruben. 15 years of captivity and malnutrition left his body compromised by spondylitis and degenerative neuropathy; the bones in his spine were disintegrating, damaging his spinal nerve. We kept fighting for Ruben after he recently suffered a seizure and became unable to stand but he passed away, despite all the efforts of Dr Peter Caldwell.
When we first saw Ruben in Armenia January 2023 he was in terrible condition, his coat was matted, he was angry and suspicious, he could barely move without stumbling and falling over. In August 2023, we returned to Armenia to bring him to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary (ADIWS) and saw he had deteriorated. Peter warned at the time that Ruben was “living on borrowed time” due to his multiple health issues. He prescribed medication to help Ruben move around. However, Ruben appeared to want to prove everyone wrong, and launched into his new life at ADIWS with enthusiasm, playing with his catnip toys, learning to roar again and communicate with the lion residents next door.
It with great sadness we announce that our dear Leo, lion father of the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, has now passed away. Leo, who was over 21 years old, had become very fragile and appeared to be fading at the start of the month. But with palliative care an outpouring of love across the world, our warrior bounced back. He was back to his old self for three wonderful weeks, his appetite returned, he enjoyed the ADIWS staff constantly attending him, basked in the South African sunshine, and would walk deep into his habitat and to watch his daughters. A last hurrah in the land of his forefathers.
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