Our newest Sanctuary residents, Coralie and Goliath, are loving life in their 2.5-acre enclosure—soaking up the African sunshine, brushing through tall, waving grass, and sharing peaceful moments together in their ancestral homeland.
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Three weeks ago, Goliath and Coralie stepped onto African soil for the first time at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. Today, they woke up in the African sunshine, yawned, and roared to the other lions.
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Tomas and Kimba back together! Tomas returned to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary yesterday after major surgery by Dr Peter Caldwell at Old Chapel Veterinary Clinic. After spending the night in separate rooms in their house, although able to make contact through the mesh, the boys were properly reunited today.
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Tomas is back at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary following major surgery at Old Chapel Veterinary Clinic.
Part of Tomas’ gut had become wrapped around itself and his health deteriorated rapidly. Dr Peter Caldwell removed part of his bowel and Tomas has been recovering in hospital for more than a week.
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For everyone who followed their journey from France to South Africa, here are some pictures of Goliath and Coralie exploring the main quarantine habitat at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Coralie and Goliath – This is the moment when we all know our rescued lions are REALLY home. They blend perfectly into the long golden grass at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa, because this is the world they were meant for.
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As Goliath and Coralie’s arrival was being watched around the world, ADI Wildlife Sanctuary was pleased to welcome a new resident, a peacock we named Bob. He had been found in an abandoned house and the SPCA asked if we could provide him with a home for life. Of course, we said yes!
Bob was very excited when we released him into the feeding camp of Antonia Habitat to join some of our rescued chickens.
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Send your love to Tomas, who has just undergone major surgery. Dr Peter Caldwell has operated on Tomas to address an intestinal intussusception, where two parts of the intestine had become looped around each other, causing a blockage, and cutting off blood supply. Dr Caldwell removed 15cm/6 inches of colon (large intestine) and sewed it up.
Continue readingFacebook live from the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary for veterinary day on May 27. Dr Peter Caldwell sedating Goliath and Coralie to give them their first examination since arriving.
This week, rescued French circus lions Goliath and Coralie stepped onto the land of their ancestors and began their new lives at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa. They spent the first decade of their lives in a tiny circus cage, now they will enjoy the rest of their lives roaming the land, running at full speed, playing in the grass, and napping under the African skies .
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