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.
Work on the Cusco pride habitat is moving at speed, under the watchful gaze of Kiara, mother of the pride, at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. The boisterous family of lions had smashed up their platform den bounding on and off it.
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to repairs, here is your support in action!
Painting the long perimeter fence to preserve is underway, alongside construction of a new platform den. A colony of bees had built a home under the old platform, so this section has been left intact for the bees to keep their home and continue to play their part in our environment. Another home at ADIWS!
In August 2018, ADI purchased 455 acres of land in Free State, South Africa and this week, six years ago, we began building the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.
Our dream to build a place of loving kindness for animals in desperate. Since then, we have given a home to over 50 lions and tigers, from Peru, Colombia, Guatemala, South Africa, Armenia, and Kuwait.
We have a growing family rescued farm animals including pigs, goats, geese, and a cow, rescued antelope, donkeys and horses roaming the sanctuary and have released dozens of tortoises and turtles saved from traffickers.
We continue to rewild the land, planting hundreds of trees and have seen an explosion in native wildlife from Jackals and civet cats to secretary birds, owls and ibis.
We have 20 lion and tiger houses with habitats ranging from 2.5 acres up to 8 acres of natural land giving these animals from tiny cages huge spaces to roam – and for the lions the world that nature intended them for.
THANK YOU to everyone who helped us come this far, let’s keep building, developing the sanctuary and saving more animals.
The ADI Wildlife Sanctuary team have got creative again and made a new toy for the fun-loving Spice Girls.
It’s a bendy lollipop and what a ball the girls are having, so much so that they have to wait their turn to get a go.
Giving our residents enrichment is an important part of their care and we are constantly trying to come up with new and exciting ideas.
The changing climate is having a devasting impact on humans, our planet, and the animals who share it with us. Science tells us it is set to get much, much worse unless people take responsibility and change how we power the things we need. We can all play our part and help save the planet and the animals we love.
When we began building the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa, the land was barren from farming. We pledged to make it self-sustaining for all life, including the bees, insects, small wildlife, as well as our rescued residents. We would be part of the solution. The Sanctuary must always be there.
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The Kuwait 6 looking at home in the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary – sold illegally as pets, then dumped by their owners in the desert and city streets of Kuwait, when no longer wanted.
The Kuwait 6 – Muheeb, Saham, Shujaa, Saif, Dhubiya and Aziza – once victims of the illegal wildlife trade, now enjoy life under the South African sun.
Saif and Dhubiya were found starving, weak and frightened in the desert. With the help of our supporters and Kuwait Zoo, we were able to rescue them and give them a new life. Shujaa was abandoned in the city streets.
Now these big cats can just be cats! They have acres of land to run and roam, enrichment toys to activate their prey and play instincts, and plenty of spots amongst the grass and trees for them to hide and sleep.
Want to help? Consider adopting one of the Kuwait 6 through our website! Your donations will help cover food, medical care and enrichment expenses.
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