GREAT NEWS: French circus lions Coralie and Goliath fly to their new life on Tuesday!
Our preparations intensified this week after Qatar Airways Cargo generously offered us free passage on flights to South Africa. Tomorrow, Tim and I fly to Lyon where we will meet ADI veterinarian Dr Peter Caldwell – the three of us will be with the lions throughout the journey.
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BREAKING: GOLIATH & CORALIE FLY TO THEIR NEW LIFE NEXT WEEK! The two lions, who endured more than a decade in a tiny circus cage in France, will be stepping out onto the land of their ancestors at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa on May 21! Huge thanks to Qatar Airways who stepped in with a free flight to freedom on a cargo aircraft – ADI’s Jan, Tim, and veterinarian Dr Peter Caldwell will be accompanying #GoliathAndCoralie.
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Max, one of the tigers ADI rescued from a circus in Guatemala, had a serious seizure recently.
Continue readingRescued lions and tigers on an Easter hunt for boxes filled with catnip and hay. Rescued from circuses, the illegal pet trade, and zoos around the world by Animal Defenders International (ADI), these big cats swapped their cramped bare cages for huge natural habitats of several acres in the heart of South Africa.
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It can be tough, dirty work at the Sanctuary, preparing food, giving meds, cleaning animal houses and habitats, cutting grass, planting trees, and more.
Continue readingThe recent rains have made our trees and grass green lush in the habitats along Lion Lovers’ Lane and Coville Lane.
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This week has seen another important step for the sustainability and survival of the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary (ADIWS), as we drilled two (of three) new boreholes, securing fresh sources of water for our lions, tigers, pigs, cows, chickens, geese, ducks, antelope, plus indigenous wildlife, and the people looking after them.
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Coralie and Goliath spent a decade in this circus cage but now they have a chance to spend the next decade in the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. This will also signal the beginning of the end for the use of wild animals in circuses in France.
Continue readingSunday is Mother’s Day in the UK, Ireland and several other countries but at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa we like to think it’s every day for our moms: Lioness Kiara, mother of Mahla and Scarc, tigress Lupe, mother of Max and Stripes, horse Amani, mother of Crockett, and donkeys Brighty and Puzzle, mothers of Nugget and Eeyore respectively (and the whole donkey family, who adopted and protect our rescued springbok).
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We are pleased to report that the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary on site team has moved into the first completed section of our Tohir Staff Village (TSV) and the final phase is almost finished. Once complete, the TSV will house 15 Resident Welfare carers living on site at the heart of ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.
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