Tarzan and Tanya pictured doing what they love most: snuggling together under the African sun. It’s the peaceful life they deserve after their years of suffering in a circus in Guatemala. They have now been at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary for three years, and they couldn’t look more relaxed and content.
As many of you know, it costs $1,300 per month to care for a lion or tiger at ADIWS. Can you help support Tarzan and Tanya’s care by adopting them?
It’s the news that we have all been waiting for – lonely lion Ruben flies from Armenia to Africa on Tuesday, August 22!
It’s been a big challenge securing a flight from Armenia, as we needed an aircraft with large enough cargo doors for Ruben’s travel crate, and none were available. Thankfully, Qatar Airways’ WeQare charity scheme stepped in, scheduling a wide-bodied aircraft on one of their passenger routes, and have donated space on board for Ruben!
Continue readingCan you believe nobody has adopted circus survivors Kimba, David, Kiara2, Mahla and Scarc yet?
Kimba was rescued from a circus in Guatemala, the others from Peru.
When we rescue animals, we aren’t just emptying the cages, we’re also committing to providing a lifetime of care.
There are so many costs involved: food, enrichment, dietary supplements (especially essential for our seniors), hospital transport, constructing habitats and adapting them to cater to their individual needs.
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Who knew lions LOVE watermelons! And what better time to prove it than today, 3 August, otherwise known as National Watermelon Day!
For Mahla, pictured, and our other rescued lions, getting their teeth into a juicy watermelon provides them with fun, stimulation and enrichment. It’s a far cry from the life of physical and mental deprivation they once endured in circuses.
You can help lions like Mahla continue to enjoy watermelons and other enrichments by adopting her or making a donation to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.
Wonderful news, Max returned to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary from hospital late yesterday afternoon and this morning was reunited with his brother Stripes.
Max was kept in the feeding camp and night house overnight to give him a chance to reorientate and monitor reactions between the brothers. Stripes watched the unloading and greeted Max through the gate with much chuffing and settled down right outside. This morning Stripes was brought into the feeding camp and the boys greeted each other with rubs and chuffs.
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We cannot express how excited we were to receive Ruben’s import permit.
It may be an innocuous looking piece of paper, but it means the world to Ruben. We’re currently arranging his flight, and there are still a good few i’s to be dotted and t’s to be crossed, but the last legal obstacle is cleared.
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Max is recovering in hospital after being sedated for X-rays and an ultrasound. The good news is that his heart is fine and it does not appear to be cancer. He has some signs of tonsillitis and it is believed he has had feline allergic bronchitis or feline asthma. The X-rays are yet to be reviewed and Dr Caldwell will be keeping him in hospital for a week for observation. Max was weighed and came in at a handsome 159kg/350lbs.
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Despite an initial improvement after medication, Max continues to have a chest infection, first identified when he began to wheeze during feeding. He is now at Old Chapel Veterinary Hospital where he will undergo tests to try to establish the cause. We are all hoping it will be an infection that can be dealt with and not anything more serious.
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Leo on a crisp winter’s morning at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa. After one of the coldest nights of the year – Johannesburg has snow for the first time in a decade – Leo seemed none the worse for wear as he strolled out into Abbey Habitat. The 20-year old lion was rescued by ADI from a circus in Peru in 2014.
Continue readingWe are delighted that ADI has taken the giant step of converting our sanctuary to green energy as we work to fight climate change and to provide energy security for the rescued animals in our care.
Almost 100 solar panels are powering all of the ADIWS operational areas, such as food preparation areas, offices, staff living quarters, freezers and more. Independent solar panels and energisers already power our lion and tiger habitat fences, motorized gates, security cameras etc.
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