Mahla lounges on her new platform for a couple of hours at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, then slips elegantly down to the ground. We’d like to thank everyone who contributed to building the new platform after the boisterous Cusco pride broke the last one. Mahla was rescued as a cub by ADI from a circus in Peru ten years ago.
We were over the moon to see Lupe back to her old self, enjoying a Halloween treat after suffering a seizure last week.
As ADI supporters know, the tigers we rescued from a circus in Guatemala have suffered from multiple health problems due to in-breeding and malnutrition early in life.
It is tragic how an early life poor care follows these tigers even after they are rescued. Heartbreakingly, four of the tigers we saved in 2018, Sombra, Bimbi, Itza, and Kumal passed away due to these issues.
The ADI Wildlife Sanctuary team keeps Lupe under close observation and Dr Caldwell monitors and adjusts her medication – her last seizure had been in June.
Lupe’s sons Max and Stripes, who live next door to her, appear to have avoided this problem. They were rescued by ADI at six months old, and so have enjoyed good nutrition from an early age, so have developed and grown larger and hopefully healthier than their parents.
The Kunduchi Pet Products catnip punchbag is an absolute favorite among our rescued lions and tigers, especially Mahla, at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. Although they have acres of wild space to roam and native wildlife to watch and chase, this type of enrichment provides extra stimulation and fun.
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The catnip craze continues for Saif, the youngest of the Kuwait 6 lions rescued from the illegal wildlife pet trade. It has been two months since their arrival at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in South Africa. Saif looks like he has been here for a year!
Please keep supporting our newest and youngest residents. We hope they have a long and happy life here, with your help.
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The A-frames have been a popular enrichment at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, and thankfully have withstood the strength of the lions, as demonstrated by Kimba and Tomas. The boys decided the A-frames are multifunctional, as they like to stretch or scratch on them when they’re not snoozing inside. Here, Kimba gets a good stretch in, perhaps after a nap.
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Like catnip, the A-frames are very popular with our ADI Wildlife Sanctuary residents, including beautiful Kiara2 of Hurral. She looks very relaxed and comfortable in the shade of her A-frame, where she is tucked away, and can watch the small wildlife and other goings-on, while enjoying the cool breeze.
This year, Kiara2, daughter of Leo and Muñeca, celebrates the 10th anniversary of her rescue from a circus in Hurral, Peru. She is now 16 years old and is one of our senior lionesses at ADIWS. Please help keep her happy and content in her native Africa. Donate US $ | UK £
It’s all fun and games for the bold and playful young lioness at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. She seems proud of herself for having demolished her catnip sack. Dhubiya has an incredible spirit despite her harrowing past. A victim of the illegal lion pet trade, she was left to die in the desert outside Kuwait City – either dumped by a trafficker or an owner no longer wanting a lion as a status symbol ‘pet’.
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Muheeb, Dhubiya and Saif have been loving playing with their giant balls at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. Their ball skills even made it into the news this weekend as part of the coverage of the UEFA European Football Championships! The trio and three other lions were once trophy pets in Kuwait but were dumped by their owners when they were no longer wanted. Known as the Kuwait 6 they were recaptured in the streets of Kuwait City or the desert that surrounds it and looked after at the closed Kuwait Zoo until ADI stepped in to bring them to our 455 acre sanctuary in South Africa. With the Copa América also underway, if there are any teams looking for little more bite in attack or defence, then perhaps Muheeb, Dhubiya, and Saif could teach them a thing or two.
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Mighty Kesari is reduced to a playful kitty when it comes to catnip. The huge lion loves the recycled coffee sacks stuffed with hay and catnip given as enrichment at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. Although our residents have huge enclosures this type of enrichment provides additional stimulation and fun.
Click here to donate towards more enrichment for Kesari and the other big cats.
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Lupe is one of the lucky big cats to escape a circus with her claws intact and you can see how much she enjoys using them on this fallen branch at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.
Anyone who has seen a cat (wild or domestic) flex their claws and scratch a post or a tree will see how important it is to these animals. Declawing is a horrific mutilation performed in circuses to remove the important defensive weapons from the animals and, tragically, by some domestic cat owners to protect their furniture. Declawing doesn’t mean simply cutting off a claw, it’s an amputation to the first joint – ADI supporters will remember dear Cholita the bear with fingers left as stumps. The mutilation damages the entire structure of the foot and can leave cats in severe pain later life. NEVER DECLAW.
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