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Will you help Muheeb?

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Come closer and look into my eyes…..
Muheeb was bred by an animal trafficker, then sold into Kuwait’s illegal pet trade for a lonely life as someone’s misguided status symbol. By the time he was fully grown, his owner realised it was a mistake, knew Muheeb needed a better life. He surrendered Muheeb but there was nowhere for him – he is currently being cared for in Kuwait Zoo which is closed. Muheeb is 4-6 years old and finally has a chance of a home in Africa at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. Will you help Muheeb and four other lions rescued from Kuwait’s illegal wildlife pet trade make the journey to a new life? Donate

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Rescue update from Kuwait

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Jan and Tim report from Kuwait today. All five of the young lions who ADI is calling for help to take to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary (ADIWS), were victims of the illegal pet trade. They were either seized, captured after being dumped, or voluntarily surrendered. They are in custody at the closed Kuwait Zoo where the lions have been cared for until a home could be found, we are grateful to the staff and volunteers who have helped.

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Urgent call to give five young lions a future

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Will you help us give five young lions, victims of the illegal pet trade in Kuwait, a new life at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary?

The lions were either seized, captured after being dumped, or voluntarily surrendered, and are now in custody at the closed Kuwait Zoo. We are thankful to the staff and volunteers who have been caring for them until a home could be found. They heard how ADI had rescued Ruben from another closed zoo and asked for our help.

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Storm tears roof off lion houses

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Tuesday began as a beautiful summer’s day with barely a breeze. Then, shortly after 3pm the sky darkened and huge storm barreled into the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary with incredibly powerful winds, the level of which we have not experienced before. The wind tore the roofs off the lion houses belonging to Rey Cusco in Stephanides Habitat and Chino and Coco in Kornberg Habitat. The lions were hunkered down in their expansive main habitats, safe and seemingly unbothered by the weather. The ADIWS team checked that all the animals were safe, the free-ranging donkeys, farm animals and everyone in the lion and tiger habitats was secure.

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ADI Wildlife Sanctuary Staff Village

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A huge thank you to everyone who has supported our GivingTuesday appeal to complete our ADI Wildlife Sanctuary staff accommodations this week. We have raised a fabulous $14,222.57 so far, bringing us over a quarter of the way to our $45,400 target. THANK YOU!

The animals we rescue come from confinement, deprivation, and often horrific abuse. This takes its toll, and our team are there day after day with medications, monitoring, and specialist care.

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Emptying the cages

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We have a very special event next weekend (Sunday, December 10) in Los Angeles celebrating a decade of ADI emptying entire countries of circus animals. For those in the LA area, we do hope you can join us for ‘Inside Liberty‘.

As our Stop Circus Suffering campaign gathered momentum and countries started banning animal circuses, a question emerged – how to enforce the bans and where would the animals go?

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Next step is freedom

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Jade had been in her travel crate for over two days for an epic journey from Guatemala to South Africa. ADI had rescued her from a tiny circus cage and now green grass and a new life at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary stretched out in front of her. We wonder what she was thinking, as she took the biggest step of her life?

Join ADI’s Jan and Tim in Los Angeles on December 10th for the inside story, with previously unseen video, of ADI’s 18-month Operation Liberty that emptied Guatemala’s circus cages and brought Jade and others to a new life. Click here to book your tickets.

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Inside Liberty: Saving circus animals in Guatemala

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Please save the date – December 10th. ADI’s Jan and Tim will be in Los Angeles for a very special screening ‘Inside Liberty’, the inside story of ADI’s Operation Liberty, the 18-month mission emptying Guatemala’s circus cages.

After rescuing all the circus animals in Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia, we arrived in Guatemala to set up camp and help enforce the ban on animals in circuses. It turned into a grueling 18 months with raids on circuses, fierce negotiations, threats, confrontations, lawsuits, water shortages, an emergency evacuation of the big cats, and an airlift of tigers and lions that took us through 5 countries on 3 continents to get them home.

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Animals need special care

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The injuries inflicted on circus survivors like Lupe, Sasha lioness, and Simba can follow them for life and they need special care at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.

Tigress Lupe suffers seizures due to malnutrition and inbreeding in a circus in Guatemala. Our team gives her medications each day, and she is monitored in case of any problems.

Sasha suffered a brutal declawing operation in a Guatemalan circus, which led to cancer and spreading up her leg. In our care, she had ground-breaking surgery removing diseased bone and replacing it with a titanium implant. She is now pain free but years painfully limping in the circus saw her tendons shorten and now our team’s priority these days is giving Sasha physiotherapy with different toys and treats encouraging her to use her titanium leg.

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Help care for those who care for our animals

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Come rain or shine, heat or cold, our dedicated ADI Wildlife Sanctuary team are always there to tend to our rescued animals’ needs. They give our residents their food and medications, create the fun enrichment you see them enjoy, fight fires to keep them (and the community) safe, and more.

When we share images and videos of our big cats looking peaceful, happy, and content, it’s a testament to the hard work of our team. And we hope, with your help, we can now say ‘thank you’ for all they do.

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