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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Curious Dhubiya is always interested in what’s going on around her at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. Some might even call her the “nosy neighbor”. The bold, playful lioness, rescued from the illegal wildlife pet trade in Kuwait, loves to get into everything and see what everyone is doing. It’s so heartwarming to see that her harrowing past hasn’t dampened her zest for life.
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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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16-year-old Kiara2 is one of our seniors at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary but hasn’t lost any of her stalking ability. We cut the grass in sections of the habitats to encourage the next season’s growth, but Kiara2 still manages to flatten herself in the short grass as she creeps forward before springing up to check out whoever is passing by. Daughter of Leo and Muñeca, she lives with, sister from another litter, 12-year-old Africa. She was rescued from a tiny circus cage in the desert in Peru during ADI’s Operation Spirit of Freedom, and this year, celebrates 10 years in ADI care.
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While it is heartbreaking to say goodbye to this magnificent lioness, please look through these pictures and remember how ADI supporters transformed her life. Rescued from a circus in Colombia ten years ago she crossed the world to live as a lion should at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa. In her natural homeland, the images show how lions should live, such a contrast to circus and zoo life (third from last pic shows Easy’s last day in her circus cage). The second to last pic is of Easy in the ADI Temporary Rescue Unit in Colombia, it shows how the fur on her forehead formed a heart. The mark was less clear over time but she always had a great big heart. Our thanks for the many kind comments, she touched all of our lives.
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As lioness Dhubiya gains in confidence (first pic) and bounces around her habitat at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa, tearing down hay bales and tearing up catnip sacks, it is hard to believe it was just a week ago today that she made those first tentative steps out onto African soil. Rescued from the illegal wildlife trade in Kuwait, the young lioness survived being dumped to die in the desert by a callous owner who’d tired of having a ‘pet’ lion. Now, she has made it home to Africa on the airlift of the #Kuwait6! Relive those first momentous steps as last Tuesday morning, the door to her house opened and Dhubiya looked out, with Saif watching behind her as she cautiously stepped forward. Through the night she had heard the roars of the other lions, and now African soil was beneath her paws. We wonder what she was thinking?
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She is the smallest and shyest of the Kuwait 6 rescued lions to arrive at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary this week. She is very slight with almost Siamese cat type features and her body is more like a lithe mountain lion than a young lioness – we expect she will start to fill out and put on muscle at ADIWS. Like the others she was abandoned in the streets of Kuwait when an owner who once thought it was cool to have a pet lion and then tired of her.
ADI had already committed to taking five lions from Kuwait when we learned about Aziza. We said we would not leave her behind and so the whole import and export process started again and it was several weeks before we were able to fly with the lions. One thing is for sure, Aziza was worth the wait! Adopt or help this beautiful lioness and others like her.
The young lioness enjoyed a refreshing ice ball today as preparations continue for her incredible journey from Kuwait to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary (ADIWS), South Africa on Sunday (May 19).
A victim of the illegal lion pet trade, Dhubiya 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’. She was found starving and dehydrated and nursed back to health at Kuwait Zoo. The horrific ordeal did not dim Dhubiya’s spirit and now this incredibly playful lioness is heading home to Africa with five other lions. Known as the Kuwait 6, they were all rescued from the illegal wildlife trade and have their whole lives ahead of them, up to 20 years in their natural world. Can you help with their lifetime care? You can also adopt Dhubiya and her friends.
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In 8 days, playful Dhubiya, a young lioness discarded by the cruel and illegal trade in pet lions, will be heading to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary, South Africa.
In a blow against the keeping of big cats as status symbol pets, six lions (Dhubiya, Saif, Muheeb, Aziza, Shujaa and Saham) will be taking off for Africa on May 19, and will reach the sanctuary on Monday, 20th. The #Kuwait6 were rescued from the illegal wildlife pet trade after being either abandoned, surrendered, or confiscated. The animals are being cared for by volunteers and staff at Kuwait Zoo and are working with ADI to give them a new life.
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