It was three years ago this week that Jade stepped from her travel crate at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary after an epic journey from Guatemala where she had been rescued from a circus. What must have been going through her mind? It proved to be a huge step into a new life for Jade (and indeed the 16 other tigers and lions who arrived with her). Our pictures give a glimpse of three years of racing around her habitat, causing trouble and playing with her sisters (the Spice Girls), lounging in her pools and exploring. A life transformed thanks to ADI supporters – and it began with that step three years ago. Thank you.
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Friday’s patients doing fine
The lions and tigers who received veterinary treatment from Dr Peter Caldwell on Friday are all well and back enjoying life in their habitats. These pics were taken today.
Rey Ayacucho and brother Simba both had dental surgery from Professor Gerhard Steenkamp including extractions of damaged teeth and are receiving daily pain relief to prevent any discomfort. Both have had previous dental surgery on their broken teeth, smashed by circus workers. Rey Cusco was sedated for an examination of his front legs which are arthritic due to damage to the structure of his feet caused by cutting off the end of his toes to stop his claws growing, causing pain up his legs in each of the joints. Blood was taken to examine his inflammatory markers and his pain medication is being adapted. All three lions received vitamin injections. Tigers Max and Stripes were given vaccinations with drop out darts.
We hope everyone enjoyed our day of Facebook live broadcasts capturing a day of veterinary care at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary.
Art auction to help lonely lion Ruben
Featuring seven beautiful works of animal art, the Animal Art Auction for Animal Defenders International is an incredible opportunity to own, or give as a gift, a unique piece of artwork AND support ADI’s rescue work. The six artists featured have kindly donated their work for the animals so ALL funds raised will go to HELP THE WORLD’S LONELIEST LION GO HOME – if you like what you see, PLACE A BID STARTING SATURDAY!
Continue readingHAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at ADI, and a HUGE THANK YOU for everything that you have helped us achieve in the past year from awareness and education campaigns to securing new laws to rescuing and caring for animals. For Thanksgiving this week, the lions and tigers at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary have been enjoying special melon treats. This gallery gives a taste of the fun they have been having.
Continue readingSave the date to help an ADI rescue!
GivingTuesday, 29 November, is the world’s biggest day of generosity and ADI will be announcing our next rescue and a very special appeal! Details to be released on Friday 25th November. Pictured are Easy, David and Sasha tiger at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary and the life, which if we raise enough, that you can give another suffering animal.
Continue readingBig cat Halloween party
Big Cat Halloween Party at ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. Enjoy this year’s fun at the sanctuary in South Africa as the lions and tigers (most of them rescued from circuses in Guatemala, Colombia and Peru) and see how fast their pumpkins are demolished! Thank you to everyone who has supported the pumpkin appeal for treats for animals throughout the year.
Pumpkin spice and everything nice
Tiger sisters Sun, Moon, Luna and Jade – known as the ‘Spice Girls’ – are truly in the Halloween spirit at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary! The lions and tigers have been enjoying playing with and destroying pumpkins all week thanks to everyone supporting our Annual Pumpkin Appeal.
Special thanks today to Sarah Foy for her special donation for treats for the lions and tigers.
National Pumpkin Day
We hope that you are enjoying all of the Halloween fun our ex-circus survivors are having at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. As you can imagine, a pumpkin or squash causes HUGE excitement, which means it does not necessarily last very long! To keep our residents properly entertained, we need to raise funds for more pumpkins and squashes as well as other enrichment like tires, hay bales, balls, catnip bags, and anything else they need.
Continue readingSANCTUARIES UNITED TO SAVE ANIMALS.
The ADI Wildlife Sanctuary team was pleased to help with the release of two tigers at the new Isindile Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa. We donated two of our Guatemala travel crates to the new sanctuary.
Three weeks ago, the team from Isindile spent a day at ADIWS training with Johannes, Jan, and Lefaso covering food preparation, husbandry, feeding and safety protocols. The ADIWS team discussed the personalities of the lion and tiger residents at ADIWS and their different needs. We hope by helping another new sanctuary, we can contribute to the welfare of other rescued animals.
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