33 Circus lions rescued in South America will be airlifted home to South Africa [pictures]

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The South African

33 Circus lions rescued in South America will be airlifted home to South Africa (pictures)


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02 Sep, 2015
by Antoinette Muller in COFFEE BREAK

The circus is no place for these majestic creatures. Luckily they have been rescued and will be sent home to retire under the sunny African skies.
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Thirty-three lions rescued by Animal Defenders International (ADI) from ten circuses in Peru and Colombia are going home to their native Africa in the biggest ever airlift of its kind.

The lions, who endured years of confinement in cages on the backs of trucks and a brutal life being forced to perform in circuses, are heading to huge natural enclosures at Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa.





The airlift in October will be the culmination of ADI’s work with the Governments of Peru and Colombia to eliminate the use of wild animals in circuses. ADI evidence of the abuse of circus animals in Latin America led to legislation banning animal acts and then ADI stepped in to help enforce the laws.

Almost all of the rescued lions have been mutilated to remove their claws, one has lost an eye, another is almost blind, and many have smashed and broken teeth because of their circus life, but they will retire in the African sunshine.

Read more: http://www.thesouthafrican.com/33-circus-lions-rescued-in-south-america-will-be-airlifted-home-to-south-africa-pictures/

[Joe Chi Minh]

1. Great to read, Judy. Justice and compassion mean a lot to you, man or beast;

excluding Republicans, perhaps, sympathy-wise..... !

[madamvlb]

2. some good news!

[brer cat]

3. It is so sad that people tolerate cruelty

and abuse to these magnificent animals just for entertainment. I am glad these circus animals will be allowed to retire in peace and at home.

[navarth]

9. 'tolerate' it??? They fucking perpetuate it

Not mad at you, brer cat. Just ashamed of my species. Again.

Glad to see these poor innocent creatures get some justice.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

4. There are still good people in this world. We need more!

[navarth]

10. +1000

....even though you're a GB fan

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

15. Hey, us North Divisioners need to stick together!

Just happy not to see Suh!!

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

17. Yeah, so are we...

Hope he has all the luck he wants in Miami.
Never wanted to be here in the beautiful city of Detroit.

[navarth]

19. +1

By the way...

I remember seeing him interviewed once and he mentioned how important loyalty was to him. Oh the fucking irony.

[AtomicKitten]

5. Happy tears.

In a strange way, their protracted confinement wlll serve to make this journey easier. I hope the nemory of the cruelty they endured soon fades, and I wish them lazy days of sun on their faces for the rest of their lives.

[restorefreedom]

6. many countries are doing this, banning animal acts

and where is the us? again putting company profit over the welfare of creatures.

happy for these beautiful lions

[chernabog]

7. Awesome news

The U.S. needs to do the same and ban all animals in circuses.

[Sunlei]

14. They didn't ban all animals, I think its just tigers, elephants, zebras, lions & maybe bears?

I wish the USA would ban at least those animals from circus acts and from use in canned hunts.

[Sunlei]

8. A good thing all the small traveling circuses have banned use of big cats and many go to rescues.

Many have been sold to the canned hunt resorts and their associated 'breeding farms'.

[navarth]

11. 'canned hunt resorts'

Nothing fills me with loathing like these despicable 'resorts'. The humans that run and patronize them should be fed to the Lions along with that asshole dentist from Minnesota.

[Sunlei]

13. Even worse they want 'online hunting', where a person controls the gun from their computer.

Remote control guns aren't allowed for canned hunts in the USA.

The owners of hunting resorts & their associated breeding farms, keep on trying to change the USA hunting regulations.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

16. Sorry, but I have a hard time with this...

To set matters.
I abhor what those animals went through.

But what will be the consequence of returning them to an environment they don't know?

Please tell me I'm wrong, tell me I stupid. I can handle it.

But re-read the last paragraph.

What's wrong, what's right? I have no idea. How to handle this? Again, no idea!

Retirement to me is enjoying life, not having to fight for it, unprepared.

Ok read the link. Sorry! Hope they will be alright.

[IronLionZion]

18. They should take pablo escobar's hippos while they're at it

there's at least 40 of them that researchers know about

This is great news for the lions. Hope they get to enjoy good lives.

[Quantess]

20. Some good news for once!