Colorado Sanctuary Ready to Receive Record-Breaking Lion Airlift

[Judi Lynn]

February 12, 2011 12:25 PM Eastern Time
Colorado Sanctuary Ready to Receive Record-Breaking Lion Airlift

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On February 16th, the Animal Defenders International (ADI) Lion Ark will touch down at Denver International Airport with 25 lions rescued from circuses in Bolivia en route to a fabulous new life for the lions at The Wild Animal Sanctuary (TWAS), Keenesberg, Colorado.

A huge indoor facility has been constructed at TWAS on almost 10 acres to acclimatize the lions before they are released into huge outdoor enclosures covering 80 acres (32 hectares).

The lion rescue began with a series of dramatic seizures the length and breadth of Bolivia by ADI, who worked with the authorities to enforce Bolivia’s Law 4040 which bans the use of animals in circuses, after uncovering the systematic abuse and neglect of circus animals across the country. And now these extremely lucky lions will at last find sanctuary and have hope for the future.

Jan Creamer, ADI’s President said: “These lions that have lived all their lives in tiny cages on the backs of trucks will have more space, freedom, care and respect given to them than they could ever have possibly wished for, and they absolutely deserve it.

“These animals, who have endured so much hardship and suffering for so long, can at last be lions, as they were intended to be, and they now have a future that they so richly deserve. One of the things that so excites us about TWAS was their ability to build large family groups of lions, so that they can live in prides as they would in the wild.”

More:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110212005031/en/Colorado-Sanctuary-Ready-Receive-Record-Breaking-Lion-Airlift

Please take time to click the photo pages to see two photos of their new temporary home, and their past homes:
http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20110212005031/en/2236784/Colorado-Sanctuary-Ready-Receive-Record-Breaking-Lion-Airlift
http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20110212005031/en/2236785/Colorado-Sanctuary-Ready-Receive-Record-Breaking-Lion-Airlift

[Peace Patriot]

1. Glad to see yet another progressive policy from the Bolivarian Revolution! nt