Lions and Tigers Begin a Long-Awaited Rescue From a Notorious Argentine Zoo
Four Paws said the relocation is one of the world’s largest captive big cat transfers, with 30 animals headed to sanctuaries.
- On Friday, 30 lions and tigers began leaving the former Lujan Zoo in Argentina, embarking on journeys to sanctuaries in South Africa and the United States under Four Paws' oversight.
- Argentine authorities shut down the Lujan Zoo in 2020 over safety and animal welfare concerns, when about 200 big cats were living at the facility.
- Handlers trained many animals to enter crates voluntarily, though some required sedation. Luciana D'Abramo, program director for Four Paws, said the organization aims to "celebrate that 30 lives have improved because of this effort."
- Nine tigers and six lions will fly to Lionsrock in South Africa, a sanctuary spanning 60 hectares, while the remaining eight tigers and seven lions travel to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado northeast of Denver.
- This transfer leaves more than 20 lions and tigers at Lujan while Four Paws searches for their long-term homes, continuing work that began in 2023 when only 112 animals remained.
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An animal welfare organization is launching its biggest mission so far. Tigers and lions like "Kalu" and "Shelby" leave Argentina and find a new home in protected areas in the USA and South Africa.
An animal welfare organization is launching its biggest mission so far. Tigers and lions like "Kalu" and "Shelby" leave Argentina and find a new home in protected areas in the USA and South Africa.
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Lions and tigers begin a long-awaited rescue from a notorious Argentine zoo
Thirty lions and tigers from a closed Argentine zoo are starting a new life at wildlife sanctuaries in South Africa and the United States.
Thirty lions and tigers who have been kept alive, hardly, in narrow concrete cages, in a closed zoo in Argentina, have begun to be climbed into very large transport cages. Animals have started on complex journeys to the wildlife sanctuary halfway around the globe, in South Africa and the United States, according to AP. Felines are saved from the former Luján zoo, located about 70 kilometers northwest of the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, af…
The tiger is sedated on the back of a van in an old zoo in the Argentine city of Luján while being checked by several activists in animal welfare. Then, the group lifts the tarp with the cat and at a pulse moves it to a transport box, where it is placed gently.
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