33 rescued lions arrive in South Africa in airlift [View all]
Source: Associated Press
33 rescued lions arrive in South Africa in airlift
Stuart Graham, Associated Press
Updated 5:13 pm, Saturday, April 30, 2016
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The roars of lions filled the cargo section of Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport Saturday evening as 33 lions rescued from South American circuses landed in South Africa where they will be released into a bush sanctuary for big cats.
It was the largest airlift of lions in history, said Jan Creamer, president of Animal Defenders International, which carried out the operation.Animal Defenders International
"These lion have suffered tremendously," Creamer said as the lions were loaded in crates onto trucks.
"They lived in small cages on the backs of trucks for their entire lives. Some of them had their teeth bashed in with steel pipes in circuses in Colombia and Peru. Some of them had their claws removed. ... It is a wonderful feeling to bring them back to their home."
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