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Lions from Bulgaria will be flown to Lionsrock, South Africa

Wed, Apr 14 2010 11:45 CET

byNick Iliev

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Lions from Bulgaria will be flown to Lionsrock, South Africa

Photo: Stoyan Nenov

Two lions from Bulgaria will be transported to South Africa, after they were rescued by Four Paws from private owners across the country and brought to Sofia Zoo for temporary treatment, a Four Paws media statement announced on April 14.

Lea, a cub from the Bulgarian town of Haskovo, was brought to Sofia in good condition. Reportedly, she is young, playful and non- aggressive. She is due to be flown to Lionsrock in South Africa within a month.

She will be taken to Africa along with a four-year-old lioness Aphrodite. The lioness was saved from a private hotel in Melnik at the end of March 2010.

Lionsrock is a sanctuary in the eastern free state of South Africa for big cats, about 18 km from Bethlehem and about 300 km from Johannesburg. Once there, the animals will live in an environment closer to their natural habitat, the report said.

The European animal welfare organisation Four Paws, which is also active in Bulgaria, set up the facility for big cats, predominantly for lions in need, according to the Lionsrock official website.

Currently, there are 68 lions on Lionsrock after five animals were retrieved from Amman in Jordam.

Four Paws in an international organisation with its headquarters in Vienna and offices in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania.

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Anonymous Trish Fri, Apr 16 2010 12:49 CET
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Lions are not meant to be our pets: living in a Hotel would be extremely traumatic for the Lioness.
When will we wake up & realise, that only Domestic Dogs & cats, Rabbits, Fish & birds & a few varieties of Rodents, make good house pets & companion animals.?
I thought we were supposed to be the most intelligent of all the species? Obviously, some of us humans are not!!!

Anonymous Cosmos Thu, Apr 15 2010 20:43 CET
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Do you think you could take the stray dogs as well the loins could hunt them for food.

Anonymous Sylviane Thu, Apr 15 2010 10:46 CET
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Just superb! Thank you, Four Paws!

Anonymous Berkboy Wed, Apr 14 2010 18:52 CET
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What a happy ending for such beautiful animals. Although they may never live in the wild, these lions will at least have a great life at the reserve.

Преглед на профил amrasel Wed, Apr 14 2010 15:04 CET
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Too cute!
It might not be late for Lea to live in the wild.
For Aphrodite it may not be so...
They need to be aggressive in order to be able to survive there

Hey, Stoyan, nice photos dude, well done


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