CAN I JUST SAY TO EVERYONE FIRST EVERY SINGLE PENNY GOES TOWARDS REHOMING OF THE LIONS JUST TO BE STRAIGHT ! BRIAN AND SHIRLEY AND ALL THE STAFF ARE TOTALLY DEDICATED TO ALL THE ANIMALS. LKX FIVE SISTERS ZOO IN WEST LOTHIAN HAS LAUNCHED AN URGENT APPEAL TO RESCUE AND REHOME 4 EX-CIRCUS MALE LIONS FROM AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE RoaringToCome 5-sisters-zoo-PrideAPlaceIn May 2014 four male lions were confiscated by the Belgian Government from Zavatta a travelling French Circus who were performing in the City of Luik; a french speaking area of Belgium. The reason they were confiscated was that since March 2014, Belgian Law forbids the use of wild animals in circuses. Despite Government Inspectors of Animal Welfare warning the circus of this fact on 3 occasions, the circus simply laughed at the officials and refused to stop performing. A few days after the final warning, Government officials confiscated the circus trailer and drove it to a Belgian rescue centre that were able to facilitate the emergency temporary homing of confiscated animals. The centre was able to assess the lions and since May, has provided a safe and secure area for them. Since then the Centre has been desperately trying to find a permanent home for them as they are not able to keep them indefinitely. Once the Rescue centre had removed the lions from the circus trailer – the only home that the lions had ever known – they found it to be in a terrible condition with large pieces of metal jutting out and holes in the floor and the space terribly cramped for 4 large wild animals. Despite this the Belgian Rescue Centre has confirmed that they are huge and in good health As the lions were confiscated, the exact history of the lions is not known not even their age or breed. We do know that they have all been castrated and probably at a very young age. All the nutrition and energy that would normally be invested in male hormones and manes therefore goes into growth, possibly the reason for them being so large and giving the appearance of a lioness. They were most probably born in this or another circus as it is commonplace for young lions to be transferred from one circus to another. fivesisterszoo.co.uk
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:58:19 +0000
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