Four South African lions — George, Elma, Eva and Julie — were rescued by a wildlife charity on Thursday, escaped being skinned and bone-pulled, and have reached their safe new homes, the Daily Mail reported on May 29. These four lions had a tragic life, and George was kept alone in a small cage for 4 years.
It is said that the farmers who locked George up had been waiting for his mane to grow so that he could look mighty, and only then would someone spend $10,000 (about 60,000 yuan) to shoot George. The site where the shooting was shot was closed, and George could not have had a chance to escape. However, because George's tail was naturally deformed and not good enough, he was eventually abandoned by the hunting ground, but he still had to die, because the hunting farm farmers had to sell his fur and bones.
The lion bone trade is a lucrative legal trade for South African farmers and has become an alternative to traditional Chinese medicine tiger bone. Gerdick, founder of the charity Asli Han Gedik, and his team launched the work to rescue George, Elma, Eva and Julie. After being carried out one by one by a 6-person rescue team, the four lions were all sedatived and put on the car, and after 5 hours of transportation, they went to their new homes. The ending is heartwarming.
At present, the lions have settled down, and Julie is the first to take the first step, and she carefully climbs a tree. Gedik said their main mission is to combat illegal wildlife trafficking and rescue victims of poaching and canned hunting farms so that they can live peaceful and safe lives. ”
The sanctuary in Gedik has many of the characteristics of a lion's natural habitat, with tall grasses, acacia trees, dogwood trees and marula trees allowing the lions to shelter.
At present, about 7,000 lions are still in small cages in South African lion farms. Earlier this month, South African authorities announced that they would no longer allow captive lions or the commercial use of captive lions or their derivatives (fur, bones).
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