Zoo activists and the military rescued a sick lioness who lived in Zaporizhzhia: photo

HAU – Center wild animals rescue

A wildlife rescue center rescued a baby lioness that was being kept in an apartment and was trying to sell it online.

Animal rights activists were approached by the military, who took the exotic animal from its owner, the Center’s website says.

In September, they saw an ad for sale of lion cubs on OLX and decided to save one.

According to the agreement, the animal was brought to them in Zaporizhzhia, they bought it and started looking for an animal welfare organization that could help.

The fighters named the lioness Wanda. She is already 8 months old, but looks like 3-4 months.

“Unfortunately, people often do not understand that raising a healthy lion is very difficult and expensive. The lion was fed the wrong food – chicken backs and pig lungs, and this is useless and harmful food for a lion cub”, – say animal rescuers.

Improper nutrition, deficiency of micro- and macroelements, as well as lack of sun led to stunted development and rickets in the lioness.

Currently, the team of the Center for the Rescue of Wild Animals in the Kyiv Region has taken Wanda under their care.

“She will be with us at the Center for some time, until we send her to better conditions, where she can live her real lion life. Thank you to the military guys for caring and saving a wild animal! This is a very noble act,” — animal rights activists add.

Animal rights activists from different countries regularly urge people not to keep exotic predators at home. Even in countries (or states) where keeping big cats is legal, it is almost impossible for a predator to provide healthy living conditions.

Keeping a lion requires large areas, proper security measures and very large finances, he writes Misfit Animals.

Lions are dangerous predators and their actions can be unpredictable. They are not domesticated and cannot be completely tamed, even if they seem cute or show affection towards their caretaker.

After all, buyers of “exotics” are usually involved in the illegal wildlife trade without even knowing it. And removing animals from their natural habitats harms the ecosystem and causes suffering to the animals themselves.

It will be recalled that earlier animal rights activists explained why they cannot be kept at home caracals and servals.