QA Cargo returns 7 rescued lions to their natural habitat for free
05 May 2021 - 9:48
The Peninsula
Doha: By helping the NGO Warriors of Wildlife (WOW), Qatar Airways Cargo kept its promise to fly lions to their natural habitat for free. It took six months of hard work involving no less than a dozen departments and over 50 employees to ensure a successful operation.
On Thursday, April 29, the Kouga and Swinburne nature reserves in South Africa welcomed three lions, one lioness and three cubs. This involved a three-day trip from Kiev to Doha and Johannesburg so that the lions could walk on grass for the first time in their lives. All are in good health.
Qatar flies lions back for free
By helping the NGO Warriors of Wildlife (WOW), Qatar Airways Cargo kept its promise to fly lions to their natural habitat for free.
It took six months of hard work involving no less than a dozen departments and over 50 employees to ensure a successful operation.
On Thursday, April 29, the Kouga and Swinburne nature reserves in South Africa welcomed three lions, one lioness and three cubs. This involved a three-day trip from Kiev to Doha and Johannesburg so that the lions could walk on grass for the first time in their lives. All are in good health.
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Image: Reuters (File Photo)A lion sits inside its cage at a zoo in Yemen s southwestern city of Taiz.
Animal charity, Warriors of Wildlife, says the four lions rescued from Ukraine were living in conditions completely unsuitable for these animals. The director of the organisation, Lionel de Lange, says these animals do not belong in caged environments as solitary animals.
The lions were released on Thursday morning and will live out their life on the Simbonga Game Farm near Jeffrey’s Bay in the Eastern Cape.
“They will never be free, but at least semi-free. The conditions over there living in private zoos, somebody’s small garden to be poked by tourists for photos. It is not on. We have a lot of people who support us, who feel the same way. They will never be released into the wild, unfortunately, but at least we can give them a be