A Dozen Wild Animals Rescued from Abuse in Mexico, Airlifted to US Sanctuary Fox News Latino
go to original August 27, 2015

The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg (CBS)

Mexican environmental authorities loaded eight lions, two lynxes, a puma and a coyote aboard two military planes for a trip to a Colorado wildlife sanctuary on Wednesday, after the animals were found mistreated or abandoned.

The flight aboard two Mexican Navy transport aircraft was the second installment in an airlift that will eventually take about two dozen animals to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Keenesburg, Colorado.

Guillermo Haro Belchez, head of the Mexican federal agency for the protection of the environment, said the animals’ new home will be a “safe refuge where they will receive the best care possible.”

“The animals are not bought, sold, negotiated or are mistreated in anyway,” he said, according to Mexican newspaper La Jornada. “They will be given all the opportunities so they can live normally.”

He added: “Their new home is the biggest sanctuary in the world for carnivores with more than 400 rescued lions, tigers, bears and wolves, among others living freely on 291 hectares (720 acres). This sanctuary, unique in the world, has rescued and rehabilitated more than a thousand of animals.”

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