Poachers Murder Two Blind Lions One Year After Release From Circus
As demand for big cats increases, animal sanctuaries are increasingly vulnerable to poachers. Emoya Big Cat SanctuaryJose , one of the rescue lions killed in last workweek ’s poach attack . Two male lions , José and Liso , were killed in South Africa last week — only one twelvemonth after being freed from the circus . After their 2016 delivery , they and 31 other Panthera leo from circuses in Peru and Colombia were airlifted to the Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary in the biggest ever beast airlift of its kind ....