Rescued lions are on their way ‘home’

26 September 2015 - 13:45
By RDM News Wire

Two ex-circus lions rescued from cramped conditions in Bulgaria have embarked on an epic journey of almost 17‚000km to begin new lives in their ancestral home of Africa where they will be resettled in South Africa’s Shamwari Game Reserve. Seven-year-old brothers Jora and Black were rescued from a cramped metal beast wagon near Bulgaria’s capital‚ Sofia‚ in July this year by international wildlife charity The Born Free Foundation‚ assisted assisted by international animal welfare organisation F...

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