National Antivisection Society
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The Flight to Freedom
Once the permits were secured, ADI began finalizing the negotiations with airlines for the flights to the US. Right: ADI Ambassador Jorja Fox, with Camba at San Francisco Airport However, there...
Background: The tragic story of Maiza
As negotiations to get the CITES export permits were reaching their conclusion, the team in Cochabamba reported that Maiza, the oldest lioness of the group, was ill. The animal carers noticed a sudden...
Background: ADI build state-of-the-art quarantine enclosure
ADI builds state-of-the-art quarantine enclosureSurprisingly, the authorities insisted on a 40 day quarantine period before the animals could leave the country. This enclosure, and the lions' veterinary...
Background: ADI takes steps to recover five lions and baboon
ADI was eventually handed legal jurisdiction over the three male lions, Simba, Bambek and Dactari, two females, Camba and Maiza, and a male baboon, Tilin, in order to facilitate the export. ADI paid...
Background: Circus gives up five lions and a baboon
Stop Circus Suffering BoliviaIn 2005, ADI conducted an undercover investigation in South America that covered Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia (which was then followed by Brazil). This was one...
Bolivian lions arrive in San Francisco!
BOLIVIAN LIONS ARRIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO AFTER DRAMATIC RESCUE This was one of our most ambitious rescues to date: Please donate today to support the ADI Rescue Team On Thursday May 27, 2010 at 3.30...
The Bolivia animal circus ban and how four lions came to California
The arrival of the four lions – Camba, Simba, Dactari and Bambek – at San Francisco airport on May 27th and their release the following day at the ARK2000 sanctuary in Calaveras County the following day...
Bob Barker backs lucky lions' flight to freedom
Television personality Bob Barker has funded a mercy mission by Animal Defenders International (ADI) to bring four Bolivian circus lions to a new life in California next week. Last year, Los Angeles-based...
