A campaign is underway to save 14 lions from being shot to death at the Oradea Zoo in Romania.  The state-run,  37-year-old zoo can no longer afford to care for the lions.

The conditions are deplorable at the run-down facility. Many lions are covered in sores and are too weak to roar or stand.  Up to four lions at a time sleep on concrete floors in rusty, cramped 15 x 12 foot cages.  The lions range in age from 18 months to 27 years. 

A campaign is currently underway by the Yorkshire Wildlife Park to rescue and relocate all 14 lions to its facility but they need our help.  Funding is urgently needed.  In what is being called the “biggest ever big cat rescue”, seven to ten acres of land will be developed specifically for the lions at the wildlife park.

Source: GO Media - Written by Jace Shoemaker-Galloway

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written by response , September 08, 2009

If you would like to help relocate the pride of these magnificent creatures, donations are being accepted. To find out more, go here: http://www.lionrescue.co.uk/

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written by Jean , September 08, 2009

Best of luck to the Yorkshire wildlife park. Where can one find the details to support this worthy cause?

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