News and Alerts » May 2010

With incredible financial support from television icon Bob Barker, PAWS and Animal Defenders International (ADI) have completed construction of a spacious natural habitat for four circus lions that ADI has rescued from Bolivia. After successfully securing a ban on the use of live animals in circuses in Bolivia, ADI agreed to take the lions who will no longer be forced to live in small crates. The lions will be released at PAWS' ARK 2000 sanctuary in San Andreas, CA Click here for Stockton Record Article

The heroic crew of ADI rescuers accompanying the four lions on a charter aircraft from Bolivia to San Francisco airport will arrive Thursday, May 27, with their precious cargo, and after a short rest, make the journey to ARK 2000 by truck. Click here for NY Times Bay Area Blog about Bolivian Lions move.

The lions will be released into their new home Friday morning May 28. Read PAWS's press release on the Bolivian Lions here.

The first 4 days of Jan’s Bolivia rescue diaries are online now.Click here to read the diaries.