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Lions rescued from filthy and cramped conditions at world’s worst zoo

THE SUN:

TRAUMATISED lions have finally escaped their filthy and cramped conditions at the world’s worst zoo.
Horrifying photographs of animals living in cramped concrete cages sparked a major rescue operation at the Safari park in Fier, Albania.
Three lions, a waterbuck, four deer, a fox, a zebra and a turtle were sedated before being taken for treatment at Tirana’s public zoo.
The recovering lions are now being transported to the Netherlands where they’ll inhabit an “establishment imitating their natural habitat”.
When the photographer revealed the conditions last year, he said: “All the animals are kept in tiny, unhygienic concrete cages with no possibility to retreat from the elements or from the prying eyes of visitors to the zoo.”
His images showed what appeared to be suffering lions languishing in desolate, dirty concrete cages surrounded by their own waste and without even the most basic provisions such as fresh water and shade.

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Woman dies of rabies after bite from puppy she rescued

NEW YORK POST:

An animal lover died after being bitten by a puppy she rescued that was infected with rabies, according to reports.
Birgitte Kallestad passed away Monday — more than two months after taking in the dog she found roaming the streets of the Philippines, the family said in a statement reported by the Daily Mail.
“Our dear Birgitte loved animals,” her family said. “Our fear is that this will happen to others who have a warm heart like her.”
The 24-year-old Norwegian was on vacation with her pals and riding mopeds when they came across the pooch.
Kallestad scooped the stray up and placed it in her basket to take back to her resort.
The group bathed and played with the dog — unaware that it was carrying the deadly but treatable viral disease.
The family said everyone sustained minor bites and scratches and that Kallestad, who worked at a hospital in Norway, treated the tiny cuts she sustained.
But soon after returning home, she became sick and was hospitalized several times — as doctors scrambled to figure out what was wrong. She died eight days after being admitted into the hospital where she worked.

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

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Lions rescued from filthy and cramped conditions at world’s worst zoo

THE SUN:

TRAUMATISED lions have finally escaped their filthy and cramped conditions at the world’s worst zoo.
Horrifying photographs of animals living in cramped concrete cages sparked a major rescue operation at the Safari park in Fier, Albania.
Three lions, a waterbuck, four deer, a fox, a zebra and a turtle were sedated before being taken for treatment at Tirana’s public zoo.
The recovering lions are now being transported to the Netherlands where they’ll inhabit an “establishment imitating their natural habitat”.
When the photographer revealed the conditions last year, he said: “All the animals are kept in tiny, unhygienic concrete cages with no possibility to retreat from the elements or from the prying eyes of visitors to the zoo.”
His images showed what appeared to be suffering lions languishing in desolate, dirty concrete cages surrounded by their own waste and without even the most basic provisions such as fresh water and shade.

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