Four lion cubs born at breeding facilities in Ukraine and orphaned during the war have found sanctuary in the United States.
The three female cubs — Stefania, Lesya, Prada — and male cub, Taras, journeyed for 36 hours, fleeing sporadic bombings and drone attacks in their home country to a new life in Minnesota sponsored by theThough the early days of their lives were marred by unknowns and bewildering conditions, the cubs’ arrival marks a new chapter in their lives, one filled now with certitude and comfort.
On Nov. 28, the cubs took a nine-hour flight from Poland to Chicago. Once they cleared customs, they were loaded into a heated van and rode eight hours to the sanctuary in Minnesota. They arrived in the middle of the night on Nov. 29. “Taras is the male, and he is a very typical lion male. He likes to just sit back and watch what the girls are doing,” Whitney says. “Just very kind of chill and brave little dude.”“She immediately went to them and was trying to groom them, was trying to, you know, headbutt like cats do,” Whitney says of the first night Prada and the other cubs were introduced to each other in Minnesota. “By the second day, they were all in a big cuddle puddle together."“She’s a screamer.
Beyond exploiting animals and violating the rule of law, the illicit wildlife trade complicates and hinders what animal welfare organizations and conservation charities can do when disasters — be it armed conflict, political crisis, natural forces or weather — unfold. In particular, they knew they’d be dealing with zoos and wildlife sanctuaries. Then, there were the markets where wildlife crime was taking place. In their estimations, however, the unknown variables spelled trouble.
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