A Colorado sanctuary is preparing for what's estimated to be the largest airlift transfer of exotic animals in the world, as it receives and relocates hundreds of animals from Puerto Rico's only zoo.
Sanctuary staff are scrambling to nail down a slew of logistics, from building and shipping animal crates to Puerto Rico to lining up flights and ground transportation, preparing enclosures, and securing other safe spaces to place them across the country.Many of the large carnivores — including tigers, bears and wolves — will come to Colorado. But primates, birds, and other animals that can't handle the cold will be relocated outside the state.
The sanctuary's executive director, Pat Craig, has also worked with the federal government on cases in the past and is well connected with other sanctuary operators.Craig "has been around so long. He knows everybody in the animal world," McCormick tells us.What's next:Animals brought here will be housed in Keenesburg as well as at the sanctuary's newer private property in southern Colorado that's just under 10,000 acres.
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