When bombs hit the war-torn city of Mosul in Iraq, zookeepers at Montazah Al-Morour Zoo were forced to abandon the animals. As many as 40 animals left behind died from bombings and starvation. Others escaped. Simba the lion and Lula the bear were the sole survivors, but they were starving and living in poor conditions when found in February. A team from Four Paws International organized a rescue mission to save them. An initial attempt to get the animals out of the city in late March failed when the team was stopped at a checkpoint. But after ten days of negotiating with Iraqi military and government officials, the team was finally able to fly Simba and Lula out of the country. They were sent to New Hope Center, the biggest wildlife shelter in the Middle East, where they will continue to receive medical care and reside as a permanent home.
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Thanks for saving the animals from the war you started.now please save the humans.
I hope they're not selling it
Zoos are proof that our society has evolved little in thousands of years. We literally rip animals out of their habitats and throw them into tiny, fake habitat, cages for people to pay money to look at? Savages, all of you.
Nature preservations are the only form of animal protection any moral person and or society would ever allow.
77 x 1
Please help the zoo animals in Syiria
such compassion
THANK YOU!?
Gods! That's painful, that so many animals were simply abandoned, caged, and left to die. Thank the gods that the people of Four Paws had the dedication and determination to get in there and rescue the sole survivors.
People really suck, we ruin everything. Luckily the people who rescue these animals exist.
Thank you USA for wrecking the world
STOP SUPPORTING ANIMAL PRISONS
When reading the title I immediately thought of the graphic novel called Pride of Baghdad. It is such an amazing story, everyone should read it. The writer Brian K Vaughan has written some amazing things and it is one of my favorites.
Hey nation geographic I need a favor on my Instagram I got is picture of a weird spider or something my Instagram is Tyler_kurman please help. Thx
Fuck zoos Fuck war!!!
Man that's really sad
Chinga tu madre puto trump .|.
Zoos need to be banned altogether. Especially in Muslim countries
thank you
thanx for saving i really appreciate it
Thank you for saving those poor creatures.
Humanity is still alive 🙂
AMEN!!!!!
Not losing faith into humanity yet… ?
I wanna know what happens next $!
frst