#SanctuarySaturdays

Bengal tigress Dehli was the oldest animal at our FELIDA Big Cat Sanctuary in the Netherlands. For years, she lived in a very small enclosure without any distractions, until FOUR PAWS met her in late 2013. Then, her life finally started to change.

The young lioness Marion became worldwide news in February 2019, after her claws were brutally removed with garden shears in Gaza's oldest zoo. FOUR PAWS managed to rescue her and the 46 other zoo animals. Marion now lives a happy life with 5 other rescued lions in Al Ma'wa for Nature and Wildlife, Jordan.

An adorable young barn owl was found in a warehouse in Lower Austria. As the nest could not be found, she came to OWL & BIRDS OF PREY RESCUE STATION Haringsee until her return to the wild.

Dobry's first owner used him for wrestling with people, and his second owner made him a dance bear. During an accident on one of the tours, he lost his sight. Today Dobry finally has found peace in DANCING BEARS PARK Belitsa.

The little orangutan Tegar was in very poor condition when we found him and it turned out he had been made an orphan shortly before being rescued. He now lives in our FOUR PAWS FOREST SCHOOL on Borneo, where he learns everything to once survive in the wild again.

Asiatic black bear Hung endured over 17 years living in a tiny cage with lack of sunlight, poor nutrition and painful bile extraction, until his rescue in September 2019. In BEAR SANCTUARY Ninh Binh he received the love and care he deserved. Unfortunately he passed away a year after the rescue due to irreversible health conditions.

The ‘chain bear’ Pashuk was forced to suffer for many years in a dark cage next to a restaurant in Albania. The iron chain around his neck was so tight, that his flesh had grown around it. Luckily he could be rescued and now lives at our BEAR SANCTUARY Prishtina.

Bear Potap is a very happy and playful bear, but there was a time when this was hardly possible. 
Potap became the first resident of our BEAR SANCTUARY Domazhyr in Ukraine. 

Tigress Varvara was the last tiger that ever performed in a Bulgarian circus. Since her rescue in 2015 she lives in our TIERART sanctuary in Germany.

Bears Meimo and Amelia lived in a tiny cage near a restaurant in Albania for twelve years. Since January 2019 they live a happy life in the Swiss mountains, in Arosa Bear Sanctuary.

Tiger Caruso was born in a circus but preferred to play rather than to learn tricks. After years of intensive care, he was transferred to LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa in March 2019.

The three-legged bear Dushi was rescued from the "Zoo from Hell" in Albania and now lives a species-appropriate life in BEAR SANCTUARY Müritz.

Emma & Erich were forced to live in a small concrete cage for 5 years, until they could be rescued and transferred to BEAR SANCTUARY Arbesbach