Qatar Airways Cargo has once extra assisted Animal Defenders World, this time by transporting six younger lions from the illegal plants and fauna trade to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in Johannesburg.
Identified because the “Kuwait 6”, the males Muheeb, Saham, Shujaa, Saif, and females Dhubiya and Aziza had been either seized or captured after being deserted and cared for at Kuwait Zoo. Animal Defenders World (ADI) used to be contacted by Kuwait authorities officers to help the lions, so ADI equipped them a dwelling at their 455-acre sanctuary in South Africa.
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Fee Drusch, Chief Officer Cargo at Qatar Airways Cargo acknowledged: “We are proud to once extra be supporting ADI, this time in bringing these six aesthetic lions dwelling to Africa. Our WeQare Rewild the Planet initiative is our commitment to returning plants and fauna and endangered species help to their pure habitat, freed from charge.
“It takes rather just a few effort and logistics for our crew to organise spicy such tall animals; from the logistics at the airports, loading and unloading the animals from the airplane, to creating definite the accurate cages and wellbeing of the animals are in scheme, on the opposite hand it is one thing we’re all collectively very proud and passionate to be a segment of.”
Jan Creamer, President, Animals Defenders World added: “The Kuwait 6 lions own their complete lives old to them and may perhaps most doubtless maybe own acres of dwelling at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. We are grateful to Qatar Airways Cargo and their WeQare program in once extra supporting us by defending the cost of the air transport help to Africa. We are moreover very grateful to the ADI supporters who are helping to fund their care.”
Alzahra Aljanabi, Senior Translator, Animal Welfare Department, Public Authority of Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources in Kuwait: “We would favor to thank the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary for his or her give a take to and efforts in offering a better habitat for the six lions from Kuwait. We are moreover grateful for Qatar Airways Cargo for generously offering the air transport. Of us underestimate the hazards of having wild animals as pets. They is inclined to be handsome creatures nonetheless moreover they are predators. We want extra awareness to fight plants and fauna trafficking”.
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Qatar Airways Cargo continues to reaffirm its commitment to animal welfare. The cargo carrier now not too long in the past opened its unusual screech-of-the-artwork Animal Centre and relaunched its Are living product, setting unusual benchmarks in the transport of are living animals. As a number one transporter, with over 550,000 animals flown in 2023, the airline continues to advocate animal welfare globally, guaranteeing operations admire and make a contribution positively to animal successfully-being.
Qatar Airways Cargo’s WeQare sustainability programme consists of a series of heart of attention chapters in accordance with four core pillars: atmosphere, society, financial system, and tradition and is a aware endeavour to waste a extra definite impact on the commercial and the sector.
Chapter 2 – Rewild the Planet encourages the preservation of ecological balance by offering free transport to organisations animated about returning wild animals to their pure habitat.
