News Release:
Colorado Wild Animal Sanctuary Adds 9,000 Acres
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The Wild Animal Sanctuary, based in Keenesburg, Colorado, has purchased a 9,004-acre ranch near Springfield in southeastern Colorado to expand its capacity to rescue and rehabilitate captive wildlife. Already considered the largest carnivore sanctuary in the world, the non-profit organization needed the new property, made up of hills, canyons and rocky bluffs blanketed in pine trees, as well as valleys and pastures flowing with native grasses, to meet the ever growing need to house rescued wild animals kept as “pets” or imprisoned in dangerous or cruel conditions. Tigers, lions, and other big cat species have exploded in popularity in the exotic pet trade, with an estimated 5,000 to 7,000 tigers captive in the United States, but fewer than 400 of them in accredited zoos. The Sanctuary specializes in rehabilitating captive wildlife and releasing them to live and roam freely within large natural habitats.
The organization works with law enforcement agencies and other animal welfare groups within the United States and around the world, but has reached capacity at its 789-acre Sanctuary located in Keenesburg, 30 miles northeast of Denver, with more than 460 lions, tigers, bears, wolves and other rescued animals currently in residence. The Wild Animal Sanctuary has no plans to close this facility which hosts and educates some 150,000 visitors annually. A unique 1.5-mile long elevated walkway, holder of the Guinness World Records award for Longest Footbridge, allows visitors to see the animals in a natural habitat. To learn more about The Wild Animal Sanctuary, its mission and the Captive Wildlife Crisis, visit The Wild Animal Sanctuary.
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