We woke up Christmas morning with an email alerting us to a shipment of lions and tigers that was on the Egyptian/Jordanian border and it was headed to Lebanon.
Three months months ago Maggie was on her way to a foster home to check on one of our kittens. As Maggie rolled up her window to block out the noise of Beirut traffic she saw a dog wandering in the middle of the street.
Omega, a twelve year old chimpanzee, was safely flown to a sanctuary in Brazil after being rescued from a zoo in southern Lebanon. Animals Lebanon was notified about the small zoo in April 2010, and successfully worked with the owner to close down the zoo and send the animals to sanctuaries.
Born on the streets, her mother never seen, Hayat just appeared one day next to the building of a woman who was compassionate enough to provide her with food and water.