like russian invasion in Kyiv intensified, the zoo was shut down and his 300 animals were taken to different shelters. A truck wearing six the Lions, six tigers, two caracals and an african savage dog from a sanctuary to the east of Kyiv reached Poland on Thursday after two days drive from a Polish zoo official noted.
The owner of the sanctuary had requested for help from Poznań Zoo in western Poland to bring the animals safety. “They must have been a long time way around avoid Zhytomyr and other bombardment areas. They had to turn back many times because all the roads have been blown up, full of holes, impossible to pass with such a cargo, that’s why it took for so long,” Poznan Zoo spokeswoman Malgorzata Chodyla said. “But they are there, and we just can’t believe it.”
A first attempt to travel failed after the truck encountered Russian tanks and was unable to pass. Chodyla said that all animals, including baby tigers, survived the long journey, but the zoo was worried about a 17-year-old female tiger who had theair very tired.
Help the driver were three years old men with no experience in handling wild animals, and who was now gone back for Kyiv to defend their city, she says. After the animals have rested in Poznan, they could travel further west. A Belgian sanctuary said it would take in the six the lions and the nature African dogChodyla added.
