The rescue effort was a four-day mission 'full of dangers' further hampered by border entry bureaucracy.
RADAUTI, Romania — Simba the lion and a wolf named Akyla have been evacuated from a zoo in war-torn Ukraine and brought to safety in Romania in what an animal rights group involved in the operation says was a four-day mission"full of dangers" further hampered by border entry bureaucracy.
"If there is something this war brought on is incredible cooperation between organizations," said Sebastian Taralunga of the animal rights group Animals International, one of several that was involved in planning the animals' extraction. "I couldn't find a driver from Romania to go and help, also not from Ukraine, so these guys were absolutely fabulous — they put their lives in danger," said Roxana Ciornei, president of the Romania-based animal rights group Patrocle's House."But they arrived safely here."
"It was a central-level decision that Romania and Ukraine will only have a single border crossing for large animals," said Gabriel Paun, the EU director at Animals International. Paun said that they couldn't find a vet to help with their evacuation mission and that no tranquilizers were available, which meant that the animals were"fully aware and awake" through their journey to safety.
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