News Archive

Exotic and endangered animals have always held a fascination for mankind. Since The Wild Animal Sanctuary saved its first captive exotic animal – a Jaguar named “Freckles” - in 1980, many news and magazine articles have been written, and many TV and radio interviews have featured TWAS and the animals it has rescued over the years.

The Sanctuary has been featured in:

 Reader’s Digest

 LINK: http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/wild-animal-sanctuary/article41092.html

 

 

 

 

 Animal Planet’s

 “Growing Up Black Leopard"

 LINK:http://vimeo.com/14337889

 

 

  MSNBC

  Rescued Bolivian Lions get new home in CO

  By: Jack Chesnutt

Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/#41678956

 

 WALL STREET JOURNAL

 Banished by Bolivia, Circus Animals Find a Home on Colorado Range

 By Neil King

Link to the article:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704329104576138293936078596.html

Link to the video:http://online.wsj.com/video/a-sanctuary-for-carnivore-cast-offs/1D870DEA-1E2E-4065-BF3B-A5A6F76B723B.html

 

 Good Morning America with Clayton Sandell reporting

 Wild Cargo Arrives In Colorado, Where the Lions and Tigers Roam

 Link: http://abcnews.go.com/US/rescued-bolivian-circus-lions-arrive-colorado-wildlife-sanctuary/story?id=12929736

 

 

 ABC Nightline:

 With David Wright

 Link: http://abcnews.go.com/watch/nightline/SH5584743/VD55122445/nightline-415-rebecca-black

 

Fox News

Abused Bolivian Circus Lions Rescued

With Alicia Acuna Reporting

Link:http://video.foxnews.com/v/4543311/abused-bolivian-circus-lions-rescued

 

ABC News

King of the Jungle

With David Wright

Link:http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/keenesburg-colorado-lions-king-jungle-sanctuary-animals-wild-13392599

 

 CNN

 Lions rescued in Bolivia have new home on plains of Colorado

By the CNN Wire Staff

Link: http://articles.cnn.com/2011-02-23/us/colorado.rescued.lions_1_wild-animal-sanctuary-circuses-animal-rights-activists?_s=PM:US

 

 NBC News

 Big Cats relocate to Colorado

 By: Kurt Gregory

Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/#41642113

 

 Front Page of The Denver Post

 Colorado Sanctuary to take Lions Rescued from Bolivian Circuses

 By: Jeffrey Leib

Link: http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_17380850

 

 Front page of The Denver Post

 Bolivian Circus Lions in Keensburg get first taste of wide open space

 By: Monte Whaley

Link:http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_17847196?source=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dp-news-animals+(Denver+Post%3A+News%3A+Animals)

 NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams

 Circus Lions get new digs

By: Jack Chesnut

Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/nightly_news/#42615800

 

 Today Show

 Born Lions, they play like pups

Link:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/#39684919

 

 Fox 31 News

 Explore Colorado 

 Link: http://www.kdvr.com/videobeta/?watchId=23ce8959-51eb-422b-a517-4c56884d0321?video=YHI&t=a

 

 

Channel 7 News

 Lions, Tigers And Dentists, Oh My!

 By: Dayle Cedars

Link:  http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/29163082/index.html

 9News 

3 New Lions Sleep Tonight in Colorado  

By: Jennifer Ryan 

Link:  http://www.9news.com/news/local/article/221748/346/3-new-lions-sleep-tonight-in-Colorado

CNN

Lions that were caged at Panama fairgrounds have new home

By: Phil Gast 

Link: http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/28/us/colorado-rescued-lions/index.html

 

A good way to enjoy stories about the Sanctuary is to view our newsletters archived over the past few years, by clicking on Pictures & Newsletters.

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