Elsa the lioness saved from 'living in misery'
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E-mail China.org.cn, October 27, 2014
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Slumped inside her shoddy beast wagon |
Born Free's founder, actress and conservationist, Virginia McKenna OBE, who is currently working in Kenya is grateful for the continued public support for the Born Free Foundation, which allows it to continue its vital conservation work and rescue individual animals in need around the world, just like Elsa.
She said: "When I heard about this lioness victim called Elsa for a moment my world rocked. I was suffused with bitter-sweet memories. Fifty years ago my beloved husband Bill and I had flown to Kenya to make the film 'Born Free', the true story of Elsa the lioness's journey to freedom which inspired a generation and changed our lives forever."
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Her 'home', a rusty beast wagon |
Following her rescue, Elsa could remain in Tuscany for up to 12 months pending the ongoing court case before she is ready to make the 8,000 mile journey 'home' to Africa. Once she has arrived at the Born Free Foundation's rescue centre near Port Elizabeth, she will enjoy a spacious enclosure, surrounded by the sights and sounds of wild Africa.
"Sadly we can't return Elsa to the wild. She would never survive on her own. But we can give her the two next best things, a piece of Africa of her very own, and her dignity back," Virginia added.
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