By Fatos Bytyci
MRAMOR, Kosovo (Reuters) – Employees at a bear sanctuary in Pristina are working laborious to take care of a lion that desires to play within the snow and bears who had been faraway from their pure habitat after they had been cubs and in addition benefit from the snowy situations as a result of they don’t hibernate any extra.
Because the winter’s first snowfall blanketed Pristina Bear Sanctuary within the Kosovan capital, guests loved the sight of a lion enjoying earlier than shortly taking shelter indoors the place a heater was put in to fend off temperatures which fell beneath freezing.
“We all know that this isn’t their good atmosphere to outlive however we’ve created a pleasant place for the winter and we’ve put in a heater that helps him loads as a result of huge cats want a lot hotter temperatures,” Albana Hoti, head of animal and services administration on the sanctuary, informed Reuters.
The lion, named Gjon, was rescued final 12 months from a neighborhood restaurant the place it was stored to amuse shoppers. It’s anticipated to be transported to South Africa as soon as authorized hurdles are overcome.
The sanctuary, residence to twenty brown bears, is managed by 4 Paws Worldwide, a non-profit devoted to animal welfare. The bears have an analogous story to Gjon’s, in that they had been caged in native eating places – having been faraway from native forests – earlier than being rescued.
“4 or 5 of our bears don’t go on a full hibernation as a result of they by no means skilled their wild life and that is all what they will do, they hibernate a bit bit after which once more they exit.”
Hoti stated 16 of the sanctuary’s different bears do go into full hibernation.
(Reporting by Fatos Bytyci; Enhancing by David Holmes)