For around 15 years, Susu the Bengal tiger was chained up in Phuket Zoo in southern Thailand, abused and mistreated for human ‘entertainment.’
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Every day of those 15 years she lived in anguish, locked up like a prisoner. Her “crime?” Being born in a country where animals are commodities, used to make money until they offer no more value to their owners.
Susu was kept in chains all day so people could pet her and pose for photos. At night, she would be confined to a tiny, barren concrete cell. While chained, she would frantically pace in small circles, panting and distressed.
After 15 years of imprisonment, Susu was rescued by our partner in Thailand, which hopes to continue rescuing abused, exploited wild animals like her…
Animals like Salamas – horrifically abused and desperate for freedom – cannot be saved until WFFT has the space. Sadly, Salamas died in September, but thanks to WFFT and our supporters, she knew freedom and kindness in her final months.
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… But tragically, the sanctuary has run out of space.
After being rescued by our partner, Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand (WFFT), Susu felt grass under her feet for the first time in her sad, painful life. She experienced sunshine, proper care, a healthy diet and a life close to freedom in a near-natural habitat – things she had never known in 15 long years.
Today, her favorite thing to do is lie on the grass in the sunshine beside her one-eyed tiger companion, Rambo. This is a simple freedom every tiger should experience, but sadly, one that many animals in Thailand never do.
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Had she not been rescued, Susu would have continued to suffer, likely dying in captivity and never knowing freedom or relief from pain.
In a country where thousands of wild animals are chained, beaten, abused and relentlessly bred for entertainment and fake medicinal ‘cures,’ WFFT has its work cut out for it.
As you read this, thousands more animals like Susu are in chains, and WFFT hopes to save as many as they possibly can.
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But the sanctuary has completely run out of space, and cannot take in any more animals like Susu who are desperately hoping to be saved.
WFFT has an opportunity to expand its sanctuary by purchasing a piece of neighboring land. This land will be transformed into a haven for animals like Susu, and Pai Lin, who we told you about a few months ago – an elderly elephant forced to do back-breaking labor for sixty years.
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These animals, and so many more like them, are hoping for you to give them freedom from pain and abuse.
Right now, you have the power to do it.
Animals are waiting, hoping to be saved – and our partner desperately wants to take them in.
Here’s how you can help.
Every dollar, penny or pound you can give will be used to help enlarge the WFFT sanctuary, giving hope to countless wild animals still locked in cages, desperately waiting to be rescued. Everything is in place to help them, except this final piece – and that’s where you come in.
After 15 years of cruel captivity, Susu is now living in peace at the WFFT sanctuary. So many more like her are waiting to be saved.
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With your support, rescuing more animals will be made possible. From caged tigers to exhausted, overexploited elephants, there are countless souls hoping for your kindness today.
Please, donate any amount you possibly can, and help make the dream of a better future possible for these precious, desperate souls.
