A crate carrying one of the 33 Lions rescued from circuses in Peru and Columbia is lifted onto the back of a lorry before being transported to a private reserve on April 30, 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa. A total of 33 former circus Lions, 22 males and 11 females from Peru and Columbia have been airlifted to South Africa to live out their lives on a private reserve in the Limpopo Province. 24 of the animals were rescued in raids on circuses operating in Peru, with the rest voluntarily surrendered by a circus in Colombia after Colombias Congress passed a bill prohibiting circuses from using wild animals. The trip has been coordinated by the animal rights group 'Animal Defenders International'.
{"Image ImageDescription": "JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 30:  A crate carrying one of the 33 Lions rescued from circuses in Peru and Columbia is lifted onto the back of a lorry before being transported to a private reserve on April 30, 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa. A total of 33 former circus Lions, 22 males and 11 females from Peru and Columbia have been airlifted to South Africa to live out their lives on a private reserve in the Limpopo Province. 24 of the animals were rescued in raids on circuses operating in Peru, with the rest voluntarily surrendered by a circus in Colombia after Colombias Congress passed a bill prohibiting circuses from using wild animals. The trip has been coordinated by the animal rights group 'Animal Defenders International'.  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2016 Getty Images"}