The Wild Animal Sanctuary’s mission is to rescue and provide life-long homes for large exotic and endangered captive wild animals, and to educate the public about the causes of, and solutions to America’s captive wildlife crisis.
There are estimates as high as 30,000 captive big cats, bears, and wolves living in substandard conditions throughout the US. After illegal drugs and weapons, the exotic animal trade is the third largest source of illicit profits in America–and the world!
The Wild Animal Sanctuary rescues captive exotic and endangered large carnivores who have been abused, abandoned, exploited, or illegally kept and gives them a life of dignity and respect. Their beautiful sanctuary in Keenesburg, CO, is open to the public.
While I enjoy visiting the sanctuary, I would rather that their facility was not needed at all, and that illegal trading of animals in the US would come to an end.