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“They are the four Spice Girls. Just a little bit hairier”: Hanoi Central Circus in Vietnam has given up its performing bears, releasing the animals to a sanctuary. The four, named Ginger, Pepper, Saffron, and Chili, are gradually learning to live with their newfound freedom, Euro News reports.
Remaining animals at Tiger King Park given up: The Department of Justice will seize the last 60-plus animals from Jeff and Lauren Lowe’s park, including porcupines, bobcats, foxes, and a camel, USA Today reports. Made famous by Joe Exotic and the Netflix docuseries Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness, it was home to dozens of big cats and other wild animals. But since the show, the owners have faced numerous legal issues.
Operation rescue: Kabul Small Animal Rescue employees have been working around the clock to raise $1.5 million for a cargo plane to carry more than 200 dogs and cats, the organization’s crew, and their families out of Kabul. August 31 is the deadline for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan. The crew is part of a mass exit since the Taliban took control but if they are still on the ground at deadline, "all bets are off," Charlotte Maxwell-Jones, the American founder of the rescue organization tells NPR.
Airlifting water for animals: The punishing drought out West isn’t just drying up pastureland and evaporating water troughs, it’s threatening wildlife. State agencies are pouring resources into helping some animals survive—even flying in water on helicopters to remote spots with bears, bighorn sheep, and other thirsty animals, at a cost of up to $1,800 an hour. As more areas are forced to ration water as a result of a climate crisis of our own making, we have to answer: What do humans owe animals that are perishing from a problem of our own making? Vox reports.
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