Infectious Surroundings

Upon various other findings, the fact that they were kept closed in the cage for seven days came into light. “It is completely unacceptable that these animals have been trapped for seven days in a cage which is soaked in feces and urine, too small for them to stand, and infested with maggots,” said Lana el-Khalil.

A Happy Ending?

Now when Lana and the Animals Lebanon had the cubs with them, everyone thought that this would be a happy ending but everyone was unaware of how the next incidents were to take place and be a total turnaround.  

Finding The Culprit

Animals Lebanon was the organization that took the cubs with them to take care of them and find out how did they reach there and who was behind keeping the cubs in such unhealthy and the conditions in which their survival was a tough task.

Shipper Or Receiver?

The crate was unaddressed and nothing was written on the crate that would help the officials at Animals Lebanon to find out anything about the shipper or the receiver. Lana and her team started to make efforts to stop the shipment to reach its destination.

Stopping The Shipment

Finally, Lana el-Khalil informed everybody that they were able to stop the shipment. Lana said that it all came possible because of the “combined efforts of the ministry of agriculture, customs, and a judge.” And then they stumbled across the truth about the cubs.

Customs

The customs allowed the transportation of exotic and wild animals and this was the reason that the cubs could be shipped. The cubs were being sent from the Mykolaiv Zoo in Ukraine to the Samer al-Husainawi Zoo in Damascus, Syria.