Two days ago a kiwi cameraman along with animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS risked their lives in attempt to rescue the last two remaining animals at Montazah Al-Morour Zoo, in the war stricken city of Mosul.
The attempt was unsuccessful after the Iraqi army forced the group to return Lula the bear and Simba the lion back to the abandoned, filthy zoo.
With their presence in Mosul now known to Islamic State militants they faced new threats of being attacked if they went back into the war zone … but after two days of intense negotiations they did
Animal welfare activists have managed to remove a lion and a bear who found themselves stuck in a zoo in war-torn Iraq.
A New Zealand cameraman, Anton Leach, is among the group that helped to get Simba and Lula safely out of the Mosul zoo and the city.
In aFacebook post put up yesterday, animal welfare charity FOUR Paws International shared the good news that its members had finally got the animals out.
"We did it! Lula and Simba are at a safe place outside of Mosul.
