Lion transfer from Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa to Akagera National Park in Rwanda.
Lion transfer from Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa to Akagera National Park in Rwanda
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A sedated, blindfolded lion lays in the dirt in Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa, Monday, June 29, 2015. The five female and two male lions are unwitting passengers about to embark on a 30-hour, 2,500-mile (4,000-kilometer) journey by truck and plane from South Africa to Akagera National Park in Rwanda, whose lion population was wiped out following the country’s 1994 genocide.
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Simon Naylor, Phinda reserve manager, pulls a sedated lion into a travel container in Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa, Monday, June 29, 2015, The five female and two male lions are unwitting passengers about to embark on a 30-hour, 2,500-mile (4,000-kilometer) journey by truck and plane from South Africa to Akagera National Park in Rwanda, whose lion population was wiped out following the country’s 1994 genocide.
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Sedated lions lay inside their travel containers as game reserve officials sort out transportation paperwork in Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa, Monday, June 29, 2015. The five female and two male lions are unwitting passengers about to embark on a 30-hour, 2,500-mile (4,000-kilometer) journey by truck and plane from South Africa to Akagera National Park in Rwanda, whose lion population was wiped out following the country’s 1994 genocide.
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A sedated lion, lays inside a cage in Phinda Private Game Reserve, South Africa, Monday, June 29, 2015, unwitting passengers about to embark on a 30-hour, 2,500-mile (4,000-kilometer) journey by truck and plane from South Africa to Rwanda, whose lion population was wiped out following the country’s 1994 genocide.