(21 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Culiacán, Mexico – 19 May 2025
1. Various of caretaker giving water to a pair of rescued Asian elephants
2. Various of elephants in containers ready to be moved to Mazatlan
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ernesto Zazueta, Ostok Sanctuary President:
"One day Bireki hurt her leg and no elephant specialist wanted to come. So we said what is going to happen if we can’t cure her and nobody wants to come and take care of her? In fact not even the veterinarians here in the region wanted to come and take x-rays. So we were very worried about that, we said if something serious happens, what is going to happen?"
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Culiacán, Mexico – 20 May 2025
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4. Various of police and forensic experts at crime scene
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Culiacán, Mexico – 19 May 2025
5. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ernesto Zazueta, Ostok Sanctuary President:
"Eight or nine months ago a very strong battle started here between (armed) civilians and there are days when we have a lot of problems to reach (the sanctuary) with food. So we decided to go to another place in Mazatlan, a place that is much calmer at the moment."
6. Various of rescued lions being checked by veterinarians
7. Various of animals being transferred inside crates
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ernesto Zazueta, Ostok Sanctuary President:
"They (members of the organized crime) have tried to extort us. They threatened to kill the animals, to burn the place down, and well, our animals are here to have a very good life. They are not here to be at risk."
9. Various of rescued jaguar being transferred inside a crate
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ernesto Zazueta, Ostok Sanctuary President:
"We have rescued them from places where there are confrontations between armed civilians, and many others that are abandoned on farms because they left and the army seized them. And those are the ones we also have here."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Culiacán, Mexico – 20 May 2025
11. Aerial of container with a rescued elephant being loaded onto semi-truck ++MUTE++
12. Various of felines inside crates waiting to be moved
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mazatlán, Mexico – 20 May 2025
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13. Various of aerials of caravan transporting animals
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Culiacán, Mexico – 19 May 2025
14. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ernesto Zazueta, Ostok Sanctuary President:
"For us, it is very sad to have to leave. This place was adapted with much enthusiasm. It is a dream of many years and having to move, especially due to situations beyond our control, it is something that causes us a lot of sadness, anxiety, but I believe that we will succeed and that they will be very well."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mazatlan, Mexico – 20 May 2025
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15. Various of Bireki entering in her new enclosure at the new El Encanto BioPark
16. Various of Bireki drinking water
17. Various of Bireki playing with sand
STORYLINE:
An animal sanctuary in the northern Mexican city of Culiacan has been forced to move their 700 animals as violence from criminal warfare has seeped into daily life.
A pack of veterinarians clambered over hefty metal crates on Tuesday morning, loading them one by one onto a fleet of semi-trucks.
Among the cargo: tigers, monkeys, jaguars, elephants and lions – all fleeing the latest wave of cartel violence eclipsing the northern Mexican city of Culiacan.
The caravan of semi-trucks departed Tuesday on a ride of more than 200 km to the coastal city of Mazatlan.
For years, exotic pets of cartel members and circus animals have been living in a small animal refuge on the outskirts of Sinaloa’s capital.
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