Louisiana veterinarian Raven Jackson looks in on Axel, who was coaxed into a transport cage in November at the shuttered Wildlife Waystation in L.A. With the move of its last two chimps, a former Los Angeles County animal sanctuary that was abruptly closed in 2019 is now empty of its animal charges, state officials said Wednesday. After eight chimpanzees were …
The morning began like so many others for the last 10 chimpanzees stranded at the shuttered Wildlife Waystation in the Angeles National Forest: whiling away the hours, spinning around and around, pushing toys across concrete floors and peering through the bars of their cages. Three years after the refuge abruptly closed due to financial difficulties, the chimps taken in from …
Martine Colette, an animal rights advocate who founded the sprawling Wildlife Waystation at the doorstep of the Angeles National Forest where thousands of rescued animals — lions, alligators, wolves, owls, pot-bellied pigs and chimpanzees — awaited new homes, has died at 79. For years the 160-acre sanctuary stood as a model for rescuing exotic animals abandoned by impetuous owners, traveling …
Martine Colette, who founded the Wildilfe Waystation, stands near African lions Leo Zaire, left, and Katunga at the facility in 2011. State officials on Tuesday said the long-struggling Wildlife Waystation in the Angeles National Forest is shutting down for good, and the center is collaborating with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to relocate more than 470 exotic animals …
