Christian humanitarian aid organization Samaritan’s Purse received an award from animal rights organization People for Ethical Treatment of Animals after the group saved a starving tiger and lion who were abandoned after a typhoon.
According to the Christian Post, the North Carolina-based aid organization was awarded a Compassionate Action Award this week from PETA. The group was given the award after they volunteered to fly two starving and abandoned zoo animals from the Pacific island of Saipan, which was devastated by a Typhoon in November, to The Wild Animal Sanctuary in Weld County, Colorado.
Samaritan’s Purse had been flying in tons of supplies to the devastated Island, and on their third trip to the island, since it was struck by Typhoon Yutu in November, the Federal Emergency Management Agency reached out to Samaritan’s Purse for help.
Through a collaborative effort with FEMA, Tigers in America and The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Samaritan’s Purse was able to fly Tasha and Lambert from the U.S. commonwealth in the North Mariana Islands to a sanctuary in Colorado where they will each have habitats of between 15 and 25 acres, a video detailing the rescue recalled.
In the video, Casey Craig of The Wild Life Sanctuary expressed his gratitude for Samaritan’s Purse. He said, “I know there is not a lot of flights going in and out of Saipan…
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