Kazuma, a 14-year-old African lion, recently arrived at Tigers for Tomorrow at Untamed Mountain, a reserve in Attalla, Ala.VISIT AND HELP KAZUMA AND HIS FRIENDSTigers for Tomorrow at Untamed Mountain in Attalla, Ala., is open to the public year-round on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time. The preserve is about 20 miles south of Fort Payne. To get there from most areas of Tennessee and North Georgia, take Interstate 24 to Interstate 59 South and continue to exit 205. Turn right onto state Highway 68 and take an almost immediate left onto County Road 51. Go 2.3 miles and turn left, continuing on CR 51 another 3.8 miles to a right on County Road 345. Go about a mile to the preserve entrance on the right. After entering, veer to the left to park. Admission is $12 plus tax for adults and $6 plus tax for children 3 to 11. For more information and to find out how to help and donate to the animals, got to www.tigersfortomorrow.org or call 256-524-4150. Private tours are available by appointment.
ATTALLA, Ala. – Kazuma, a 14-year-old male African lion saved from a life of abuse in a problematic Guatemalan circus, found a new home this month at Tigers for Tomorrow at Untamed Mountain.
Susan Steffens-McCauley, executive director of the facility about an hour and a half south of Chattanooga, says the already 300-pound Kazuma is steadily gaining weight since he arrived about two weeks ago.
Undeterred by downpours on Thursday, Kazuma was smacking around a large, red plastic bobbin toy while Steffens-McCauley’s husband, Wilbur McCauley, slipped the furry king of the jungle small bites of food through the 10-foot high chain link fence and scratched his chin.
Kazuma exulted in the attention like a quarter-ton Alabama barn cat.