Not Born Free

We were unable to visit the Born Free wildlife refuge due to political unrest in an area we would need to drive through. Our host and Born Fre staff both said it was not a good idea to travel there and hence we did not go. Instead we visited a zoo in Addis, which mainly had lions. The lions were gorgeous but their accommodations were sad. There were in a cell with cement flooding. The lions mostly laid down. We could see that they didn't have water and we were told they had been waiting for food. It was uncertain how long it had been since eating.