In 1999, RMWCC teamed with Cell Tech through the Animal Connection Network to provide added value to the diets of the animals the Center has saved. Many, many animals have prospered from the inclusion of this product in their diets. In particular, Super Blue Green Algae was directly responsible for a remarkable story of swift, dramatic improvement – and full recovery – of a Mountain Lion who was rescued from living in sub-zero conditions in Minnesota. The owner of this animal allowed him to become frost-bitten from lack of fur, a condition exacerbated by rough, bleeding skin

.“Kiowa,” a six year old Mountain Lion, was rescued along with two Tigers, a Black Leopard, and another Mountain Lion, from a private owner in Minnesota. A law was recently passed in that state making it illegal to own exotic cats and bears without the proper licensing. (RMWCC has made a number of rescue trips to Minnesota this year because of this new law.)

All of the animals from this particular rescue in February, 2005, were extremely thin, and some were nervous and afraid of people. “Kiowa” the Mountain Lion had added stress – his entire hind quarters were stripped of any fur, and he had scabs and bleeding sores throughout that area of his body. He lived outside in sub-zero temperatures all winter, with a small lean-to wood shelter, prior to being rescued by RMWCC. As a Mountain Lion, however, in his natural habitat in the wild, he would not have even looked for a den, as only pregnant mothers seek dens. Something was horribly wrong with Kiowa’s nutrition and way of life on the Minnesota farm where he was living!

Upon arriving at Rocky Mountain Wildlife Conservation Center, Kiowa was given a large pen with an insulated house, and immediately put on RMWCC’s special diet of a nutritious blend of meats, with Super Blue Green Algae added as a supplement. Improvement in his skin and coat became noticeable very quickly. Not only did Kiowa begin to re-grow the fur he was missing, the sores and bleeding spots began to heal, and fur began to grow in those wounded areas as well.

Within five months, Kiowa has re-grown all his fur, and he shows no signs of the difficulty he had with his skin. He has also gained weight, and has become friendly and sociable – quite unlike his state when he was rescued from Minnesota earlier this year.

Super Blue Green Algae has helped tremendously to give Kiowa his health back, and has contributed to his becoming stress-free and happy in his new home at RMWCC.
Thank you, Cell Tech!

“Kiowa” has since recovered fully -
and has a rich, beautiful coat - and
amazingly shows no sign of the
hideous condition he arrived in!

• Metabolic Bone Disease (a common - and sometimes deadly - problem for captive wildlife raised on milk replacement products) - SBGA helps advanced conditions and reverses those in cubs.

• Skin and Coat Conditions - Animals suffering from being kept in toxic situations (roadside stands, with constant diesel gas fumes) and other small enclosed cages suffer a variety of maladies - loss of hair, frostbite, stress - SBGA improves and often remedies completely such conditions.

• Malnourishment - nearly all captive wildlife are subject to malnourishment if they are kept outside licensed zoo and accredited sanctuary systems. Even "enough" food is not usually the "right" food. SBGA stimulates appetites and food absorption, improving the overall metabolism of the Animals.

• Arthritis and Other Joint Conditions - In addition to arthritis, captive wildlife in concretecages have no chance to exercise in a naturalized habitat. Pus sacs and associated pain are common in the joints, especially elbows, of Great Cats who have only concrete to lay on.
  
  SBGA goes a long way toward relieving the pain of these conditions, and improving them.

Of the Sanctuary's 155 Animals (Lions, Tigers, Bears, Leopards, Mountain Lions, Servals, Bobcats, Coati Mundi), 17 serious cases have been improved or eliminated over the last year via Super Blue Green Algae, and all the other Animals have derived benefit in the various ways already listed.