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Featured article: Canada joins the fight against ghost gear

September 20 2018

Marine animals in Canada will soon be getting more protection as Canada has signed on to the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI)

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Sea change campaign

Enriching the barren lives of factory-farmed pigs

October 12 2018

So far, you and more than 213,000 others have signed up to help us get mother pigs out of cages and into groups. Thank you! Ending confinement is vital but more is required to give all pigs the lives they deserve.

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Animals in farming

Factory farming

Protecting animals in devastated Sulawesi

October 04 2018

Last Friday, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that devastated everything in its path.

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Animals in disasters

Disaster response team

A brief history of the global exotic pet trade

September 26 2018

Historically, getting a wild species to keep as a pet, more commonly known as an exotic pet, was a small-scale operation. Today, these animals are part of a much larger operation – a multibillion dollar global industry.

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Exotic pets

Undercover investigation: Shocking new evidence finds wild jaguars cruelly poached to fuel traditional Asian medicine trade

September 24 2018

Alarming evidence launched today by World Animal Protection reveals a deadly trade of jaguar body parts being trafficked illegally for the use of traditional Asian medicine from the South American country of Suriname.

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Animals in the wild

Wildlife trade collection

Illegal wildlife trade

Success! International Whaling Commission to protect whales from ghost gear entanglement

September 17 2018

This week we’re celebrating this incredible decision from the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Lost and abandoned fishing gear – ghost gear – is the biggest threat to whales and other marine life

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Sea change campaign

Unnatural behaviour captive dolphins exhibit

August 31 2018

Dolphins are perfectly evolved to live and flourish in their wild ocean home, not within the confines of a tank or artificial lagoon.

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Animals in entertainment

Fiona the turtle: the plastic leatherback revealing the true cost of ocean pollution

August 30 2018

Fiona has been travelling all over the world on a mission to raise awareness of the deadly issue of ghost gear, which is ruining the lives of thousands of marine animals

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Sea change campaign

World Animal Protection applauds Kroger on commitment to end the use of gestation crates for pigs

August 29 2018

Kroger, the largest grocery chain in the US, has committed to phasing out cruel gestation crates in their supply chain by 2025.

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Animals in farming

Factory farming

No concern over welfare of escaped pet boa constrictor

August 28 2018

Earlier this month, a pet boa constrictor was thought to have escaped the owners’ residence in Westboro, Ottawa.

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Exotic pets

Bear rescue: we help save five bears from the cruel bear bile industry in Vietnam

August 27 2018

After 13 years of pain and suffering in captivity, a group of Asiatic black bears have been rescued from the horrific abuse of bear bile farming

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Bear bile

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Featured article: Canada joins the fight against ghost gear

Enriching the barren lives of factory-farmed pigs

Protecting animals in devastated Sulawesi

A brief history of the global exotic pet trade

Undercover investigation: Shocking new evidence finds wild jaguars cruelly poached to fuel traditional Asian medicine trade

Success! International Whaling Commission to protect whales from ghost gear entanglement

Unnatural behaviour captive dolphins exhibit

Fiona the turtle: the plastic leatherback revealing the true cost of ocean pollution

World Animal Protection applauds Kroger on commitment to end the use of gestation crates for pigs

No concern over welfare of escaped pet boa constrictor

Bear rescue: we help save five bears from the cruel bear bile industry in Vietnam

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