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Thousands of animals suffering after floods in Costa Rica

August 02 2018

We rush to rescue 16,000 dogs, cows, horses, cats and other animals, who’ve been left weak and injured by the disaster in the Limón region

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Animals in disasters

Disaster response team

Captive tiger breeding breeds suffering. Thailand must enforce a ban

July 27 2018

This International Tiger Day (July 29), we’re urging Thai authorities to end captive tiger breeding for wildlife tourist attractions and the traditional medicine industry

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Animals in entertainment

Rangila the ‘dancing bear’ finally arrives safely at sanctuary

July 11 2018

After a series of dramatic ups and downs, Nepal’s last known ‘dancing bear’ arrived today (July 11) at a specialist sloth bear sanctuary in India. He was wrongfully placed in a substandard zoo earlier in 2018

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Our work with bears

To stop the deaths of countless marine animals, we need to tag fishing gear

July 10 2018

To help stop marine animals being harmed by lost fishing gear, we’re calling on the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to ensure all fishing nets are tagged by 2025

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Sea change campaign

Rescued from a life of cruelty: three-year-old female bear being nursed back to health

July 08 2018

Used for "dancing" for all of her brief life, this young female bear was destined for a life of cruelty. Thankfully, she's now in the care of the incredible staff at our partner sanctuary in Pakistan.

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Bear dancing

Our work with bears

Wild cat rescue: we help liberate four servals and two caracals in desperate need

July 06 2018

Our assistance with the confiscation of wild cats demonstrates the dangerous issues of the exotic pet trade

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Exotic pets

Animals in the wild

Volcán de Fuego update: meet the animals we’re helping

July 05 2018

Helping a tiny puppy and saving horses from grazing on poison – read about the animals we've helped after the devastating eruption of Volcán de Fuego (Volcano of Fire) on June 3 near Guatemala City.

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Animals in disasters

Disaster response team

The brutal life of a meat chicken

June 26 2018

Conditions on most chicken farms are sparse. There is abundant food and water and long hours of artificial light to encourage eating, but usually no natural light.

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Change for chickens

Visit to World Pork Expo provides glimpse at the lives of factory farmed pigs

June 26 2018

As key members of the pork industry gather for this yearly event, we continue our focus on moving them to Raise Pigs Right.

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Animals in farming

Factory farming

Rangila, the rescued dancing bear from Nepal, will finally be freed

June 19 2018

After an emotional, uncertain few months, authorities have agreed to free Rangila the bear from a substandard zoo in Nepal. We helped rescue Rangila from the ‘dancing bear’ trade in December 2017, but he was then secretly taken to a zoo instead of a sanctuary

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Animals in entertainment

Bear dancing

Our work with bears

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