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WSPA responds to disaster
Update from Japan
Thanks to the generous support of our donors WSPA is on the ground in Japan providing relief to thousands of animals affected by the earthquake and resulting tsunami. We are working with Japan's Animal Disaster Response Team (ADRT) — a group of local animal organizations, including WSPA-partner the Japan Animal Welfare Society and have committed $150,000 to provide shelter and care for animals so desperately in need.
Over the last four weeks WSPA's relief efforts have been focused on help for the more than 30,000 cats and dogs brought to human evacuation centres. We are working to set up 30 temporary shelters for these and other companion animals near the human centres, supplying tents, feeding bowls, food, veterinary services, and essential equipment.
Right now we are at shelters in Niigata, Ishinomaki and Sendai, visiting and lending support in the worst hit areas. Follow us on Twitter and visit our Animals in disasters blog for up to the minute news on WSPA's ongoing relief efforts.
Please do consider supporting our work in Japan and around the world by donating to our Disaster Management fund.
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Really Wild Gifts for Mother's Day
Just like humans, animal moms protect their young from harm, feed and nourish them, provide shelter and teach them how to survive in the world.
By giving a Really Wild Gift this Mother's Day, you're not only showing that you care, you're helping animals in need worldwide. Really Wild Gifts help WSPA to rescue, care for and protect all kinds of animals, from cats and dogs to bears, orangutans and elephants.
Visit www.reallywildgifts.ca to create your personalized e-card. You can choose from lots of great animal images, or add your own favourite photo to your card. Gifts start at just $20.
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Will you Vote for Animals on May 2nd?
On May 2nd, Canadians will elect a new government. Animals can't speak or vote so we must be their voice. Help us send a message that animals matter!
Visit our Vote for Animals site to learn party positions on animal welfare issues like strengthening Canada's animal protection laws and improving farm animal transportation. Through this portal you can also get involved, write a letter to your local candidate or newspaper editor and show party leaders that animals matter to Canadians. Visit today and follow us on Twitter @voteforanimals for election news and updates. |
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Vietnamese government cracks down on bear bile farming
More than 12,000 bears are suffering in desperately cruel conditions in Asia's bear farms so their bile can be extracted and sold for use in traditional medicines.
Following an investigation into bear bile tourism by WSPA-partner, Education for Nature-Vietnam, the national government has ordered an end to this practice and threatened tough action for offenders. Government agencies stated that companies engaged in so-called bear bile tourism risk losing their business licences.
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Ending cruelty in Sweden
Thank you to the 3,000 Canadians, who supported our campaign against reindeer cruelty. You were part of 65,000 people who participated world-wide. The Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs confirmed that the shocking slaughter methods WSPA brought to light, some of which were illegal, will be suppressed immediately.
Read the full story >>
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Mega-Dairy stopped in the UK
 Following a governmental objection and sustained campaigning by WSPA UK, Nocton Dairies has withdrawn its application for an intensive farming facility that would hold 8,100 cows. In these mega-dairies antibiotics, stress and aggression are common and cows spend their entire lives indoors. To fight this and other proposed changes to British dairy farming, WSPA UK launched its Not in my Cuppa campaign and were thrilled when Nocton’s plans were withdrawn in February. WSPA will continue to lobby the government as well as farming industries to ensure that mega-dairies are never established in the UK.
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Eradicating rabies in Bali
WSPA is pleased to report that thanks to the generosity of our loyal supporters, we have finished the first round of anti-rabies vaccinations — crucial to eliminating rabies on the Indonesian Island of Bali!
WSPA has been working with local partner, the Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) and the Indonesian government to deliver this groundbreaking project. Teams of staff and volunteers working across Bali have now vaccinated around 210,000 dogs (70% of the estimated total dog population) and in just four short months, infection rates in humans and dogs are down by almost 50%.
The red collar that appears in this photo shows that this lucky dog has been vaccinated and is now safe from rabies and the inhumane mass culls once used in an attempt to control the disease. |
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Bonobo rehabilitation in the DCR
The remaining wild population of bonobos (estimated to be as low as 5,000) face a number of severe threats, from habitat loss to the bushmeat trade. But thanks to your support an inspiring group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR), is releasing rehabilitated bonobos into a protected natural reserve. Back in 2009, the WSPA supported Amis des Bonobos du Congo (ABC) released a group of nine bonobos back into the wild. This was a world first — but the story is just beginning. Last month ABC released another three bonobos who will join their former sanctuary companions in the wild for the first time in years. There is more news to come from this exciting project so check our website often. You can also watch a video from the 2009 release at www.wspa.ca/bonobos |
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