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World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
In honour of World Animal Week, we've created a list of ten things you can do right now to make a difference for animals, whether it's signing our petitions, making animal-friendly choices or helping spread the word about animal welfare.
WSPA has handed over a letter expressing international support for the ILP in Catalonia, to Ernest Benach, the President of the Catalonian Parliament. The letter has been signed by over 140,000 supporters from 120 countries, calling for an end to bullfighting in Catalonia.
Thank you. With your support, WSPA and our member societies achieved great things for animals last year. Watch our video and see some of the changes you helped make possible
Veterinary teams have vaccinated more than 40,000 dogs against rabies in Bali, saving more than 65,000 from government culls.
Chowti, a six year old female Asiatic black bear, was confiscated following an illegal bear baiting event in Pakistan last week and has been brought to the sanctuary at Balkasar.
WSPA and the ARCH team arrived in Haiti over the weekend, to aid animals affected by the devastating earthquake.
Simon Cowell has pledged support for the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and its campaign for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare.
New footage gathered by WSPA shows the brutal reality of whaling in Norway, and shows why the ban on commercial whaling must not be lifted. Act now: we have 24 hours to register our demand to stop this cruelty.
The Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti, a join initiative led by WSPA and IFAW, has been working hard to protect Haiti’s vulnerable animals. Click through for a slideshow of their efforts so far.
Today, the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) announced a $1.1 million agreement with the Haitian government aimed at improving animal welfare and repairing the country’s damaged veterinary capacity.
In a lead up to World Rabies Day, the Bali government has just signed an agreement authorising the mass vaccination of nearly 400,000 dogs as an essential first step towards eradicating rabies from the island by 2012.
Chowti, the blind bear recently rescued from a life of bear baiting, has taken her first tentative steps in a new life without cruelty
With the exciting news that Bolivia and Nicaragua are supporting a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare, we hope to see enthusiasm for this initiative snowball in the region, marking real change for animals.
Ricky Gervais, the comedian, writer and animal lover, has spoken out in support of WSPA’s campaign to end the cruelty of bullfighting, saying the worst kind of cruelty is that which is done in the name of entertainment.
Today’s vote to ban bullfighting in Catalonia is a momentous victory for the global animal welfare movement and marks a clear shift in attitudes towards cruel blood sports.
A WSPA investigation has revealed that one of Christmas’ most popular symbols, the reindeer, is subjected to immense suffering in large-scale round-ups and slaughter in Sweden and Finland.
He grew up and went to veterinary school in Oklahoma, USA. Through his work for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA), he helped WSPA set up its first office and later served two years as WSPA President.
The Danish North Atlantic territory of the Faroe Islands has killed a total of 1,115 pilot whales to date in 2010, making it the largest kill of any whale species in the world.
After living a life filled with suffering, bears that have been rescued are often unable to adapt to a life in the wild. Here's an update on the new life we're providing for baited bears in Pakistan...
Across Israel and Palestine, thousands of horses, donkeys and mules provide livelihoods for their owners, facing problems like overloading and untreated lameness. Two projects are working to ease their burden…
Thanks to generous donations from WSPA supporters, our disaster management team – as part of the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) – has made great strides in providing disaster relief to the animals and people of Haiti during the past six months.
In the aftermath of the worst natural disaster in recent history, the Haitian government has asked WSPA to lead a team of experts to provide aid to stricken animals.
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The controversial vote on banning fur is attracting more attention, and the vote has been postponed while the pro fur lobby makes false claims. Follow the arguments here.
The International Whaling Commission has published a proposal which could destroy the 24-year ban on commercial whaling, and allow Japan, Norway and Iceland to kill close to 13,000 whales in the next ten years.
The world is responding to the disaster in Haiti, and people around the world are coming together to help in any way they can. The animal victims of this disaster will desperately need help too, and animal welfare groups are joining forces to come to their aid.
Hope for the whales: The Latin American bloc of the IWC has made it clear that commercial whaling should be a thing of the past, rejecting the IWC’s proposal to overturn the long-standing moratorium.
Days before the Catalonian Parliament votes on whether to end bullfighting in Catalonia, national and international support calling for the abolition of bullfighting is intensifying.
WSPA applauds bill to licence the keeping of exotic animals and urges fast passage.
Three bears in Pakistan, first saved from being used as bait for attack dogs and later saved from drowning in the recent floods, are the first inhabitants of a new sanctuary funded by WSPA, which opens in Pakistan today.
WSPA is calling on Vietnamese authorities to strengthen enforcement measures and promote the use of numerous herbal alternatives to cut continued use of bear bile in Vietnam
WSPA prepares for a special make-or-break meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC).
Over 101,000 people from more than 120 countries have signed WSPA’s open letter calling on Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg to end the country’s cruel commercial whaling. This is the largest public outcry against Norway’s whaling since it resumed in 1993.
Sadly, WSPA must report some distressing news from our bear baiting project in Pakistan. The recent floods have severely affected the Kund Park sanctuary, resulting in the tragic death of 20 of the 23 bears living there.
One month after a Southwold man was killed by his pet tiger, there are more calls for the provincial government to implement licensing for exotic animals. A recent poll shows that Ontarians agree.
On 25 August the Romanian Police and members of the Environment Guard rescued a bear cub from a village guesthouse near Fagaras and have now safely moved him to the Zarnesti bear sanctuary, where he will now live alongside five other young bears.
On 15 September, the South Korean government began a historic process that could end bear farming in the country.
International pressure grows on Norway to curb its cruel whaling. Make your voice heard by signing WSPA’s petition to the Norwegian Prime Minister today.
BRC staff launched heroic rescues over the weekend, saving three of the 23 bears that were feared dead as Kund Park was submerged in the floods last week.
WSPA fears that as many as 23 bears may have been killed after flooding in Pakistan caused severe damage to the WSPA-funded Kund Park bear sanctuary. The floods were caused by what is being described as the ‘heaviest monsoon flooding since 1929’.
The death of Norman Buwalda, who was mauled by his pet tiger yesterday, is a tragedy that could have been prevented with revisions to animal protection law.
Wednesday’s vote in the Knesset – the legislative branch of the Israeli government – has been postponed for two weeks to give civil servants more time to research the issue.
The ban on commercial whaling will stay in place for now, as the IWC has failed to reach a consensus on a proposal that could have seen an increase in whaling quotas for the first time in 25 years.
With the IWC negotiations taking place behind closed doors, WSPA today was joined by the Australian Minister for Environmental Protection, Peter Garrett, to demonstrate the global opposition to whaling.
The humanitarian agency SPHERE has joined with WSPA to help ensure the people and their animals of Leh, Kashmir survive a minus 30 degree winter
On the heels of WSPA's Curb the Cruelty report, CFIA has announced that they are “cracking down on those who mistreat and improperly transport livestock by more than doubling the fines – the first increase in over 10 years”.
Since the devastating earthquake hit Haiti, WSPA’s Disaster Team has been working hard to monitor the situation and assess what WSPA can do for the animals.
The tragic death of a child in a Saskatchewan First Nation community, after he was attacked by dogs, has prompted calls for a cull of all roaming dogs, but WSPA has seen evidence that culling does not work in the long term.
WSPA Canada will be launching Face to Face and Door to Door fundraising in January 2010, and this campaign will be running until May 2010 in Ontario and British Columbia.
A killer whale has killed its trainer, revealing the serious welfare risk to both people and animals for the sake of entertainment. WSPA urges you not to visit marine mammals in captivity and instead help them flourish in the wild.
In the face of the driest summer in 20 years in Bolivia’s already arid El Chaco region, WSPA has begun to supply water to safeguard approximately 9,000 animals from possible death.
WSPA celebrates the inclusion of animal welfare in the newly launched ISO Standard 26000.
On 2nd December 2010, Members of Nicaragua's National Assembly voted near unanimously to pass a law that includes some of the most stringent measures in animal welfare legislation in the world.
Review of Canadian Food Inspection Agency reports shows that Canada's animal transport regulations are not being effectively enforced, putting animal welfare at risk.
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