Member Societies News Archive

- Educational Event Showcases Mobile Clinics’ Work in Sri Lanka
The Blue Paw Trust, operating in the eastern coast of Sri Lanka, showcased the amazing work of WSPA-supported veterinary clinics during a four day educational event in Ampara. The two mobile clinics demonstrated how they are able to deliver affordable medical care to animals in tsunami affected areas both on the east and west coasts.

- Monkeys rescued from illegal traders
More than 40 monkeys are enjoying a new life of freedom after being rescued by WSPA Member Society ProFauna and released into the National Park of Bromo Tengger Semeru in Java, Indonesia.

- Costa Rican Member Society Rescues Pets, People
WSPA’s Member Society in Costa Rica, Asociación Pro Rescate Animal de Puntarenas (APRAP), have rescued an elderly couple and their pets from extreme poverty and degradation.

- Orangutans Freed from Cruel Show
WSPA Member Society ProFauna Indonesia has won its battle to stop a cruel and debilitating orangutan show in Jakarta.

- Dancing Bears in India Begin New Pain-Free Life
A project supported by WSPA and its Member Society the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has led to the beginning of a cruelty-free and more dignified life for two dancing bears in India.

- Baby Gorilla Undercover Rescue
A risky undercover operation by WSPA Member Society the Innovation pour le Development et la Protection de l‘Environnement (IDPE) has led to the rescue of a baby gorilla whose family had been slaughtered for food in Africa.

- Animal Friends Croatia Campaigns for Whale Welfare
WSPA Member Society Animal Friends Croatia (AFC) has held a successful event to support the Whalewatch campaign.

- Protest as New Bullring Opens in Portugal
Portuguese-based WSPA Member Society Animal has led an international protest to call for the closure of the bullring in Lisbon and for an end to bullfighting in the country.

- WSPA Member Society in Indonesia Helps Green Turtles to Go Back to the Sea
The WSPA Member Society ProFauna Indonesia assisted seven green turtles escaped from illegal poaching to go back to the sea.

- Animal Welfare Group Halts Dog Poisoning
The Somalia Animal Rights Community (SOMARCO), a WSPA Member Society, has stepped in to halt a large scale poisoning of dogs near Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia.

- Milestone in Serbian law
 WSPA Member Society Organisation for Respect and Care for Animals is  campaigning to broaden the list of criminal acts to include in the new criminal law against cruelty to animals.

- Daphne Sheldrick honoured by the Queen of England
Daphne Sheldrick, now Dr Dame Daphne Sheldrick DBE, has been given a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II. We offer sincerely congratulations for this very well deserved honour.

- AACL Celebrate 50 Years of Work
In 1956 the Animal Cruelty League (AACL) was founded to oppose rodeos. With less than £5 in the kitty, they began rescuing and treating animals. At this time, they also worked with abused women and children, but it soon became apparent that their main focus was to be animals only.

- Success in Promoting Alternatives in Russia
Russian Member Society VITA, in partnership with InterNICHE - a network focussing on animal use and alternatives within biological science, medical and veterinary medical education - is striving for the implementation of humane alternatives to animal experiments in Russia.  

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