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FOUR PAWS disaster relief
operating in Pakistan

A skilled group of vets and logistics experts of FOUR PAWS is providing food, medical care and vaccinations for animals in Layyah, one of the regions most affected by the flood in Pakistan. The team has spent its first week in the area now, having arrived in Lahore on August 24, 2010. One of the worst environmental disasters in the history of the impoverished country, the flood so far has killed over 2000 people and over 200.000 animals. [more]

News from LIONSROCK:
lions Saba & Seeta and a trio of hyenas

With plenty of new arrivals in spring and early summer, there is plenty of work to do at FOUR PAWS big cats sanctuary LIONSROCK. Lion cub Saba and two-year-old lioness Seeta had recently come in from Jordan after having been saved by the Princess Alia Foundation – but the team also has to look after a pack of hyenas: the first of their kind at the lion domain. While individual measures [more]
 
Bulgarian hotel bear Monti
rescued by FOUR PAWS!

The fact that Bulgarian bear Monti spent most of the one and half years of his life in a hotel does not mean it was a life of luxury - by any standards. A tiny, 9 m² shed in which the fast growing wild animal was locked up was its sparse and entirely unacceptable habitat. When he was discovered by FOUR PAWS employees, the local authorities were alerted and arrangements made for [more]

Serbian bear Milena dies
after 15 months of happiness

Milena, a former dancing bear, estimated at over 30 years of age, has passed away in her sleep. The courageous female was rescued by FOUR PAWS in January of 2009 in Serbia and had been the most uncertain factor in the dramatic transfer of a group of three. But Milena survived the strenuous rescue mission and adapted to the living conditions at DANCING BEARS PARK Belitsa with ease; she [more]
 
End of Bullfighting in Catalonia:
FOUR PAWS congratulates!

On Wednesday 28th July 2010, Catalonia's parliament abolished bullfighting throughout the autonomous region in north-eastern Spain. The final votes were as follows - 68 in favour, 55 against, and the rest were abstentions. The campaign against what many see as a cruel and unnecessary part of Spanish culture has intensified in recent years, with the people of Catalonia at the forefront of the [more]

Successful rescue and relocation
of young owls to bird sanctuary EGS

The major task FOUR PAWS partner organisation EGS (a sanctuary and care centre for wild birds located in Haringsee, Austria) has to deal with in spring and early summer, is caring for abandoned young birds. Most of them have been rejected by their parents or accidentally fell from their nests. The adventurous rescue of two orphaned owls is a more unusual success story at the ambitious bird [more]
 
Puppy trade:
Stop illegal puppy farming!

This is the slogan for the current international campaign against puppy smuggling, launched by the animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS. Business is booming for criminals smuggling young dogs from Eastern Europe. The amount of suffering, deceit and corruption at the root of this industry is hard to imagine. There appears to be a never-ending supply of puppies, available through classified [more]

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