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FOUR PAWS is an international animal charity. We are campaigning to end animal suffering and cruelty.
In 1994 FOUR PAWS started to work internationally and today has offices in nine European countries. This international approach allows FOUR PAWS to lobby and campaign more effectively improving animal welfare and improving thousands of animals’ lives each year.
Our vision is a world without animal suffering. We believe that every animal has a right to be treated with respect and dignity.
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CYBER MARCHERS CALL ON EUROPE TO TAKE ACTION ON ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS
As MEPs prepare to vote next month (May 09) on proposals to update Europe’s animal experiments directive, animal advocates are taking to cyber-space to demonstrate public support with a virtual march on the European Parliament. Launched today by Four Paws, the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research, and the Humane Society International, the Make Animal Testing History virtual march is a global first for animal protection campaigning. It is being launched throughout the European Union to coincide with World Week for Animals in Laboratories.
More than 12 million animals are used in experiments in Europe each year. Animals such as rodents, rabbits, cats, dogs and monkeys are used in experiments that can cause physical and mental distress. The law that regulates experiments, Directive 86/609, is more than 20 years old and desperately out of date.
Improvements have been proposed such as better animal protection, a phase-out of primate experiments, ethical review and real progress on non-animal alternatives. However, pharmaceutical and animal research industries are lobbying hard to thwart new welfare measures, even opposing limits on the level of pain animals are allowed to suffer or the number of times they can be re-used in experiments.
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Dec 3 2009 12:54 PM
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Dec 1 2009 3:56 PM
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Nov 9 2009 12:48 PM
Under the cool breeze of the Zimbabwean night sky, FOUR PAWS has transferred a group of rescued elephants to the Hwange National Park.
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Oct 20 2009 4:05 PM
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Oct 16 2009 1:11 PM
Today is WORLD FOOD DAY... have you ever thought about the impact that your diet has on the environment? Find out how on our website!
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Oct 1 2009 3:34 PM
Have you joined the virtual march yet?
If not, sign up now! Time is running out and we need as many marchers as possible to Make Animal Testing History! Ask your family, friends, colleagues to sign up as well and watch Ricky Gervais and other celebs cheer you on...!
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Sep 24 2009 2:20 PM
Volunteer with us at our LIONSROCK sanctuary in South Africa! Come and see the difference your donations and support have made to the lives of these big cats - first hand!!
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Sep 17 2009 1:14 PM
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Adopted by the entire team, the cat was named after the river on the banks of which it was found: Trotus. Barely breathing and dehydrated from basking in the summer sun, things had been looking bleak for the small patient when it arrived. Loving care and considerable know-how brought the little fellow back from the almost dead: Trotus started to eat well and play with the FOUR PAWS staff as any normal kitten would. It became a much adored relief from the demanding daily work with stray dogs and cats caught and cared for during the team’s stay in the popular Romanian summer resort.
The search for a loving home
The work in Comanesti was straining but successful: hundreds of dogs and cats received medical treatment and can no longer be killed by the authorities. For Trotus, however, a life on the street would have been impossible to adapt to, so the FOUR PAWS staff started to search for a home. Shortly before the final day in Comanesti had come, a lady dropped by at the mobile vet clinic and instantly fell in love with the coltish kitten! She agreed to take care of Trotus and provide all the fostering and attention needed in a happy cat’s life. ‘Troty’ was lucky twice – as FOUR PAWS was leaving town, he became the big cat of hi
Sep 15 2009 7:14 AM
Sep 14 2009 9:20 AM
FOUR PAWS helps orangutans in need!
Read about our work out in Borneo, rehabilitating these endangered orphans and releasing them to a better life.
http://www.fourpaws.org.uk/website/output.php?id=1185&idcontent=1601&language=1
Sep 2 2009 2:47 PM
When Dobri was found he was blind, had several rings through his nose and was tied to a tree. He had been a dancing bear for 17 years before FOUR PAWS rescued him from his miserable life. Read about Dobri and the other rescued bears at
http://www.fourpaws.org.uk/website/output.php?id=1171&idcontent=1120&language=1
Aug 30 2009 1:37 PM
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Aug 26 2009 8:45 AM
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Aug 16 2009 4:51 PM
Please sign the petition to oppose Macmillan's cruel fishing event
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Aug 15 2009 12:37 AM
Hello ~ thank you for being a friend of Moonwarriors. 800 dogs & cats are killed every hour in the US, often by inhumane methods such as gassing or heart sticking. This cruel disposal of homeless & stray animals is paid for by your taxes. Sponsors of petitions promoting no-kill alternatives have shown that it would be more cost effective & humane to fund spay-neuter programs, adoption schemes & sanctuaries.
"What is unconscionable, abominable and outrageous is that animals, healthy and well-behaved, are being killed because someone says there are too many. That is something we do not accept. That is something we find intolerable" - Richard Avanzino, President, San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (1997)
Please visit my blog for more info & to sign petitions to end the animal gas chambers:
Ban gas chambers, close kill shelters and start sanctuaries - click here to sign petitions
There are 14, if you could sign at least some that would be great ~ Have a good weekend ~ Thank you for helping animals
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Aug 14 2009 11:59 AM
In order to ensure that Carmen has been given the time to get to know her new surroundings and have a veterinary check up, the lioness was temporarily accommodated in a small enclosure that borders the area of her pride. Although she was anxiously squatting in a corner at first, her family members immediately showed interest in the new arrival. Leo, leader of the group, was holding back the others at first, until he had sniffed at her sufficiently to be sure that it was Carmen who had indeed arrived at their home.
Jun 16 2009 9:24 AM
Jun 16 2009 9:23 AM
As you may be aware, Four Paws campaigns to end the factory farming of rabbits in cages throughout Europe. The welfare of farmed rabbits is in need of urgent attention. The majority of caged systems not too dissimilar to the barren battery cages used for egg laying hens, which you may be aware will be banned in Europe in 2012.
Early Day Motion on Rabbit Welfare
Early Day Motions enable Members of Parliament (MPs) to express their opinion on a subject and bring attention to it. If enough signatures are gathered it can put pressure on Government Ministers to take action. It is also a wonderful opportunity to generate public and media interest.
Adrian Sanders MP has put forward an Early Day Motion (EDM) 1515, before the House which seeks to improve the welfare of farmed rabbits in the UK.
You can read it by clicking on this link http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=38685&SESSION=899
It lists all the M.Ps who have signed it so you may wish to check it before sending your letter or email.