Gaza’s Rafah Zoo: Over 40 animals are suffering

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Meimo & Amelia arrived

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22,000 € for a Tiger?

The trade in big cats from Europe is booming.

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Animal torture: Lioness’ claws amputated with garden shears in Gaza's oldest zoo

FOUR PAWS demands permanent closure of zoo and relocation of 49 animals

Two of the last Albanian restaurant bears find new home in Swiss Alps

FOUR PAWS welcomes Meimo and Amelia at Arosa Bear Sanctuary

Bizarre discovery in Germany: Puma cub kept in apartment

FOUR PAWS provides sanctuary for cub that is victim of Europe’s trade in wild cats

Two of the last remaining restaurant bears in Albania are looking for a new home

FOUR PAWS set to rehome the bears promptly

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Rescue Long and Trang

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Dame Judi Dench and Ricky Gervais call on eBay to regulate online puppy trade

FOUR PAWS prompts eBay to implement measures against the cruel illegal puppy trade on their classified ad sites

End the suffering of Vietnamese bile bears

The gallbladder of the bile bear is punctured with a needle through the abdominal wall. The anaesthetic is often administered ...

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FOUR PAWS ends the keeping of bile bears in Ninh Binh province

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Before, these animals suffered in the #MagicWorldZoo near Aleppo, Syria. Now, each of them have been given a second chance at life, free of suffering and full of species- appropriate care, enrichment ...