There are three different types of gifts you can leave in your Will to support the important work of FOUR PAWS: A percentage of your estate: This is typically a portion of what is left after you have remembered family and friends A sum of money A specific item, such as an antique, painting, property or shares that we would sell As FOUR PAWS is a global organisation headquartered in Vienna, the most efficient way to contribute is through fixed sum of money. This helps us minimise administrative costs and ensures that your support goes further without being reduced by taxes or additional fees. We greatly appreciate your generosity.

Lioness Pisa and Lion Motan at Lionsrock Big Cat Sanctuary

24.4.2025

The compassion you show in life can have a lasting impact on the lives of animals around the world for years to come. By leaving a gift in your Will to FOUR PAWS, you are helping to create a kinder future for animals. Your legacy will help support our important work to reveal suffering, rescue more animals and protect them. And it will bring us one step closer to a world where people treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding.

Our promise to you

We will continue to fight for animals, today, tomorrow and in the future.
If you make a bequest to FOUR PAWS, we promise to use it in the best way possible to help animals in need.

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Urszula Krystina has included a gift to FOUR PAWS in her Will

For Urszula Krystina, all animals matter. As a strong advocate for animal protection, the decision to leave a gift to FOUR PAWS in her Will was clear: “I admire the work of FOUR PAWS and their global scope, not only do they help individual animals, they also empty entire zoos and operate in war-torn countries.”

Sylvie has included a gift to FOUR PAWS in her Will

Sylvie, a true animal lover – and friend – has included a gift in her Will to FOUR PAWS to make sure that her passion for animals lives on when she is no longer here to look after the causes that she cares about. “Animals have a soul, but they don’t have anybody that advocates for them.”

FOUR PAWS is a global animal welfare organisation and we have offices around the world, if you are living in any of the below countries please visit the below gifts in Wills pages:

FOUR PAWS in Australia – Leave a Gift in Your Will
FOUR PAWS in the UK – Leave a Gift in Your Will
FOUR PAWS in US – The Heli Dungler Legacy Society
FOUR PAWS in South Africa – Leave a Legacy
VIER PFOTEN in Austria – Testmentspende
VIER PFOTEN in Germany – Ihr Testament für den Tierschutz
VIER VOETERS in the Netherlands – Nalaten aan dieren
VIER PFOTEN in Switzerland – Legate und Testament

Leaving a gift to FOUR PAWS International

What to consider when writing your Will

Whether you’re writing your first Will or simply updating your current Will, including a gift to FOUR PAWS International is a meaningful yet easy way to create your legacy. By having a Will, you ensure that your wishes for your loved ones and any charity you support will be clearly understood and carried out.

To ensure that your gift goes to FOUR PAWS International, you will need to include our full name as a legal entity, address, and registered charity numbers. FOUR PAWS was founded in Austria and is therefore an Austrian legal entity. The details are as follows:

VIER PFOTEN International – gemeinnützige Privatstiftung
Linke Wienzeile 236, 1150 Vienna, Austria
Registered Charity number: FN 227934y

Types of gifts

There are three different types of gifts you can leave in your Will to support the important work of FOUR PAWS:

A percentage of your estate: This is typically a portion of what is left after you have remembered family and friends
A sum of money
A specific item, such as an antique, painting, property or shares that we would sell

As FOUR PAWS is a global organisation headquartered in Vienna, the most efficient way to contribute is through fixed sum of money. This helps us minimise administrative costs and ensures that your support goes further without being reduced by taxes or additional fees. We greatly appreciate your generosity.

What could your gift do for animals

Each and every gift helps us to improve the lives of animals. Most of our supporters include a percentage of their estate as a gift in their Will to FOUR PAWS International. We warmly welcome gifts of any size. These are some examples of how a gift from you could change the lives of animals in need.

€2,000 could feed one rescued big cat at our LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa for one year
€8,000 could feed a rescued brown bear for a year
€12,000 could cover the costs of a bear rescue and transport
€30,000 could cover the rescue of a big cat in need or contribute to the building of a new bear enclosure in one of the FOUR PAWS bear sanctuaries and partner project

For Executors

If you are administering an estate that includes a gift for FOUR PAWS, our charity details are:
VIER PFOTEN International– gemeinnützige Privatstiftung
Linke Wienzeile 236, 1150 Vienna, Austria
Registered Charity number: FN 227934y