Chile’s worst unrest in decades has transformed into a nationwide uprising for change. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets of the country. The most violent clashes occurred in Santiago, but protests happened all over the nation. This situation o...

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Thanks to a grant from AKI Animal Kind International and in collaboration with the Ministry of Livestock, OIPA Cameroon had the opportunity to expand its usual activities in defence of the animals. Our volunteers had a few busy and intense weeks!! Through...

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Ravenna, Italy – Locked inside a home owned by a person with hoarding disorder, the cats were held in very bad hygienic-sanitary conditions. 9 cats have been freed thanks to OIPA Ravenna animal control officers in coordination with the Municipal Police,...

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Bats, one of the first images that come to mind when you think of Halloween! Let’s see together some facts and folklore about bats! ITS ROLE IN ANCIENT TRADITIONS In the Middle Ages, bats were not frowned upon if compared to today. As winged but feather...

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There is a special festival in Nepal, during which people honour animals and their sacred and unique bond with humans.  Since Tihar celebrates the victory of god over demons, people worship different animals that are considered as divine gifts from Mothe...

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Called “the ghost of the mountains”, the snow leopard is an elusive big feline native to the snowy mountain areas of Central and South Asia. Snow leopards are facing multiple threats that endanger their survival. Among these: Habitat loss, due to glob...

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55 elephants have died in the past month because of severe drought in Zimbabwe’s biggest national park  Despite the number of African elephants has dropped from around 415,000 to 111,000 only over the past decade, and mainly due to ivory poaching, Zimb...

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Too many stray dogs If you ever happened to visit Kosovo, you surely realized that Kosovo has a problem with stray dogs. There’s far too many dogs in the country. The causes are many and varied: Garbage – dogs can find food everywhere; Lack of respons...

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When they saw some human beings coming in the hovel where they were kept tethered, they felt no relief. They didn’t wag their tails. They were completely terrified, trembled with anxiety and squatted in the gutter, which surrounded them. OIPA volunteers...

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Shocking and barbaric practices are common in animal experimentation for productive purposes. However, the livestock sector has really gone too far this time. Known as cannulated or fistulated cows, the animals are fitted with a porthole device to gain ac...

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In Chile, rodeo is considered as a national sport, as well as an important cultural tradition. It mainly consists in pinning a cow up against a padded wall. The horsemen are called ‘HUASOS’. They work in pairs and try to score points by pinning a calf...

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Each summer, we receive a whole lot of alerts of tourists that come back from Greece complaining about the dire conditions in which donkeys are kept and used. Donkeys are extremely popular with the countless tourists who visit Greek islands every summer. ...

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The Africa Animal Welfare Conference is an annual conference co-hosted by Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) in collaboration with UN Environment for professionals and practitioners, coming together to discuss issues that cut across animal welfare, ...

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17-28 August 2019 – Representatives from more than 180 states met to discuss the protection of over 500 threatened plant and animal species. The loss of biodiversity is continuing at an alarming rate; at least half of the species risk to go extinct ...

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  OIPA volunteers in Tunisia are taking care of a high number of stray and abandoned cats and dogs. Thay rescue one or more animals almost every day. Kittens and puppies who lost their mom, mistreated or hit-and-run cats and dogs…every day a new cr...

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August was an intense and challenging month full of activities for OIPA Azerbaijan! Thanks to your donations, it was possible to start a feral cats sterilisation project. Our volunteers trapped, neutered and released back on their territory of origin 3 ni...

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  Those who view hunting as a sport like any other, enjoyed by people who call themselves “lovers of nature and animals” should think long and hard about this. This definition is complete nonsense and contradictory. Hunting is useless and barbari...

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After one month of investigation, OIPA Chile filed an animal welfare complaint together with the local associations Search Chillán Chile. The alleged mistreatment took place at Nevados de Chillán, located in a cold mountainous area, where a number of do...

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Great news from South Africa! We welcome the High Court of South Africa Gauteng Division’s ruling on 2017 and 2018 quotas for the exportation of lion bones. On 6 August, the court ruled that the quota set in 2017 on 800 lion bones and the 2018 quota of...

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The feline oasis “La Valle” in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, has finally become a safe haven for many cats that would otherwise have been decimated by disease. Indeed, the feline oasis shelters cats that suffer from terrible diseases such as FIV, FeLV; FIP an...

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On July 6th, over a thousand people, including citizens, associations and animal rights activists, gathered and marched peacefully on the streets of Parma. All united on one single goal: the liberation of six macaques that will be subjected to an awful ex...

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The Western Balkans are not yet a safe place for stray dogs. Their number is high and they are unwanted by large portions of the local population. However, at the same time there are several NGOs working to improve animal welfare in the region. Thanks to ...

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Our email box is bombarded by emails of tourists and citizens that report cases of killing of free roaming dogs in Egypt. For this, we have contacted a local animal protection association, CART Cairo Animals Rescue Team, for more information. They shared...

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OIPA International and OIPA Azerbaijan sent official letters to the main local, national and international institutions in Azerbaijan over a month ago. How many of them do you think gave us an answer? Yes, you’re right, NONE!!! In the letters, we expres...

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July 3, 2019 was a historic day in Chile. The Chamber of Deputies’ Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources approved a draft law on the abolition of greyhound racing. The proposal, adopted by 7 votes in favour, 4 against and 2 abstaining, will...

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Ayer 03/07/2019 fue un día histórico en Chile. La Comisión de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales de la Cámara de Diputados ha aprobado el proyecto de ley de prohibir carreras de perros. La iniciativa, aprobada con 7 votos a favor, 4 en contra y 2 abs...

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LITTLE MUSINGS ABOUT YULIN FESTIVAL Meat-eating is still a common grotesque, cruel and unacceptable human habit. In livestock farming, the butchering is just the culmination of a production process of living beings that deprived of the dimension of life. ...

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SOUTH AFRICAN LION BONE EXPORT QUOTA Over this June 2019, inside the South African context, the topic of the revision lion bone export quota has achieved extreme importance for the animalist sector. In particular, the Coalition To Stop the Captive Breedin...

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THE FREE COWS FROM DESZCZNO MUST REMAIN FREE 180 free and happy cows ordered slaughtered in Poland Western municipality of Deszczno, Poland, 2009. After years of experience in cow herding, two twin brothers, maybe tired of cows, decide to set their herd f...

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VIVISECTION EXPERIMENTS AT THE ITALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TURIN: ‘LIGHTUP – Turning the cortically blind brain to see: From neural computations to system dynamics generating visual awareness in humans and monkeys’ All photos are by Essere Animal...

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While no official statistics exists, approximately 10,000 homeless animals roam the streets of the Bethlehem Governorate alone. These animals have no legal protection against abuse. The most effective way to reduce their populations is through Trap, Neute...

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A dynamic fragment of the OIPA Cameroon’s assignment is to use education as a tool to raise awareness on animal issues amongst children especially from the early ages. The lessons/ talks given in primary schools handle a wide range of topics including: ...

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DOG INJURED BY A HUMAN STREET ATTACK IN BUDOL On the 20th April 2019, another extreme case put in an urgent difficult situation OIPA Nepal / Nepal Animal Welfare and Research Center (NAWRC). Once again the victim of human cruelty is a stray dog, which was...

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Thanks to human pressure, a million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction, many within decades. The findings come from a United Nations-backed panel called the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem S...

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Today we received a desperate appeal from the animal rights community of Azerbaijan. Dogs mass executions are daily committed across the country. OIPA sent a letter to the relevant authorities of Azerbaijan demanding to put an end to the brutal exterminat...

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DRISTI, A BLIND DOG DUMPED IN FRONT OF OIPA NEPAL / NAWRC, NEEDS HELP! Some days ago a scruffy she-dog was abandoned in a noodles box in front of OIPA Nepal / NAWRC office. The volunteers came to her aid immediately and brought her to the vet. Both of her...

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FOR THE SPANISH VERSION OF THE ARTICLE SEE BELOW PARA LA VERSIÓN ESPAÑOLA DEL ARTÍCULO VEA ABAJO NEW VISIONS UPON THE CHILEAN CRUELTY TO ANIMALS After several months of investigation, it can be asserted that the Chilean situation related to the cruelty...

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OIPA ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS HAVE RESCUED TWO PUPPIES IN THE PORT OF GENOA! Two two-month-old dog puppies were found by the animal control officers of the OIPA of Genoa, Italy, in a joint intervention with the Coast Guard in the port of the Ligurian city....

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AUSTRALIA’S NEW PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1: CATS  Let’s begin by saying that cats are not indigenous to Australia and they did not ask to come to the continent. It is thought they first entered the country at some point between the 17th and the 18th century,...

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US$350 will provide a pen/kennel, food, neuter surgery, and vet care for two years.    Debora Lum and her eight-year-old granddaughter, Nangah Angel, live in Alamadu in Makon village in the North West Region of Cameroon. Deborah is a 75-year-old subsist...

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MISSION “GOD HANUMAAN”: CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION! A monkey kept inside a cage in a Nepalese temple needs your support! OIPA International has just received an urgent plea for help from OIPA Nepal – Nepal Animal Welfare and Research Center NAWRC...

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On the mass media, we have recently had the pleasure to know about Greta Thunberg, the Swedish girl who only seven months ago, every Friday would not go to school as a sign of protest and stand alone in front of the Swedish parliament holding a written sl...

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NUTRIA: STERILISATION BY LAPAROSCOPY. A TRULY INNOVATIVE END EFFECTIVE IDEA TO TACKLE THE SPREAD OF “INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES” There is a growing prejudice against nutrias in Italy, viewed as public enemies by many. Let’s see why. THE PROBLEM…. This...

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“Complete liberation of animals is the only means of liberation of man”. CROATIA – Saturday, April 13, 2019 was the day for the 3rd March for Animals. It was the day to raise our voices and stand for the defenceless who have been deprived of the...

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“In Indonesia, every year millions of dogs are brutally caught and transported for the dog meat trade. There are many stolen pets and illegally trafficked animals collected from the streets and rural communities. They are squashed into cages and package...

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Our Representative in Cameroon Mr Che Gilbert Ayunwi appointed Ambassador of the World Animal Day The World Animal takes place every year on the 4th of October. It concerns ALL animals and its aim is to mobilize general respect for them all over the world...

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Considered as ‘working dogs’ they are not formally considered part of the ‘Pet category’ and, therefore, are used as objects for income instead of friends. Galgos dogs are exploited in order to run as fast as they possibly can but when they are no...

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OIPA representative in India Mr. Naresh Kadyan sent a complaint to the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and the Ministry of Home Affairs against the commandant of the CISF Unit responsible for the Taj Mahal area. CISF Central Industria...

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The situation of stray dogs and cats in Egypt is quite dramatic. Detailed statistics on the number of stray dogs and cats in Egypt and about the number of people bitten by dogs are not available. However, a recent study on the spread of rabies reported th...

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DANGEROUS PET FOOD Eyes, bones, feathers and birds beaks, blood, intestines, tendons, mammaries, gullets and sick, rotten or cancerous body parts; this is what is behind the so called by-products used to make Commercial Pet Food. Pet food manufacturers do...

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