NEW PROGRAMME FOR THE SAFEGUARD AND PROTECTION OF STRAY DOGS IN NIKSIC, MONTENEGRO
StrayCoCo Foundation, member league of OIPA International, launched in October 2019 a new program for the safeguard and protection of stray dogs in...
JUSTICE FOR MUM ELEPHANT AND HER BABY IN KERALA, SIGN THE PETITION TO PROTECT ALL OF THEM
Few weeks ago, a pregnant elephant died in agony in Kerala after she ate a pineapple filled with firecrackers, allegedly left by some locals who use...
TWO ADORABLE PUPPIES AND A KITTEN SAVED BY OPIA TUNISIE FIND A FOREVER HOME
In a country where the welfare of animals is completely ignored and people refuse to sterilize their pets, it is up to the righteous citizens to...
A NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF WITH MAGGOTS EATING HER FLESH WAS RESCUED BY OIPA ITALY’S VOLUNTEERS
Alessia was found by OIPA Italy’s volunteers in December in the countryside, tied up to an old sofa in a dump. She was laying alone, in the cold...
OIPA NEPAL AND NAWRC BRING COMPASSION AND CARE FOR ANIMALS
OIPA Nepal and the Nepal Animal Welfare and Research Center (NAWRC) bring compassion and care to communities. Here, dogs are saved and cared for....
AZERBAIJAN IS KILLING STRAY DOGS, CAN YOU HELP OIPA INTERNATIONAL PROTECT THEM?
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOLUNTEER FOR OIPA INTERNATIONAL IN CAMEROON?
WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE IS OIPA CAMEROON IS LOOKING FOR OIPA Cameroon is looking for like-minded people who would like to create a world where animals...
HOW SHARING VIDEOS AND PHOTOS OF WILD ANIMALS INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE IS PUTTING THEM IN DANGER – PART 2
Many videos and photos of wild animals become viral on the Internet. Although they may seem cute and cuddly or funny, you must resist temptation and...
OIPA INDIA SAVES A LANGUR KEPT IN A SCHOOL WITH A ROPE AROUND HIS NECK
OIPA India and Scouts & Guide for Animals and Birds had received information from the wildlife crime control Bureau about an animal kept in a...
OIPA CAMEROON IS TEACHING CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS TO RESPECT ANIMALS AND IMPROVE THEIR WELFARE IN THE COMMUNITIES
Children very soon exhibit an innate attraction to animals and other life forms. Animals play a relevant symbolic role in stories, toys, decorations...
HOW SHARING VIDEOS AND PHOTOS OF WILD ANIMALS INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE IS PUTTING THEM IN DANGER – PART 1
Many videos and photos of wild animals become viral on the Internet. Although they may seem cute and cuddly or funny, you must resist temptation and...
THE RESCUE AND NEUTER CENTER THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF AZERBAIJANI STRAY DOGS IS ACTUALLY KILLING THEM
According to the official website of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, “Toplan Care for Homeless Dogs Centre was created in Balakhany settlement of the...
ABANDONED IN A CARDBOARD BOX NEXT TO A DUMPSTER. OIPA TUNISIE SAVES A LITTER OF SIX PUPPIES
Our volunteers in Tunisia take care of many stray cats and dogs. A few weeks ago, on the road to feed a cat colony, they bumped into a cardboard box...
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19 EMERGENCY Coronavirus infection has already spread to over 180 countries with over 2,000,000 infected, causing over 135,000 deaths and...
OIPA HAS SUCCESSFULLY BEEN ACCREDITED TO UNEP, THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an international organization that has been working since 1972 to fight climate change, protect...
FIRST OIPA CHILE ANIMAL RESCUE TRAINING FOR VOLUNTEERS
Chile is a beautiful country but, unfortunately, it has to face numerous natural hazards, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions and...
THE STORY OF AMIRA: BORN WITH A DEFORMITY TO HER HIND LEGS, SHE WAS THROWN OUT OF A CAR, THEN SAVED BY OIPA’S VOLUNTEERS IN ITALY. A KIND-HEARTED VET GAVE HER THE CHANCE TO WALK AGAIN
Amira is a female hound that was thrown out of a car when she was only seven months old. When she was found by OIPA’s volunteers in Italy she was...
A LOST SOUL SWIMMING IN A FISHBOWL
Goldfish are among the most popular pets, and for many were probably the first pet in the household: they are cheap, they do not take up a lot of...
PAIN AND SUFFERING IN FISH
Ever-growing research on the topic has shed light on how animals feel pain. There is plenty of evidence that all vertebrates fell pain, and this...
WESLEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE WORLD, BUT NO ANIMAL IS INVISIBLE TO OIPA’S VOLUNTEERS
Tiny Wesley is a kitten that was abandoned in a box with his brothers and sisters and was found by OIPA’s volunteers in Palermo, Italy. His eyes...
JOJO, DOG WITH DEFORMED PAW RESCUED BY OIPA CAMEROON
JOJO, rescued by OIPA volunteers in Cameroon a few months ago. This cute puppy was abandoned because of a...
OVER HALF A BILLION ANIMALS KILLED IN AUSTRALIA’S BUSHFIRES
The situation in Australia is dramatic. Videos and pictures are shared all over the world and the scenario is truly tragic. Around half a billion...
OCTOPUS FARMING: ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS AN ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHE
Animal farming is among the cruellest forms of animal abuse and exploitation. Those who consider themselves animal lovers should completely avoid...
IS YOUR DOG SMARTER THAT MINE?
Chaser, a female Border Collie, was able to understand more than one-thousand words and was known by many as the smartest dog in the world. Because...
OCEANS ARE IN TROUBLE
Oceans cover 70 percent of the globe and the marine environment encompasses a broad array of ecosystems, representing 90 percent of the habitat on...
DOG HUNTING BILL DEBATED IN CHILEAN PARLIAMENT: OIPA CHILE PROTESTS
The Committee on Agriculture of the Chamber of Deputies in Chile has recently introduced a bill (Boletín N°12271-01) that would allow hunting of...
HELPING STRAY DOGS IN GABON
Mr. Che Gilbert Ayunwi, OIPA’s representative in Cameroon, has been on a trip in Gabon to better understand the living conditions of the local stray...
LOCKED IN A DARK GARAGE, ENTIRELY COVERED WITH LAYERS OF DIRT, FECES AND HAIRS: THE OIPA BRESCIA ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS SEIZED AN ELDERLY DOG
This dog was locked in a dark garage with no windows, entirely covered with multiple layers of hairs, feces and dirt to the extent that it was...
OIPA TUNISIA, EVERY DAY A NEW EMERGENCY
OIPA volunteers in Tunisia rescue injured cats and dogs nonstop. Last Friday it was the turn of Oscar. When our volunteer Emanuela saw him while...
JOY, MICKY AND SAMI: THREE NICE DOGS RESCUED BY OIPA IN TUNISIA
Our volunteers in Tunisia are always super busy. Tunisia cannot be considered a pet-friendly country; cats and dogs are killed every day. Most...
PARROTS: THE STRANGE HABIT OF THROWING FOOD AWAY
In animal kingdom, there is great competition for food. For this, the habit of parrots of eating only part of the food they have on hand while...
AFTER THEIR OWNER DIES, 15 PETS REMAIN ALONE. OIPA CHILE INTERVENES
Last November 14, a friend, an animal rights activist left this world. Karin was a young woman, she lived in the city of Chillan, Chile. She was...
CHILE PROTESTS: OIPA RESCUES THE MOST VULNERABLE DOGS
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....
SPREADING RESPECT FOR DOMESTIC ANIMALS IN CAMEROON
Thanks to a grant from AKI Animal Kind International and in collaboration with the Ministry of Livestock, OIPA Cameroon had the opportunity to...
ANIMAL HOARDING: 9 CATS FIND THEIR LOST FREEDOM
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...
BATS, ONE OF THE SPOOKIEST IMAGES OF HALLOWEEN
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...
TIHAR, A NEPALI FESTIVAL THAT CELEBRATES ANIMALS
There is a special festival in Nepal, during which people honour animals and their sacred and unique bond with humans. Since Tihar celebrates the...
INDIA PLANS TO COUNT ITS SNOW LEOPARD POPULATION
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...
Zimbabwe: elephants and humans waiting for the rain
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...
TWO MORTIFIED SOULS: LUI AND LEI, CONDEMNED WITHOUT ANY FAULT
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...
FISTULATED COWS: ANIMALS AS PRODUCTIVE MACHINES
Shocking and barbaric practices are common in animal experimentation for productive purposes. However, the livestock sector has really gone too far...
RODEOS IN CHILE: A TRADITIONAL FORM OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
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...
THE UGLY SIDE OF GREEK ISLANDS – DONKEYS USED AS TAXIS FOR LAZY AND OVERWEIGHT TOURISTS
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...
OIPA CAMEROON AT THE AFRICA ANIMAL WELFARE CONFERENCE
The Africa Animal Welfare Conference is an annual conference co-hosted by Africa Network for Animal Welfare (ANAW) in collaboration with UN...
CITES CoP18: MAJOR OUTCOMES
17-28 August 2019 - Representatives from more than 180 states met to discuss the protection of over 500 threatened plant and animal species. The...
RESCUING INJURED DOGS IN TUNISIA
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...
STERILISATION OF CATS AND FOOD DONATIONS TO A DOG SHELTER IN AZERBAIJAN
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...
DOGS AS BY-PRODUCTS OF HUNTING: GEMMA, SWEET HUNTING DOG, GIVES BIRTH TO 7 PUPPIES IN A WOODEN FRUIT BOX IN PALERMO, ITALY
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...
POINTERS USED FOR DOG SLEDDING IN CHILEAN MOUNTAINS: OIPA CHILE PROTESTS
After one month of investigation, OIPA Chile filed an animal welfare complaint together with the local associations Search Chillán Chile. The...
BREAKTHROUGH RULING- SOUTH AFRICA’S LION BONE EXPORT QUOTA DEEMED ‘UNLAWFUL AND CONSTITUTIONALLY INVALID’
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...
