02 August 2018
We rush to rescue 16,000 dogs, cows, horses, cats and more, who’ve been left weak and injured by the disaster in the Limón region
You can navigate to your local World Animal Protection site here:
News: Why animals matter in a disaster
08 June 2018
Cattle, pigs, horses and chickens are just some of the animals struggling to survive after Volcán de Fuego erupted in Guatemala on June 3. We’re providing emergency food, medication and shelter
13 February 2018
Torrential rains, floods and landslides left thousands of animals at risk after it struck the African island last month. Our mobile clinic is visiting animals in urgent need, and helping them recover
31 January 2018
The Philippines’s most active volcano, Mount Mayon, started erupting earlier this month. The disaster has left thousands of animals in danger, so we’re rescuing and treating as many as we can
30 January 2018
Our disaster response team has rushed to Ambae Island in Vanuatu, east of Australia. Tens of thousands of pets and farm animals are afraid, and facing death and illness due to an endlessly erupting volcano and descending volcanic ash. They’re in dire need of our help
13 October 2017
It’s not enough to respond only after a disaster has struck. This International Day for Disaster Reduction (October 13), our disasters project manager highlights the importance of proactively protecting animals and animal owners
20 September 2017
Category 5 storm Hurricane Maria is following the same destructive path across the Caribbean as Hurricane Irma. We're still protecting vulnerable animals affected by Irma, but fear they'll be in even more danger after this second storm
14 September 2017
Following Hurricane Irma, our disaster response team has been confronted with death and destruction on the island of Barbuda. But a ginger kitten found comfort in the arms of a caring police corporal
12 September 2017
In the wake of Hurricane Irma, the situation for animals on the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda is dire. We’re working with local vets and organisations in the meantime, as we urgently try to get there
09 September 2017
As Hurricane Irma – the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history – leaves a path of destruction across the Caribbean, we look back at some of our responses to hurricanes there since 2007
