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This is big: Together we’ve moved Instagram to help end cruel animal selfies

04 December 2017

Our Wildlife Selfie Code campaign has successfully influenced one of the biggest social media sites to educate its users around the suffering wildlife selfies can cause to animals

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Animals in the wild

Animals in entertainment

How plastic pollution is affecting seals and other marine life

17 November 2017

Microplastics, abandoned fishing gear and other plastic pollution are among our biggest environmental threats. It’s hurting sea animals and making them sick

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Sea change campaign

Hope for vaquitas: removing life-threatening illegal nets to help save world’s most endangered marine animal

02 November 2017

Devastatingly, there are just 23 vaquita porpoises left on earth. Along with partners, we’re using sonar scanning technology to find lost and abandoned nets in Mexico’s Gulf of California, where all these remaining vaquitas live

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Sea change campaign

Shocking video of sloth snatched from the wild reveals true horror behind wildlife selfies

20 October 2017

Footage from our undercover investigations shows a sloth being forced into a sack by illegal loggers after falling 100 feet to the ground. You can help end cruelty like this by committing to cruelty-free wildlife selfies

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Animals in the wild

Animals in entertainment

Protecting animals from natural disasters before they strike: reducing risk is not negotiable, it saves lives

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

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Animals in disasters

Why animals matter in a disaster

Disaster response team

Iconic Amazonian wild animals are suffering for selfies

04 October 2017

Our ground-breaking new report reveals the exploitation of sloths, caiman, anacondas, and more, who are used for tourist selfies across Latin America

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Animals in the wild

Animals in entertainment

PADI to help protect thousands of marine animals by combatting ‘ghost gear’

27 September 2017

By joining the Global Ghost Gear Initiative that we founded in 2015, the association will encourage millions of scuba divers to help reduce lost and abandoned fishing gear. Ghost gear entangles and kills hundreds of thousands of animals each year

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Animals in the wild

Sea change campaign

Huge victory for pink dolphins used as catfish bait in the Amazon

22 September 2017

Colombia has banned the sale of piracatinga fish after our campaigning. This is incredible news for pink river dolphins whose meat is used to bait the catfish

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Animals in the wild

Just as animals begin to recover from Hurricane Irma, new disaster approaches

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

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Animals in disasters

Why animals matter in a disaster

Disaster response team

Key case studies

Hope for a kitten named Irma amid Barbuda’s post-hurricane devastation

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

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Animals in disasters

Why animals matter in a disaster

Disaster response team

Key case studies