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Animals in Barbuda fight to survive amongst Hurricane Irma’s destruction

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

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Update: Hurricane Irma response

09 September 2017

All flights to Antigua are currently cancelled, but our disaster response team hopes to be able to fly there tomorrow (Sunday September 10). While in transit, we're working with local veterinarians and animal welfare groups, to help take action on the ground in several locations

Caribbean hurricanes: Animals we’ve saved in disasters over the past decade

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

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Hurricane Irma: We deploy to protect the animals in its path

08 September 2017

Following the strongest Atlantic hurricane in history, we are deploying to protect animals – the forgotten victims of disasters. Millions of animals could be affected

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End in sight for Vietnam’s cruel bear bile industry as 210 more bears are microchipped

01 September 2017

We’re a huge step closer to ending the country’s bear bile industry, which involves painfully extracting bile from bears for use in traditional medicine

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Animals in the wild

Sierra Leone mudslides leave dogs injured, starving and vulnerable

31 August 2017

We're providing emergency treatment to help save thousands of stray dogs’ lives and prevent rabies from spreading, working closely with the National Livestock Animal Welfare and Rabies Control Task Force (NLAWRCT)

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Animals in communities

As floods shatter communities in India and Nepal, we provide lifesaving care to desperate animals

29 August 2017

Hundreds of thousands of animals including cows, buffalo, goats, pigs, chickens, dogs and cats are fighting for their lives in Nepal, and the north-eastern state of Assam in India, after devastating floods struck this month

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