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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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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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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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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 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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