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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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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 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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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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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 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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