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May 12, 20232 min read
Progress: TikTok updates its animal cruelty policy
Social media platform, TikTok has launched an update to their Community Guidelines covering animal cruelty content. This went live on...
May 12, 20231 min read
Mapping Asia's sanctuaries and rescue centers
Beginning in 2022, The AfA Sanctuaries and Rescue Centers Coalition conducted a mapping project to gain an overview of the sanctuaries...
May 12, 20232 min read
How improper translocations are an impediment to animal conservation & welfare
In this presentation, Dr Anna Nekaris considers how translocations that do not or cannot follow the IUCN guidelines are an impediment to...
May 12, 20232 min read
Professional development opportunities for animal care staff
What we know impacts the care and welfare our animals experience in their daily lives. The way we can continually improve care standards...
May 12, 20232 min read
Decision making scoring tool for the life planning of rescued wildlife
Inge Tielen’s presentation 'Decision making scoring tool for the life planning of rescued wildlife' at SARCC's Frontlines event...
May 12, 20231 min read
The conservation and welfare challenges faced by a multi-taxon wildlife rescue centers
At SARCC's Frontlines event, Dr. Irhamna Putri's presented an on-the-ground, frontline perspective on conservation and welfare...
May 11, 20231 min read
Animals Asia's pioneering bear physiotherapy program
This 30-minute video introduces the pioneering physiotherapy program created by Animals Asia for its rescued bears. It talks through the...
May 1, 20232 min read
INTERNATIONAL MACAQUE WEEK Macaque tails: who are these monkeys?
It’s International Macaque Week! Established by Barbary Macaque Education and Awareness (BMAC) as International Macaque Day, which first...
Apr 26, 20232 min read
Proposed Export of Toque Macaques from Sri Lanka to China: AfA and Macaque Coalition Statement
Nineteen Core Members of the Asia for Animals Coalition, together with a 22 members of the AfA Macaque Coalition, have released a...
Mar 13, 20233 min read
Online animal cruelty content should be prohibited under new UK online safety laws
The AfA Social Media Animal Cruelty Coalition has facilitated a working group of animal protection experts, who have warned that content...
Mar 1, 20233 min read
Wild Welfare’s e-learning program now in Bahasa Indonesia!
*English description is below*. Perkenankan saya untuk secara resmi memperkenalkan program edukasi digital Wild About Welfare yang baru...
Feb 22, 20231 min read
New best practice guidelines slow loris species published!
European Association Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) has recently published the 1st edition of the ‘Best Practice Guidelines Nycticebus (slow...
Feb 16, 20231 min read
AfA NMO WARN announces 2023 conference!
Asia for Animals Network Member Organization (MNO) Wild Animal Rescue Network (WARN) has just announced their 2023 conference is being...
Feb 16, 20231 min read
Recognizing Discomfort and Illness in Bears
There are many challenges in noticing illness or discomfort in animals in human care. Many species have adapted to not outwardly show any...
Dec 29, 20221 min read
Sinergia Animal launched cage-free tracker in Asia and Latin America
Based on the statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Asia is currently the biggest manufacturer of eggs in the world...
Dec 23, 20223 min read
Report it! How to help animals by reporting social media cruelty content
Reporting animal cruelty content on social media is worth it! No matter how frustrating it may seem, we know that public reporting is...
Dec 14, 20224 min read
World Monkey Day
Monkeys are cognitively complex individuals, and they are in need of our help A guest post by Dave Neale, Animal Welfare Director,...
Nov 22, 20224 min read
BREAKING - Wild animal "pets" on social media: a vicious cycle of suffering
Wild animals such as monkeys, tigers and lizards are being “psychologically and physically tortured” for likes and comments on social...
Sep 24, 20222 min read
Bestiality and other animal cruelty content found on Twitter
Bestiality videos found on Twitter, depicting humans sexually abusing animals, have been removed by the platform after pressure from...
Aug 31, 20222 min read
Channels showing animal cruelty removed from YouTube
Two YouTube channels promoting animal cruelty have been removed by YouTube, following the release of the SMACC ‘Teasing as Torture’...
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