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"Each and every one of us has the ability to look at an animal and see if that animal is in pain. And if an animal is in pain, surely if we are human – if we are caring, thinking people – surely it is our responsibility to try to do whatever we can to stop that suffering."

John Hicks, IAR Founder

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India

Dancing bear in Agra Dancing Bears
Read about the dancing bears of India and how International Animal Rescue is helping to put an end to their suffering by rescuing, rehabilitating and providing for their future. > More

IAR has been working in India since 1998. We now have veterinary clinics in Goa and Tamil Nadu.

Rescued puppy awaiting adoption Our clinics sterilise cats and dogs and are registered with the Government of India under their Animal Birth Control (ABC) Scheme which allows us to reclaim some of the cost of sterilising and inoculating dogs. We are also closely involved in the campaign to remove the dancing bears from the streets of India. Tourists visiting India will have seen the sorry sight of bears being made to "dance." They are brutally beaten to make them perform.

We are the sole UK funder of bear sanctuaries in Agra in the north and Bannerghatta in the south of India.

Tiger Naturetrek Wildlife Tour
There is still time to book your place on the next Naturetrek tour to northern India in February. This unique trip includes a visit to the Bharatpur bird sanctuary and the Ranthambore National Park, home to India’s majestic tigers and other endangered wildlife. IAR donors also get an opportunity to witness how their contributions have helped support the rescue of India’s dancing Bears. Naturetrek will donate 10% of the proceeds of this Wildlife Tour to IAR. > More

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Latest News

August 2008
Volunteer gives glowing report of her time in Goa
Gal Marwitz from Israel has given a glowing account of the time she spent volunteering at IAR’s clinic and rescue centre in Goa.

July 2008
Wildlife traders sent to prison in Indonesia
Following a joint raid earlier this year by the Forestry Department, International Animal Rescue and the Institute of Animal Advocacy (LASA), two traders in Jatinegara market, Jakarta, Indonesia were arrested.

June 2008
Update on IAR’s work in Indonesia
As well as macaques and slow lorises, our team in Indonesia has ended the suffering of a number of endangered Javan gibbons living in misery in a centre known as Cikananga.

June 2008
Goa vets examine hawksbill sea turtle
In June the vets at the International Animal Rescue centre in Goa had an unusual patient in the form of a giant Hawksbill sea turtle.