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India

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

Custard, one of our resident dogs in Goa

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

Rescued puppy awaiting adoptionOur 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.

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March 2010
Environmentalists angered by prospect of spring hunting in Malta
The Malta Ornis Committee, made up of members of the hunting community, Birdlife Malta and environmental officers, has recommended that the season should open for three weeks from 10 - 30 April, allowing shooters to kill 22,298 turtle doves and 10,837 quail.

February 2010
Goa vets win award for poster pioneering orthopaedic surgery
Our vets in Goa have been awarded a gold medal at an international veterinary conference in India for their poster.

February 2010
Infant Sindi joins our family of rescued orangutans in Ketapang
A young female orangutan is the latest arrival at International Animal Rescue's centre in Ketapang, West Kalimantan.

January 2010
Malta to allow spring bird killing again
A petition calling on the government to maintain the ban on spring bird hunting in Malta is being vigorously supported by International Animal Rescue.

January 2010
Maltese Hunter hit by friend in shooting accident
A 20 year old Maltese hunter is fighting for his life in hospital following a shooting accident in which he was hit by a friend.

December 2009
Animal welfare history is made as the final curtain falls on dancing bears in India
A coalition of conservation and animal rescue groups has today made animal welfare history by taking the last dancing bears off the streets of India.

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