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Aug 2000	Local campaigns against illegal bird shooting For the last seven years IA has campaigned against the illegal shooting of birds in Malta.
Jul 2000	Bird shooting and trapping in Malta In the early nineties, a decision was made to establish a small unit within the existing police force whose main objective was to protect the environment.
Jun 2000	Special Report: Sea lion in Ayia Napa Our efforts to rescue a Sea Lion in Ayia Napa Marine Park.
Jun 2000	Boat donated by IAR to Malta Police IAR and the Administrative Law Enforcement (ALE) section of the Malta Police enjoy a very good working relationship.
May 2000	IARM chairman on Council of Europe committee The Council of Europe will be setting up a Committee for the Wildlife Rehabilitators from its member states and have nominated Max Ferrugia to join the committee.
Feb 2000	Goa: Animal Tracks We are now entering our fourth year of working in Goa and it looks like 2000 will be the year when our sterilisation clinic really gets established.
Jan 2000	The dancing bears of India The dancing bears of India are one of the saddest sights you can see.

Latest News

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.