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Sep 2001

The fight against illegal bird shooting
Malta has been fighting a war for generations, a war on the birds that fly over this small island at the eastern end of the Mediterranean.

Jul 2001

Lessons learned in the USA
Dr Astrid G. Almeida of Animal Tracks, Goa, went on a veterinary training trip to the USA. Here she describes her experience.

Jun 2001

IAR in the USA
We have expanded into the USA and were incorporated in June 2001. The IRS has recognized us as an IRC 501(c) (3) tax-exempt organization.

Jun 2001

IAR helps force change to animal welfare laws in Malta
Two animal welfare Bills were introduced during April and May. Both Acts speak about animal welfare in general and the environment.

Jun 2001

Goa: A lifeline for sacred cows
Over the last few months the vets at IAR in Goa have been dealing with an increasing number of calls to treat cows.

Mar 2001

John & Jo Hicks retire to India
After a lifetime of work devoted to animals John and Jo Hicks have finally decided to take life easier and have emigrated to Goa.

Mar 2001

Goa: Major expansion of veterinary clinic
International Animal Rescue’s veterinary clinic in Goa has been gradually expanding over the last four years.

Jan 2001

Caring for injured wildlife
The Malta Wildlife Hospital was set up following several intensive courses in the UK and Italy in the field of rehabilitating wildlife.

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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