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Annual Review 2007

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Dec 2006

IAR issues the Christmas Survival Guide for dogs and cats
IAR has issued its top ten tips for giving dogs and cats a cruelty-free Christmas.

Dec 2006

IAR Malta joins protest against animal cruelty
International Animal Rescue Malta is joining a coalition of 20 organisations holding a demonstration against animal circuses.

Dec 2006

IAR supports emergency rescue in Beirut
During the summer IAR supported two local volunteers who flew to Beirut to help animals caught up in the bombing.

Dec 2006

IAR launches exciting new project in Indonesia to combat primate trade
IAR formally announces the expansion of its activity into Indonesia to combat the trade in primates.

Dec 2006

IAR seeks volunteers to help collar stray dogs in Goa
IAR is looking for people travelling to Goa who might be able to help the charity by taking a pack of collars with them.

Nov 2006

TV vet Scott Miller joins our campaign to free the bears
Following a visit in September to our bear sanctuaries in India, vet Dr Scott Miller from ‘This Morning’ TV is adding his voice to our ‘free the bears’ campaign.

Nov 2006

Snake slithers to safety thanks to IAR Goa
IAR Goa comes to the rescue of an injured Russell’s viper, one of the most dangerous and poisonous snakes in Asia.

Nov 2006

Thanks to all our supporters and volunteers!
So many people show their support in so many ways and it is because of these people that we are able to do our work for the animals in Goa.

Nov 2006

Monkey mayhem in Goa
Chaos broke out at the Goa Rescue Centre recently - a whirl wind called Panee arrived - the latest baby monkey to have been rescued.

Nov 2006

Injured osprey handed over to IAR Malta for treatment
Max Farrugia is treating a young osprey that was rescued by Members of the Armed Forces of Malta’s Maritime Squadron.

Oct 2006

Animal charities set to defy critics and make history in India
By stamping out the dancing bear trade.

Oct 2006

IAR team to the rescue of a bull in India
Reports of an injured bull in the town of Candolim reach the IAR centre in Goa.

Sep 2006

UK seal slaughter provokes call for improved legislation to protect seals
A total of thirteen UK organisations are calling for legislation to better protect seals.

Jul 2006

IAR takes on a new primate project in Indonesia
IAR is to support ProAnimalia rescuing primates and kites in Indonesia.

Jun 2006

Alan Knight, head of IAR, is awarded an OBE
Alan Knight, CEO of International Animal Rescue, has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Jun 2006

Young suppporters raise funds for IAR
Ewan Runciman and friend Nicola raised the magnificent sum of £81 at a May Fair.

May 2006

IAR and Gossypium announce new partnership
Together helping animals, people and the environment in India.

May 2006

IAR teams up with Naturetrek for a walk on the wild side
International Animal Rescue has entered into an exciting new partnership with Naturetrek.

May 2006

IAR and WSOS announce third bear sanctuary
Creation of a third bear sanctuary in Bhopal, India brings an end to the cruel dancing bear trade one step closer.

May 2006

IAR Trichy celebrates its first Anniversary
Looking back on an exciting year of progress and growth at the centre.

Apr 2006

Latest news from IAR Goa
IAR Goa braces itself for the dogs that get left behind.

Mar 2006

Threat of bird flu hasn’t halted shooting in Malta
It is deeply regrettable that the government in Malta has chosen not to suspend spring shooting in spite of the threat of avian flu.

Mar 2006

UK dental team returns to India to give more rescued bears a pain-free future
A dentist and a specialist dental vet have made a second trip to India to ease the pain of more bears.

Mar 2006

Monkey business in Goa
A new and very sad phenomenon arrived on the beaches in North Goa: the trade in baby bonnet macaque monkeys.

Mar 2006

New patrons help IAR prove that dancing bear trade is no laughing matter
Fellow comedians Bill Bailey and Jo Brand pledge their support.

Mar 2006

New research shows that relocation of hedgehogs is the humane alternative to killing them
We welcome new scientific research which shows that hedgehogs can be successfully relocated.

Jan 2006

Thames whale rescue: report
Preliminary findings from a post mortem examination by veterinary scientists from the Zoological Society of London.

Jan 2006

IAR team helps support the Thames whale rescue
It was ’all hands on deckrsquo; in our office when news came in of a whale swimming in the Thames.

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.

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