International Animal Rescue
Dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of suffering animals

IAR founder John Hicks and friend

"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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Where we work

Indonesia India Malta United Kingdom United States

United Kingdom
The head office of International Animal Rescue is in Uckfield, East Sussex in the UK. We help marine wildlife in distress by providing an office and full administrative service for British Divers Marine Life Rescue.Through Catastrophes Cat Rescue in Sussex, IAR gives sanctuary to abandoned and unwanted cats and also conducts sterilisation and vaccination trips in Europe where there is a need to stabilise populations of feral cats and prevent the spread of disease.

United States
IAR’s US office is run by Laurence Van Atten from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Laurence organises lectures and fundraising events to raise awareness of IAR’s efforts.

India
IAR has veterinary clinics in Goa and Tamil Nadu. Our clinics sterilise cats and dogs and are registered with the Government of India under their Animal Birth Control (ABC) Scheme. We are also closely involved in the campaign to remove the dancing bears from the streets of India and we are the sole UK funder of bear sanctuaries in Agra in the north and Bannerghatta in the south of India.

Indonesia
Our Indonesian team focuses on the rescue and rehabilitation of macaque monkeys, slow lorises and the Brahminy kite.

Malta
Max Farrugia, Chairman of IAR Malta, runs a bird rehabilitation hospital in Valleta. Species that he has nursed back to health after shooting injuries have included honey buzzards, hobbies, kestrels and short eared owls. When they have recovered, rescued birds are released back into the wild.

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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