A mother orangutan and her baby have been rescued from a palm oil plantation in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, after fires devastated surrounding forest. Mama Penja was found severely dehydrated and malnourished, with serious burns to both feet.
We have developed a four-step guide to help people spot fake animal rescues on social media, so that they can then report the content, the first step in stamping out online animal cruelty.
An adult female orangutan and her infant have been rescued and evacuated after severe forest fires drove them from their home. The mother and infant have been named Mama Man and Man.
We are utterly heartbroken to share the news that Sampurna, a 20-year-old male orangutan that suffered hypoxia due to smoke inhalation from forest fires, has tragically passed away.
The BBC has highlighted the devastating impact of forest fires in West Kalimantan with the story of a male orangutan that was found weak and struggling to breathe in Ketapang.
Long-time supporter and patron of International Animal Rescue, actor Peter Egan, has presented our very first BBC Radio 4 Appeal, sharing the story of Retta and highlighting the plight of bears in Armenia.
A forest fire that came within just one kilometre of YIARI's Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, is now under control. But, its proximity to the centre has left staff deeply concerned about what may lie ahead.
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Lily, a young Syrian brown bear cub, was found pinned to the forest floor in Armenia with a wire snare tightening around her tiny neck. Trapped for hours, terrified and struggling to breathe, she was running out of time.
A hawksbill turtle named Popeye has been successfully released back into the ocean after making an extraordinary recovery from a life-threatening injury at our rescue centre in Nosara, Costa Rica.
It's devastating when we hear news of another bear being kept in captivity and being forced to ‘dance’, especially after bringing this shocking practice to its knees in 2009, with the help of our supporters.
Phase one of the new bear sanctuary in Ushi, Armenia, has been officially opened by actor Steven Cree alongside our President, Alan Knight OBE, and frontline partners, The Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets…
