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Animal welfare groups boycott Defra meeting on circuses

Defra_boycott_157_82Charity coalition slams Government’s licensing plans as ‘unworkable’.

Daily Telegraph hails real life Ace Ventura

PETE_157_82.jpgLeading vet blogger Pete Wedderburn celebrates the man behind our Christmas appeal.

European Union adopts new position to improve welfare of whales

Whale Welfare put on the table at the IWCThe European Union has announced a strong common position instructing member states at meetings of the International Whaling Commission to maintain the whaling ban and support proposals to improve...

Make a miracle happen this Christmas

Miracle_157_82WSPA launches its Christmas appeal to rescue donkeys from cruelty and neglect.

We take bear farming fight to South Korean Embassy

Suzi_korea_157_82WSPA UK Director Suzi Morris makes the case for ending bear farming to Embassy officials.

2011 achievements for animals

2011_157_82Find out about the difference you helped us make for animals around the world last year.

Korea displays commitment to end bear farming

An asiatic black bear at a farm in China.The Korean government has publicly committed to find a way to end bear farming in 2012.

No more bullfights in Catalonia, as struggle moves to Latin America

The bloody reality of a bullfightAs 2012 sees a bullfight ban come into force in the Spanish region of Catalonia, WSPA is now working to halt the cruel practice across Latin America.

Powys mega-dairy call in

Signed Powys CowThe fight against the proposed mega dairy in Wales takes a dramatic turn as the Welsh Environment Minister ‘calls in’ the planning application.

Ricky Gervais asks animal lovers to “Collar a dog, spread the word, help save a life”

Ricky Gervais supports Collars not CrueltyComedian Ricky Gervais has announced his support for WSPA’s Collars Not Cruelty campaign to protect dogs from both cruelty and rabies.

Stamping out London’s wildlife crime

concrete jungle 157 82WSPA launches groundbreaking partnership with Metropolitan Police’s Wildlife Crime Unit.

WSPA denounces latest proposal to ‘trade whale quotas’

Humpback whale calf (foreground) and mother, Pacific Ocean New scheme ignores reality that whales are conscious, intelligent animals, not stocks in trade