International Animal Rescue
Encyclopedia
International Animal Rescue, also known as IAR, is an animal welfare
non-profit organization based in the United Kingdom that comes to the aid of wild and domestic animals with hands-on rescue
and rehabilitation
. International Animal Rescue returns rehabilitated animals to the wild while also providing permanent sanctuary for those that cannot be released. International Animal Rescue specializes in comprehensive sterilization
and vaccination
programs for stray dogs
and cats, particularly in developing countries. They also work to educate the public in the humane treatment of all animals. International Animal Rescue has offices in the United Kingdom, United States, India
, Indonesia, Malta
and the Netherlands.
, India in 1998; in the United States in 2001 and in the Netherlands and Indonesia in 2008. IAR Malta became an officially recognized body in 1993.
The first clinic and rescue center was established in Goa in 1989 to sterilize stray dogs and vaccinate them against rabies
. The Goa center (known as Animal Tracks) is licensed under the Animal Birth Control (ABC) grant system introduced by Maneka Gandhi
.
, Jo Brand
, Elkie Brooks
, Maneka Gandhi
, Dr Scott Miller, Dr Roger A Mugford, Trevor Woodman
MBE.
was made illegal in India in 1972 but in the decades that followed sloth bear
s were still poached from the wild and forced to perform for tourists.
In 2002, International Animal Rescue together with Indian partner organization Wildlife SOS opened the first sanctuary for rescued dancing bears near Agra
and the Taj Mahal
.
In December 2009, International Animal Rescue and Wildlife SOS succeeded in bringing this practice to an end by rescuing Raju, the last dancing bear in India.
The hundreds of rescued bears are now living in a semi-natural environment in sanctuaries in Agra and Bannerghatta
, near Bangalore
.
The rehabilitation of the bears' handlers formed an integral part of the project, ensuring they would not revert to bear dancing as a way of earning a living. The Kalandar tribes people who danced the bears were taught new trades such as rickshaw driving or carpet weaving to help them support their families.
In 2006 ProAnimalia became part of International Animal Rescue and in 2007 a new primate rescue and rehabilitation center was built in Ciapus, near Bogor
, on the island of Java
.
IAR Indonesia specializes in rescuing and rehabilitating orangutans, macaques and slow lorises and releasing them back into protected areas in the wild.
In Indonesian Borneo
, IAR rescues and cares for a growing number of orangutans at their emergency rescue center in Ketapang
, West Kalimantan
, from orphaned infants to fully-grown adults that spent years in captivity. The rescue center on the island of Java has facilities for the treatment and care of macaques and slow lorises.
in the north of Goa, India, to address the welfare issues of the stray dog population. Since then, the sterilization and vaccination programs have dramatically reduced the numbers of strays and as a result of the anti-rabies vaccinations cases of rabies in humans have also been eliminated in the areas where IAR operates.
International Animal Rescue's veterinary center in Trichy, Tamil Nadu was established in 2005 by Dr Deike Schacht. The center's aim is to control and care for the stray dog population with sterilization and vaccination, and to provide shelter and treatment for sick and injured dogs.
Through Catastrophes Cat Rescue, International Animal Rescue gives sanctuary to unwanted cats in the United Kingdom. The cats receive veterinary treatment and are spayed
or neutered.
International Animal Rescue runs a bird rehabilitation hospital in Valletta
where injured species are nursed back to health such as honey buzzards, kestrels, short eared owls
, as well as familiar garden songbirds. Once their wounds have healed, the rescued birds are released back into the wild.
Animal welfare
Animal welfare is the physical and psychological well-being of animals.The term animal welfare can also mean human concern for animal welfare or a position in a debate on animal ethics and animal rights...
non-profit organization based in the United Kingdom that comes to the aid of wild and domestic animals with hands-on rescue
Rescue
Rescue refers to responsive operations that usually involve the saving of life, or prevention of injury during an incident or dangerous situation....
and rehabilitation
Wildlife rehabilitation
Wildlife rehabilitation is the process of removing from the wild and caring for injured, orphaned, or sick wild animals. The goal of wildlife rehabilitation is to provide the food, housing and medical care of these animals, returning them to the wild after treatment.-Process:Rehabilitation begins...
. International Animal Rescue returns rehabilitated animals to the wild while also providing permanent sanctuary for those that cannot be released. International Animal Rescue specializes in comprehensive sterilization
Neutering
Neutering, from the Latin neuter , is the removal of an animal's reproductive organ, either all of it or a considerably large part. The process is often used in reference to males whereas spaying is often reserved for females. Colloquially, both terms are often referred to as fixing...
and vaccination
Vaccination
Vaccination is the administration of antigenic material to stimulate the immune system of an individual to develop adaptive immunity to a disease. Vaccines can prevent or ameliorate the effects of infection by many pathogens...
programs for stray dogs
Free-ranging urban dog
Free-ranging urban dog refers to populations of stray dogs on the streets of urban areas, especially the cities of India, the former Soviet Union, the Balkans and Latin America .-Stray dogs:...
and cats, particularly in developing countries. They also work to educate the public in the humane treatment of all animals. International Animal Rescue has offices in the United Kingdom, United States, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Indonesia, Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
and the Netherlands.
History
International Animal Rescue was first registered as a charity in the United Kingdom in September 1989; in GoaGoa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, India in 1998; in the United States in 2001 and in the Netherlands and Indonesia in 2008. IAR Malta became an officially recognized body in 1993.
The first clinic and rescue center was established in Goa in 1989 to sterilize stray dogs and vaccinate them against rabies
Rabies
Rabies is a viral disease that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals. It is zoonotic , most commonly by a bite from an infected animal. For a human, rabies is almost invariably fatal if post-exposure prophylaxis is not administered prior to the onset of severe symptoms...
. The Goa center (known as Animal Tracks) is licensed under the Animal Birth Control (ABC) grant system introduced by Maneka Gandhi
Maneka Gandhi
Maneka Gandhi is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, environmentalist, former model and widow of the Indian politician, Sanjay Gandhi. She has been a minister in four governments, and has authored a number of books in the areas of etymology, law and animal welfare...
.
Patrons
International Animal Rescue's patrons are: Bill BaileyBill Bailey
Bill Bailey is an English comedian, musician and actor. As well as his extensive stand-up work, Bailey is well known for his appearances on Black Books, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, and QI.Bailey was listed by The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in...
, Jo Brand
Jo Brand
Josephine Grace "Jo" Brand is a BAFTA winning British comedian, writer, and actor.- Early life :Jo Brand was born 23 July 1957 in Wandsworth, London. Her mother was a social worker. Brand is the middle of three children, with two brothers...
, Elkie Brooks
Elkie Brooks
Elkie Brooks is an English singer, formerly a vocalist with Vinegar Joe, and later a solo artist. Elkie has been nominated twice for Brit Awards' top female singer. She is known for her powerful husky voice...
, Maneka Gandhi
Maneka Gandhi
Maneka Gandhi is an Indian politician, animal rights activist, environmentalist, former model and widow of the Indian politician, Sanjay Gandhi. She has been a minister in four governments, and has authored a number of books in the areas of etymology, law and animal welfare...
, Dr Scott Miller, Dr Roger A Mugford, Trevor Woodman
Trevor Woodman
Trevor James Woodman MBE is a former English rugby union footballer. He went to Liskeard School in Cornwall and won representative honours with Cornwall Under 16s....
MBE.
Dancing bear rescue and rehabilitation
The practice of dancing bearsTame bear
A tame bear, often called a dancing bear, is a wild bear that is captured when the animal is young, though some of them are born and bred in captivity. In some parts of the world, such as South Asia and the Middle East, people still use them for road side tourist attractions.-History:There exists...
was made illegal in India in 1972 but in the decades that followed sloth bear
Sloth Bear
The sloth bear , also known as the labiated bear, is a nocturnal insectivorous species of bear found wild within the Indian subcontinent. The sloth bear evolved from ancestral brown bears during the Pleistocene and shares features found in insect-eating mammals through convergent evolution...
s were still poached from the wild and forced to perform for tourists.
In 2002, International Animal Rescue together with Indian partner organization Wildlife SOS opened the first sanctuary for rescued dancing bears near Agra
Agra
Agra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most...
and the Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is a white Marble mausoleum located in Agra, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal...
.
In December 2009, International Animal Rescue and Wildlife SOS succeeded in bringing this practice to an end by rescuing Raju, the last dancing bear in India.
The hundreds of rescued bears are now living in a semi-natural environment in sanctuaries in Agra and Bannerghatta
Bannerghatta
Bannerghatta, Bannergatta, or Bannerughatta may refer to:* Bannerghatta National Park, a National Park near Bengaluru* Bannerghatta Road, a Karnataka state highway* Bannerghatta, a village in Jigani hobli, Anekal taluk...
, near Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
.
The rehabilitation of the bears' handlers formed an integral part of the project, ensuring they would not revert to bear dancing as a way of earning a living. The Kalandar tribes people who danced the bears were taught new trades such as rickshaw driving or carpet weaving to help them support their families.
Primate rescue and rehabilitation
International Animal Rescue's team in Indonesia grew out of a group called ProAnimalia International that cared for animals confiscated from the illegal trade circuit.In 2006 ProAnimalia became part of International Animal Rescue and in 2007 a new primate rescue and rehabilitation center was built in Ciapus, near Bogor
Bogor
Bogor is a city on the island of Java in the West Java province of Indonesia. The city is located in the center of the Bogor Regency , 60 kilometers south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta...
, on the island of Java
Java
Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
.
IAR Indonesia specializes in rescuing and rehabilitating orangutans, macaques and slow lorises and releasing them back into protected areas in the wild.
In Indonesian Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
, IAR rescues and cares for a growing number of orangutans at their emergency rescue center in Ketapang
Ketapang
Ketapang is the capital city of Ketapang regency . Ketapang city is located, on the island of Borneo. It is a small city on the delta of the Pawan River. Ketapang regency is one of the regencies of West Kalimantan province in Indonesia. It occupies an area of 35,809 km²...
, West Kalimantan
West Kalimantan
West Kalimantan is a province of Indonesia. It is one of four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city Pontianak is located right on the Equator....
, from orphaned infants to fully-grown adults that spent years in captivity. The rescue center on the island of Java has facilities for the treatment and care of macaques and slow lorises.
Dog welfare
International Animal Rescue set up a rescue center called Animal Tracks in 1998 in the town of MapusaMapusa
Mapusa also spelt at Mapuca, Mhapsa or Mapsa is a town in North Goa, India. It is situated 13 km north of the capital Panaji. The town is the headquarters of Bardez Taluka. It is located on the main highway NH-17, linking Mumbai to Trivandrum...
in the north of Goa, India, to address the welfare issues of the stray dog population. Since then, the sterilization and vaccination programs have dramatically reduced the numbers of strays and as a result of the anti-rabies vaccinations cases of rabies in humans have also been eliminated in the areas where IAR operates.
International Animal Rescue's veterinary center in Trichy, Tamil Nadu was established in 2005 by Dr Deike Schacht. The center's aim is to control and care for the stray dog population with sterilization and vaccination, and to provide shelter and treatment for sick and injured dogs.
Cat welfare
International Animal Rescue's veterinary teams in India and Indonesia routinely sterilize stray cats as means of reducing and controlling their populations. A team from Catastrophes Cat Rescue in the United Kingdom also conducts sterilization trips for IAR in Spain and other parts of Europe by trapping and sterilizing communities of feral cats and providing veterinary treatment.Through Catastrophes Cat Rescue, International Animal Rescue gives sanctuary to unwanted cats in the United Kingdom. The cats receive veterinary treatment and are spayed
SPAYED
Spayed is an independent punk band from Mexico, which also spends time in Spain and the UK.Spayed was originally formed by songwriter and guitarist Cecile....
or neutered.
Bird protection
International Animal Rescue joined the campaign to end the illegal shooting of migrating birds in Malta in 1990 and lobbies at a national and European level for greater bird protection while working closely with the police and the Ministry of Environment and Rural Affairs to help animals in need. IAR also provides a 24 hour emergency helpline where inquiries are taken about abandoned animals, illegal bird hunting and trapping, wildlife trafficking and instances of animal cruelty.International Animal Rescue runs a bird rehabilitation hospital in Valletta
Valletta
Valletta is the capital of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta, and the historical city has a population of 6,098. The name "Valletta" is traditionally reserved for the historic walled citadel that serves as Malta's...
where injured species are nursed back to health such as honey buzzards, kestrels, short eared owls
OWLS
OWLS is a mnemonic used by general aviation airplane pilots to assess an unprepared surface for a precautionary landing.Like all mnemonics this check has become part of aviation culture and folklore.OWLS:* Obstacles* Wind direction...
, as well as familiar garden songbirds. Once their wounds have healed, the rescued birds are released back into the wild.