Is an exciting cat the new status symbol?
Just as you have trends in fashion and music, at AAP we also see trends in the kinds of animals people keep. We recognize those trends when certain species are
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Exotic animals should not be kept as pets, agree 87% of Europeans asked
“The European Commission’s passive attitude towards this matter is extremely concerning.” EU citizens from six surveyed countries overwhelmingly support better regulation of the exotic pet trade within the EU, according
MEP's support call for an EU Positive List of species allowed as pets
The COVID-19 crisis has prompted decision makers to clamp down on the legal and illegal trade of exotic animals in the EU. Describing the COVID-19 crisis as a “man-made catastrophe caused
A pandemic can happen very quickly
It will probably not be chosen as Word of the Year, but many will have read it for the first time this year: zoonosis. Media trying to explain in February
AAP takes five tigers to their Spanish rescue centre
Almere, 2 December, 2019 – One month after nine severely weakened tigers and one deceased animal were found in horrific circumstances in a horse truck at the Polish border, their
EU politicians join NGO’s call to solve the wildlife rescue crisis in Europe
Yesterday Martin Hojsík MEP and the European Parliament’s Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals hosted an event in the European Parliament to discuss Europe’s wildlife rescue crisis. MEPs,
AAP reveals many exotic animals kept in Europe carry dangerous diseases
Brussels, 4 October 2019 – While the global community celebrates World Animal Day, AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection today reveals worrying data on diseases found in exotic animals kept in captivity
Animal welfare organisations call out TripAdvisor on widespread animal abuse
The coalition of animal welfare organisations Animals Asia has sent a harsh letter to travel platform TripAdvisor denouncing ongoing animal cruelty in the attractions promoted by the company. Despite TripAdvisor’s
Lioness rescued from circus breeder hell joins lion saved from Syria
Lioness Nala, who was saved last year by AAP, is leaving to LIONSROCK in South Africa to join a male lion rescued in Syria.
Rare stowaway primate arrives in dutch harbour
The cargo ship Rolldock Sun, which arrived in the Dutch harbor of Vlissingen on Friday August 3rd, was carrying a very special load: one specimen of galago, a small primate mainly native to Tanzania, also known as “bushbaby”.
Five Ex-Circus Tigers En Route to New Future in the UK
AAP is transporting the animals from their rescue centre in Spain to the Isle of Wight Zoo, the new forever home for the five big cats.
Success! Spanish circus voluntarily stops wild animal performances and hands in lions to AAP Primadomus
On May 16th AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection rescued two lions from the first Spanish circus to voluntarily stop performances with wild animals and commit to not resuming that activity