Fashion house Gucci sparks outrage with tiger campaign
Animal welfare organizations around the world are outraged by a Gucci campaign to celebrate the Year of the Tiger. For the GucciTiger campaign, the fashion house hired an actual tiger,
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AAP to rescue most remaining wild animals from Portuguese circuses
The day before the first ever debate by the European Parliament on the need for an EU circus ban for the use of wild animals, AAP signed a contract with
Black leopard Bono saved from being a pet
AAP brought a black leopard to its Spanish rescue centre on Monday December 6. Bono, a three year old male, was illegally kept as a pet in Latvia. He had
Victory! France adopts landmark bill to end the suffering of wild animals
Sometimes change can come in the form of one big leap, as the French Parliament and Senate proved this week. After years of lagging behind other EU countries in animal
1 million Europeans want to ban the use of wild animals in circuses
Handover of most succesful animal petition ever During a ceremony in front of the European Commisson headquarters, Eurogroup for Animals and its members, along with InfoCircos, celebrated the one million
AAP rescues three chimps from French circus
Under pressure from the French authorities, three circus chimpanzees were handed over to AAP yesterday. The youngest one was kept as a pet his whole life, both others retired in
Tigers Softi and Toph together for the first time in one enclosure
It was autumn 2019 when ten tigers were intercepted in a horse transport truck near the border between Poland and Belarus. The animals were in far too small transport cages, one tiger
1 in every 7 exotic pets carries a zoonosis
A study we published today reveals that exotic pets frequently carry zoonotic viruses, bacteria or parasites – diseases that animals can transmit to humans. Of the exotic pets rescued by
Chimpanzee Fiffy can see again after unique eye surgery
Ophthalmologists at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have managed to replace both lenses in the eyes of chimpanzee Fiffy. Fiffy had in a short time developed severe cataracts in both
AAP prolongs Born to be Wild project
Born to be Wild, the special project that AAP started in Morocco together with IFAW in 2017, will be continued. Led by conservation biologist Imad Cherkaoui, AAP is taking over
World Veterinary Day: Royal Dutch Veterinary Association supports the Positive List
Saturday April 24th 2021 it’s World Veterinary Day; a moment to celebrate the important work that AAP’s veterinarians and animal caretakers do.
Petition: AAP wants EU Positive List for exotic pets
Our call to the European Union: develop an EU positive list and prevent unsuitable pets from entering European households!