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
BLOG David van Gennep Directeur Stichting AAP × Melding negeren For several weeks now, the world news is dominated by the coronavirus causing the COVID-19 disease. It is indeed a
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
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
At AAP Foundation we work hard every day to give sheltered animals a dignified future. But that is not all. We are also building a European network so that animals
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,
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
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 Nala, who was saved last year by AAP, is leaving to LIONSROCK in South Africa to join a male lion rescued in Syria.
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”.
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.
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