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A growing number of European countries recognise that exotic pet ownership comes with considerable risks. Not only because of many animal welfare problems, but also because of the health and

Spain’s first animal welfare law, approved today by the Congress of Deputies, is great news for many animals. At AAP, we especially welcome the ban on the use of wild

No less than 89% of the exotic animals we rescued from a European circus suffered from mental or physical trauma. Almost 8 out of 10 animals even suffered from multiple

Over 40 animal welfare organizations, including the Humane Society International/Europe, World Animal Protection NL, IFAW Netherlands, the Vervet Monkey Foundation and the Born Free Foundation, have co-signed a letter from

Yesterday we received the tragic news (The Guardian) that the government of Sint Maarten wants to order the capture and euthanasia of at least 450 vervet monkeys. AAP considers euthanasia

..and lions, leopards, cheetahs, jaguars, or cougars or any hybrids of such species. In the spring of 2020, Tiger King appeared on Netflix. The show about the eccentric Joe Exotic

Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on improving EU regulation through an EU positive list of (wild and exotic) pets. This was the direct result of a petition and

Finally, a major EU member state is taking action: Italy is tackling the unbridled growth of the exotic pet industry with three new laws. Instead of an endless list of

Remember earlier this year when we took in four lions and an African wild dog at our Spanish rescue centre? Those animals came from an animal shelter near Ukraine’s capital