What does the coronavirus mean for AAP and the animals?
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
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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
Crisis at wildlife shelters: how can the EU help?
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
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
Animal welfare of confiscated animals must improve at international level
There are large differences in the way countries deal with confiscated animals. AAP experiences the consequences and therefore received a high profile visit from outgoing State Secretary Martijn van Dam