NEWS 2021
TUNISIAN AUTHORITIES KEEP ON KILLING STRAY DOGS. OIPA CO-SIGNS A JOINT LETTER ASKING THE PRESIDENT TO STOP! SEND YOUR PROTEST
Tunisia is one of the countries with the highest rate of animal mistreatment. Animal cruelty is widely spread among local population and is...
ANIMAL RESCUE CYPRUS, THE LARGEST SHELTER IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, HOME TO MORE THAN 1400 ANIMALS
Our member league Animal Rescue Cyprus, also known as the largest shelter on the island and the rest of the Eastern Mediterranean, is home to around...
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR ANIMALS! ITALY BANS FUR FARMING
The Budget Committee of the Italian Senate approved an amendment (No. 157.04) in the new Budget Law 2022 that will ban fur farming from 1st January...
TWO ELDERLY DOGS KEPT ON A CHAIN AND SEVERELY NEGLECTED HAVE BEEN SEIZED BY OIPA ITALY’S ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS
Kept on a chain without food and water, deprived of an adequate shelter and exposed to frost, bad weather and harsh temperatures. OIPA Italy’s...
OUR DELEGATION IN AZERBAIJAN SAVED THE LIFE OF BELIK, A CAT WITH A SEVERE RESPIRATORY INFECTION. AFTER A LONG THERAPY, HE’S GETTING BETTER
https://youtu.be/htCNkNJOKuk Have you ever tried the feeling of being sick and in need of care but everybody keep passing by without even looking at...
SAVIOUR, THE STORY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY ANIMAL ACTIVIST IN NORTHEN SYRIA
https://youtu.be/t6j7gToBIYo We are proud to announce the 2nd release of the docufilm “My Pet Story” successfully created by our OIPA India...
THE LIFE OF HOMELESS ANIMALS IN UAE. ANOTHER CASE OF BRUTAL CRUELTY
This dog has been brutally beaten in the Emirate of Fujairah (UAE). Now, look at his eyes, he is struggling to survive despite his critical...
THREE MINI SHELTERS TO SECURE A SAFE PLACE FOR THE HOMELESS DOGS OF TUZLA IN BOSNIA, BUT FOOD IS NEVER ENOUGH
OIPA has the pleasure to welcome the Danish-Bosnian rescue organization Marianne`s Dog Food Bank (MDFB) as new member league. The association was...
SHARK FISHING IN EUROPE AND THE CRUEL PRACTISE OF FINNING
WHAT IS FINNING? “Finning” is a brutal practice used in high seas fishing. Sometimes sharks are hunted selectively, but increasingly they are...
OIPA INDIA – ODISHA WRITES TO THE PARLIAMENT TO AMEND THE ANIMAL WELFARE LAW
Our representative of the OIPA delegation in Odisha (India) has appealed to the Prime Minister of India and all members of Parliament requesting to...
UPDATE ON THE US GREYHOUND PROTECTION ACT – AUSTRALIAN MP DECLARES PUBLICLY HIS SUPPORT
It’s always a good day when we can share good news, in particular when we see that even governmental representatives support our fights for animal...
WORK IN PROGRESS FOR A NEW SAFE HAVEN DEDICATED TO STRAY ANIMALS IN PELOPONNESE, GREECE
Stichting For the Strays - Paws of Greece Foundation, recently included in the list of our member league associations, is a small team of volunteers...
YOU WILL REGRET AN IMPULSE PURCHASE, BUT YOU WILL LOVE A RESPONSIBLE ADOPTION
Christmas is coming and there will be an increase in pet industry sales as every year. Animals are often bought just to satisfy the whim or desire...
THE DISFIGURED MUZZLE OF LUCE, KITTEN AFFECTED BY A SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA. HELP OIPA ITALY GIVE HER A HOPE
OIPA Italy’s volunteers rescued in Gela, a small town of Sicily, a female kitten of just 6 months affected by a squamous cell carcinoma that has...
ANOTHER SHOT ANOTHER DEATH: KILLING OF STRAYS DOESN’T STOP IN AZERBAIJAN
https://youtu.be/G0Lmy4pFJsI A couple of weeks ago we published the story of Sharik, a stray dog who got shot in the eye by two men driving a car...
NERONE, A SENIOR HUNTING DOG, ABANDONED SICK ON A STREET OF ALBANIA WHEN NO MORE USEFUL TO HIS OWNER
https://youtu.be/yJmLHp-mQq0 The story of Nerone is the typical story of many other hunting dogs which, exploited by their owners for years, are...
A DREAM COME TRUE FOR KATY. DETAINED FOR 8 LONG YEARS AND RESCUED BY OIPA AZERBAIJAN SHE REGAINS HEALTH, FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS
https://youtu.be/3PQaDlfcOus Do you remember the story of Katy? The female German shepherd rescued by our representative in Azerbaijan after being...
OIPA NEPAL – NAWRC KEEPS ON NEUTERING AND VACCINATING PETS AND STRAY DOGS IN MANY NEPALESE DISTRICTS
OIPA Nepal and the Nepal Animal Welfare and Research Center (NAWRC) keep on conducting their CNVR programme in different communities and different...
SUCCESSFUL RESCUE MISSION FOR OIPA CAMEROON TO SAVE THE LIFE OF A POISONED KITTEN
The voice of a desperate woman was asking for help on the phone. She called the emergency hotline of our delegation OIPA Cameroon for her beloved...
A VICTORY FOR FRANCE! HISTORIC AGREEMENT ON A BILL TO FIGHT AGAINST ANIMAL ABUSE
French deputies and senators reached an agreement on October, 21 on a proposed law bill against animal abuse. This consensus will make it possible...
ANOTHER CRUELTY AND CRIME TOWARDS STRAY ANIMALS IN AZERBAIJAN
A boy was walking his dog followed by their beloved four paw stray friend Sharik when suddenly a car drove up closed to them. Sharik approached the...
THE HEARTBREAKING REALITY OF STRAY ANIMALS IN SRI LANKA. OUR DELEGATION IS READY TO START A CAMPAIGN TO HELP STREET DOGS AND CATS. YOUR SUPPORT IS NECESSARY
https://youtu.be/gvaAo8lkkc0 One of the major problems that you will notice if you visit Sri Lanka is the huge amount of stray animals roaming the...
ANOTHER CASE OF ANIMAL HOARDING IN ITALY. 26 CATS ABANDONED IN A COUNTRY COTTAGE AND OTHER 7 SEGREGATED IN A ROOM FULL OF EXCREMENT AND WASTE. NOW THEY ARE SAVE!
A joint operation of the State Forestry Corps together with the local Police, the Public Veterinary Service and OIPA Italy’s Animal control officers...
GREYHOUNDS NEED YOUR SUPPORT: SIGN WORLDWIDE PETITION TO BAN DOG RACING IN WALES
Another campaign to end greyhound racing is calling. A petition set up by the association Hope Rescue aims to ban definitely dog racing in Wales....
HIT BY A CAR AND LEFT SUFFERING ON THE ROAD WITH DEEP WOUNDS AND FRACTURES. SELIN NEEDS A CHANCE TO RECOVER
https://youtu.be/25dfBoM5Unc A car hit her but as happens most of the time the driver didn’t stop to assist the injured dog because, at the...
THE TERRIFYING LIFE OF STRAYS IN KAZAKHSTAN. ANIMALS ARE CRUELLY ABUSED AND SLAUGHTERED EVERY DAY
https://youtu.be/z_xtdtI0X-o Animal cruelty in Kazakhstan is a common occurrence and is actively legitimated from both moral indifference and...
A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ATHENS STREET CATS THROUGH FEEDING PROGRAMME, CARE AND PROTECTION GRANTED BY NINE LIVES GREECE’S VOLUNTEERS
Greece is well known for its large cat population. You can see cats roaming wherever you go. The mission of our member league Nine Lives Greece is...
SIGN! URGE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO FINALISE CONSERVATION POLICY TO SAFEGUARD THEIR WILDLIFE
We want to support Blood Lions that together with FOUR PAWS, World Animal Protection, Born Free Foundation and Humane Society International - Africa...
DEHYDRATION AND STARVATION FOR ANIMALS AND PEOPLE IN TURKANA, HELP OIPA KENYA BUILD A SOLAR-POWERED BOREHOLE TO SAVE LIVES AND EASE SUFFERING
In Turkana’s county (Kenya) - one of the hottest, driest regions of the world – hundreds of thousands of indigenous people and their animals are at...
MELINDA, AFFECTED FROM A SERIOUS GENETIC DISEASE CALLED DSRA, DEPRIVED OF CARE AND THEN ABANDONED BECAUSE “FAULTY”. SHE NEEDS ALL OUR LOVE!
https://youtu.be/rKZ2q25TGEE The story of Melinda is the sad story of many other dogs bred only for profit. A business that does not indeed care...
A PAIN-FREE LIFE FOR HORSES AND DONKEYS SEVERELY INJURED AND ABUSED IN EGYPT THANKS TO THE GREAT WORK OF OUR MEMBER LEAGUE EGYPT EQUINE AID (EEA)
Animals are scarcely protected in Egypt because there are no adequate animal welfare laws. Under the current regime, working animals are forced to...
TOO MANY DOGS ABANDONED IN MEXICO BUT ADOPTION RATE IS LOW. MANY OF THEM WILL NEVER FIND A FAMILY WITHOUT YOUR HELP!
Dame la Pata Yuriria a.c. became recently a new OIPA member league. The association, founded ten years ago, operates in the village of llama Yuriria...
THE RESCUE OF CARLOTTA, PONY SEGREGATED FOR ELEVEN YEARS. SHE NOW DESERVES THE TIME LEFT AWAY FROM SUFFERING
Eleven long years spent completely segregated in solitude, always closed as a prisoner inside the same “sealed” box without the chance of moving...
OIPA SUPPORTS THE EU CITIZENS’ INITIZIATIVE “SAVE CRUELTY FREE COSMETICS – COMMIT TO A EUROPE WITHOUT ANIMAL TESTING”
While MEPs voted in favour of a resolution asking the European Commission to accelerate the transition to a science that bans the use of animals in...
HISTORIC DAY FOR ANIMALS IN EU LABORATORIES! THE EU PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR A FUTURE WITHOUT ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) voted in favour of developing a wide action plan to end the use of animals in research and testing. The...
THE LIFE OF RESCUED AND ADOPTED PETS IN INDIA. A SERIES OF STORIES DOCUMENTED BY OUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE. SOON A NEW RELEASE “CHOSEN”
https://youtu.be/5xQXO_AuMaA We all known how a large number of pets and strays were affected worldwide due to covid-19 last one and a half year....
OIPA SUPPORTS THE EUROPEAN CITIZENS’ INITIATIVE “STOP FINNING – STOP THE TRADE” TO END THE SHARK FIN TRADE IN EUROPE
Did you know that hundreds of sharks are killed every single minute just for the “Shark Fin Soup” and the EU is a major player in this bloody,...
OIPA PAKISTAN – SOUTH PUNJAB PROPOSES A PROJECT FOR THE CONSERVATION OF INDUS RIVER DOLPHINS
Our delegation in South Punjab is particularly sensitive to the topic of endangered species in the country, so much that they have prepared a...
THREE HUNDRED STRAY CATS IN DUBAI RECEIVED DRY FOOD, THANKS TO OIPA’S PROJECT “SAVE A STRAY”
Thanks to the donations to our project “Save a Stray”, OIPA International purchased over 200 kg of dry food for adult cats and kitten, that our...
THE GLOBAL GREYHOUND COALITION, LED BY OIPA INTERNATIONAL, SENT A LETTER TO THE U.S. CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF THE GREYHOUND PROTECTION ACT (H.R. 3335)
Over thirty animal welfare and protection organizations from 14 countries across the world have endorsed the U.S. Greyhound Protection Act...
ARE YOU A TURKISH ANIMAL LOVER AND YOU WANT TO DEDICATE PRECIOUS TIME TO HELP ANIMALS AND INCREASE THEIR PROTECTION IN YOUR COUNTRY?
This is your occasion! OIPA Turkey is looking for University Campus Representatives all over the country. Requirements: Time to dedicate to the...
BORN UNDER AN UNLUCKY STAR: DAISY, SWEET PUPPY AFFECTED BY MEGAESOPHAGUS, IS STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. WE CAN’T LEAVE HER ALONE
Daisy is born "by mistake", as happens to the many litters of strays condemned to wander in hostile lands where abandonment, lack of sterilizations...
CASES OF ANIMAL CRUELTY ARE INCREASING IN DUBAI AND ABU DHABI AS STRAY CATS ARE CONTINUOSLY SHOT BY AIRGUNS
More and more cases of cruelty towards animals have been reported in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The daily conditions in which stray cats are forced to...
KATY, THE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG, LEFT IN A CAGE FOR YEARS WITH NO CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT. NOW SHE IS FREE THANKS TO OIPA AZERBAIJAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AouY3Fq4nI&t=1s The day our International Representative in Azerbaijan was informed about the condition of Katy...
THE UNCERTAIN FATE OF ANIMALS IN AFGHANISTAN: THE ASSOCIATION KABUL SMALL ANIMAL RESCUE IS TRYING TO EVACUATE MORE THAN 250 ANIMALS AND THE STAFF. OIPA INTERNATIONAL WRITES TO U.S. PRESIDENT BIDEN ASKING FOR LANDING PERMIT
The situation in Kabul is now more than critical becoming minutes after minutes seriously dangerous for all those who are on site. Not only humans...
WHAT’S HAPPENING TO STRAYS IN ARUBA? ARE THEY NEUTERED AND RELEASED AS PROMISED OR NOT?
In Aruba, on a population of 110.000 people there is an estimate of 25.000 stray dogs and owned dogs that live on the street without considering the...
ABANDONED ANIMALS IN SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA. GATIUS-UNIENDO VIDAS IS TRYING TO REDUCE THE FATAL CONSEQUENCES OF NOT NEUTERING
Animal abuse and abandonment is sadly widespread in so many places around the world, but on the coast of Colombia particularly in the city of Santa...
MORE THAN 100 ANIMALS LOOKED AFTER BY THE ASSOCIATION SASCAP HAS TO BE MOVED TO ANOTHER SHELTER LOCATION
Our member league association Creature Comfort – SASCAP (Strays Animals Safety and Caring Aid Providers) urgently asks for help. They have to move...
YOUR HELP HAS CONTRIBUTED TO PROVIDE CARE AND TREATMENT TO STRAY CATS OF OIPA CORSE
Many animals wouldn’t have the chance to survive without the precious support of volunteers that every single day are on site to rescue those...
A DISASTER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS IN SARDINIA, ITALY. OIPA VOLUNTEERS ARE GATHERING FOOD FOR STRAYS AND ANIMALS IN DISTRESS
Wildfires have spread quickly across the west part of the island following high temperatures, destroying 20,000 hectares of forest and forcing 1,500...
