CONFINED 24/7 IN A SMALL CHICKEN ENCLOSURE, GIULY AND NANNY, TWO FEMALE BRETON DOGS, RESCUED BY OIPA ITALY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS. IT’S TIME FOR A NEW LIFE
Episodes of abandonment, neglect and mistreatment of hunting dogs have been widely reported. These dogs spend their lives prisoners in kennels being...
DON’T SHOP, ADOPT!
OIPA campaign DON’T SHOP, ADOPT! is a wonderful opportunity to rethink one of the most horrible traditions Italy, but all the world together with...
EXPERTS HOLD FORUM ON BUSINESS AND BIODIVERSITY IN COP13 IN CANCUN
To discuss ways on how businesses can contribute in mainstreaming biodiversity, the Secretariat of the Convention of Biological Diversity (SCBD) and...
STOP BULLFIGHTS IN PORTUGAL! SIGN THE PETITION
Portuguese-style bullfighting differs in many aspects from Spanish-style bullfighting. The cavaleiros and the forcados are unique as well as the...
THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR CAT
DOMESTIC CATS DON’T NECESSARILY NEED CLAWS. SURGERY TO REMOVE THEM? There is a reason why nature gave cats claws. They are very important to felines...
Wild animals on dining table, SUPPORT OIPA PROJECT AND SAVE THE ANIMALS
Jiangmen, a city in southern China. You can find all sort of wild animals in a market there, even more than in the zoo! A U.S. animal foundation...
THIS CHRISTMAS SUPPORT OIPA CAMEROON: PURCHASE A UNIQUE TRADITIONAL HANDCRAFT PIECE
“Young generation in Africa are the future and they carry the responsibility of protecting the environment”, said Mr. Gilbert, OIPA Representative....
15 BULLETS, 15 SHOTGUN BLASTS HIT AN HELPLESS PUPPY. OIPA VOLOUNTEERS REPORT THE CRIME AGAINST LEADY. NOW HE’S LOOKING FOR A GOOD FAMILY.
Run over by a car, Julius Caesar, the name of this young, red cat, was found lying on the ground along the highway by a girl who immediately took...
OIPA SWITZERLAND – OVER 50 DOGS TREATED IN TWO DAYS IN SHKODRA, ALBANIA
From 25th to 27th our Kosovo-Albanian Veterinarians DVM Blendi Bejdoni and DVM Eriola Palla-Bejdoni were treating stray animals for the second time...
OIPA NEPAL – Catch-Neuter-Vaccinate-Monitor-Release (CNVMR) Program
[cs_video column_size="1/1" video_url="https://youtu.be/U0I_XJKAi6U" video_width="500" video_height="250"][/cs_video] IT'S ALL YOUR SUCCESS! NAWRC...
THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR DOG
Do we have to shave our dog in summer time? Humans and dogs have a different way to control the body temperature. We use perspiration, they use...
15 BULLETS, 15 SHOTGUN BLASTS HIT AN HELPLESS PUPPY. OIPA VOLOUNTEERS REPORT THE CRIME AGAINST LEADY. NOW HE’S LOOKING FOR A GOOD FAMILY.
15 bullets. 15 cruel shots hit a poor little dog’ s face. An horrible crime to a dog vilely tied so that he couldn’t escape from his destiny. This...
LEOPARD BRUTALLY KILLED BY GURGAON VILLAGERS AFTER IT MAULS NINE PEOPLE
In a case of human-animal conflict, a leopard strayed into a village in Gurgaon where it was clubbed to death by its residents after it mauled nine...
AZZURRA, YOUNG PITBULL EXPLOITED FOR PUPPY TRADE
Azzurra, like the sky color. Is a young female pitbull, victim of illegal puppy trade business She was rescued by OIPA volounteers months ago. When...
WORLD’S BEST FRIEND? IT MIGHT BE THE RAT!
Cricetomys gambianus is the scientific name of the Gambian pouched rat, also known as the African giant pouched rat. The Cricetomys-part of its...
OIPA SWITZERLAND – STRAY COCO, EDUCATION IS THE KEY FOR ANIMALS IN KOSOVO
OIPA Switzerland - StrayCoCo Foundation is trying to safeguard the dogs of Kosovo, performing CNR Campaigns and Education Projects for the citizen....
Hit by a car, beautiful little dog with blue eyes: CAMILLA
Hit by a car, this beautiful little dog with blue eyes could no longer move. Slumped to the ground on the side of the road, Camilla, as she was...
TRUMP PRESIDENCY: THE END OF AN ERA FOR ANIMALS?
What the Trump Presidency could mean for billions of animals. With the US presidential elections, held on the 8th November 2016, we are witnesses of...
OIPA CHINA – SHELTERS FOR STRAY DOGS IN SCHOOLS, A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CARE FOR ANIMALS
The newborn delegation OIPA China, leaded by Mr. Simon Kwok in Hong Kong, is trying to tackle the straydog issue in the country with an innovative...
Dog meat threatening Public Health in China
Written by: Simon Kwok, China Representative of OIPA The Yulin dog meat festival is being widely...
OIPA RECEIVED A SECOND AWFUL REPORT FROM BITOLA ZOO: THE VISITORS WERE SHOCKED
OIPA International received on the 24th of October 2016 a second report from a visitor of Bitola Zoo. The young woman and her partner were...
OIPA PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THROUGH ORGANIC FARMING IN CAMEROON
Economic activities which is a prerequisite to better livelihood causes environmental problems which reduces productivity and affects directly human...
November, 1st: WORLD VEGAN DAY
World Vegan Day is an annual event, celebrated all over the world by vegans on the first day of November. However, why is it celebrated on this...
Halloween is here… Trick or treat?
When I was just a little girl I learned a little Halloween song from my teacher: ♫Trick or treat, trick or treat, give me something nice to eat,...
Tips on Protecting Animals From Halloween Hazards
Many youngsters dabble in devilish behavior this time of year, and animals are often the targets of their pranks. But a treat for the kids can be a...
NEW DOLPHINARIUM OPENED IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA: SEND A LETTER OF PROTEST!
There is a new tourist attraction, Dolphinaris Arizona which opened for business on October 15 and is located in the desert near Scottsdale. Here,...
ABOUT DOLPHINS
In nature dolphins can swim deep till 200 metres, they have a very complex social life. Dolphins are a widely distributed, they are marine mammals....
OIPA NEPAL – NAWRC AND KUKUR TIHAR DAY
There are five days in the Hindu festival of lights called Diwali, or Tihar, as it is known by Nepalese locals. Each day celebrates a different...
OHRID, MACEDONIA – POISONED DOGS DIED
Again, two puppies died in the hands of the volunteerrs of Animalia Ohrid. Despite the efforts of the volunteer, they couldn't fight the poison. The...
VEGANISM AND VITAMIN DEFICIENCIES
When one decides to turn vegan, immediately all of his non-vegan friends, parents, relatives… become expert dieticians and nutritionists. Quite...
GREAT VICTORY FOR OIPA SWITZERLAND – STRAY COCO The Veterinary Chamber of Kosovo AGREED TO CNVR PROJECT!
GREAT VICTORY FOR OIPA SWITZERLAND - STRAY COCO The Veterinary Chamber of Kosovo published a press release on 7th of December 2016 concerning stray...
OIPA TANZANIA – COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND DONKEYS’ WELFARE EDUCATION
OIPA TANZANIA, Meru Animal Welfare Organization in June conducted a 3-day training for the organization Community Animal Health Workers in three...
TRIPADVISOR TO STOP SELLING TICKETS TO MANY ANIMAL ATTRACTIONS
TripAdvisor, one of the world’s largest travel websites, and its booking service, will no longer sell tickets to hundreds of attractions where...
JOHANNESBURG: CITES OUTCOMES – GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR WILDLIFE
It ended last week the 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP17) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora...
OIPA ITALY – A SHEPHERD DRAGS HIS DOG TIED TO A CAR: BLOOD TRACKS ALONG THE STREET – DOG RESCUED BY OIPA ANIMAL GUARDS
A shepherd tied his dog with a rope to his car and dragged him for over a kilometer to "teach him a lesson", as he preferred to play with other dogs...
ANIMAL CRUELTY IN CAMEROON
Unfortunately, but realistically, animal cruelty still happens almost every day in Cameroon. Once again we must sadly inform about cases of farm...
RECIPE: COUS COUS WITH MUSHROOMS AND VEGETABLES
As we already said (https://www.oipa.org/international/mushrooms/), mushrooms are the symbol of the autumn. Anyway, they do not have to be used only...
VITAMIN D: THE SUN RELATED VITAMIN
Unlike fifty or sixty years ago, when the major part of the population spent both weekdays (because of the job) and weekends (because there were...
BITOLA ZOO – THE MUNICIPALITY ANSWER TO THE OIPA APPEAL, BUT THEY ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN ZOO BUSINESS
On the 23th of September 2016, OIPA received an official letter from the Municipality of Bitola. They said that after, the release of OIPA report...
FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES WAS SOMETHING TO BE THROWN AWAY, FOR OIPA VOLUNTEERS WAS SOMEONE TO BE SAVED: ACHI
Achi was surrended to his sad destiny, he was slowly and painfully dying, eaten alive by worms along the street. He was along the street since days,...
SAD NEWS: BALU IS DISAPPEARED!
September 2016 – SAD NEWS: BALU IS DISAPPEARED! After months of appeals and campaining, the bear trapped in a cage in the restaurant Kodra e Kuajve...
FROG SASHIMI – STOP THIS CRUEL AND UNRESPECTFUL PRACTICE
Unfortunately in 2016 animals are still abused and mistreaten in various ways all over the world, but this case is not only unrespectful for animals...
HORSE’S JUMPS RACING OF DEATH
Arwoc seems the name of a noble creature of some medieval tale. We are not in the Middle Ages, but we are talking about a noble creature: Arwoc is...
UGANDA, GIRAFFES THREATENED BY DRILLS
The British company Tullow Oil is going to implement a new oil well project in the Murchison Falls National Park. The park is situated in...
THE CITES (COP17) CONFERENCE WILL BE RUNNING FROM SEPTEMBER 24TH TO OCTOBER 5TH
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES CoP17), will be tackling topics on wildlife challenges...
SEITAN CUTLETS WITH MUSHROOMS
As we said in the last vegan article (https://www.oipa.org/international/mushrooms/) mushrooms grows in the period when all the rest “dies”. That...
EUCALYPTUS AND KOALAS IN DANGER DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
The alarm is launched by researchers at the University of Canberra: the eucalyptus trees are in jeopardy! The study showed that the increase in...
WORLD RHINO DAY – 1300 ANIMALS KILLED LAST YEAR
Today we celebrate the sixth World Rhino Day. Unfortunately it remains a day without much to celebrate. In fact, for this animal the 2015 it was an...
OIPA INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS: GRANDVIEW AQUARIUM, CHINA, ANOTHER SAD ZOO IN ASIA
SEPTEMBER 2016 - UPDATES: PIZZA MAY FIND A NEW HOME We had already talked about the Granview Aquarium of the city of Guangzhou in China, where...
ENDANGERED ECOSYSTEMS
Marine ecosystems contain many species of animals that regulate ecosystems themselves and affect the overall functioning of our planet. Therefore,...
