There is a place of refuge for orangutans, nestled deep in the forests of Borneo.  It is here that nearly 1,000 orphaned, injured and neglected orangutans call home.  The place of refuge is the Nyaru Menteng Sanctuary, and it desperately needs your help to remain open to continue its life-saving work for orangutans today, and in the future.

MEMBER SOCIETY SAVES CUBS FROM BEAR BAITING

WSPA member society Bioresource Research Center (BRC) worked with government wildlife authorities to carry out a daring confiscation in June. Their own safety was threatened as they rescued two bear cubs from poachers in Pakistan.

VICTORY FOR WHALE WELFARE

A WSPA investigation has acted to convince commissioners at the International Whaling Commission’s (IWC) annual meeting to vote ‘no’ to including ten humpbacks in Greenland’s whaling quota.

SPANISH COMPANY STOPPED FROM TRANSPORTING HORSES

The Spanish company with the worst record for breaking transport regulations is no longer transporting horses after authorisation for five of its vehicles was withdrawn and ten others were stopped and fined by the authorities.

SPEAKING UP FOR VIETNAMESE BEARS

Update, 25 June 2008: In May, WSPA asked for your help. We encouraged supporters to write to Vietnamese embassies asking that 80 Asiatic black bears – found by government enforcement officials to be illegally held in bear farms – be sent to a sanctuary run by Animals Asia Foundation.