Disaster strikes in the freezing winter – rescued lions and tigers need your help.
Battle-worn Ukraine is in the midst of a freezing winter, with temperatures dropping as low as 4°F (-20°C). For countless lions and tigers, many brought into the country illegally, these sub-zero temperatures are deadly. Abandoned lion cubs rescued from the cold need access to warmth to survive the Ukrainian winter. Credit: WARC Lions and tigers […]
In the aftermath of savage Los Angeles fires, animals still need life-saving care.
Intense fires are still raging in Los Angeles and extreme winds forecasted for today and tomorrow pose a deadly new threat to wildlife. Rescuers are being overwhelmed by the number of wild bird and animal victims and these creatures badly need your help. A mountain lion in Los Angeles seeks refuge from the burning landscape. […]
Paralyzed animals lose all their food in devastating fire.
A crucial wildlife sanctuary in South Africa has been devastated by a wildfire that raged for five days and destroyed 80% of its haven for hundreds of animals. Credit (top and bottom): Bambelela Wildlife Sanctuary This sanctuary, which rescues, rehabilitates and, when possible, releases animals like zebras, monkeys, giraffes, warthogs and antelope back into the […]
Wild animals stand no chance against this deadly drought without YOU.
In Botswana, once-majestic wild animals are withering away and dropping dead on parched landscapes – tragic victims of the country’s worst drought in decades. This year, the nation experienced its wet season in 40 years, with less than 20% of its expected rainfall. Deadly conditions were made worse by extreme heat exceeding 99℉ (37℃). For […]
Right now, criminals are “shopping” for wild animals!
Sickeningly, over the holidays, poaching skyrockets in Africa – as Asians “go shopping” in Africa for sought-after rhino horn and other animal parts. These are especially popular as gifts and shows of excess during Christmas and the Chinese New Year. We are ramping up our efforts to help thwart poachers in their tracks. Did you […]
Wildfire emergency for animals in Australia!
Matty, a joey of just a few months old, has lost his entire family in horrendous wildfires sweeping parts of Australia. Credit: Express Animal Rescue and Rehab His feet, hands, and belly were badly burnt. He is the sole survivor of a troop of roughly 80 kangaroos who were trapped and burnt to death in […]
Critical pangolin sanctuary UNDER WATER.
This is an URGENT PLEA FOR HELP for pangolins! Last week, our partner in Lagos, Nigeria, was flooded by freak torrential rains that swept through the sanctuary, completely wrecking it. We have been appealing for your help in rebuilding this sanctuary for critically endangered and vulnerable animals, including infant pangolins and their mothers rescued from […]
Wild animals decimated as GREECE BURNS AGAIN!
Firefighters in Greece continue to battle blazes that “cannot be contained” as the country burns into a fresh week. Fire is devouring vast swathes of the country fuelled by gale-force winds and dry summer conditions. Credit: AngelosTzortzinis_AFP Animals continue to be in danger of burning to death right now. The fire has destroyed 77,000 hectares […]
🆘 DEADLIEST US FIRE in OVER A CENTURY 🆘 Animals NEED YOU NOW!
The catastrophic wildfires in Maui are the deadliest wildfires in modern U.S. history and animals are in deadly peril because of them. A tortoise rescued from the fires. Credit: Maui Humane Society Wild animals lost their homes, their sources of food, and even their lives. PLEASE help us rescue surviving animals who are burnt, dehydrated, […]
HURRY! Animal wildfire victims in Greece need HELP!
Thousands of people have fled infernos on the island of Rhodes in Greece as wildfires sweep the country for a seventh day. Crete is expected to go up in flames next and the fires near Athens can reignite at any time The week-long blazes, fueled by various factors, including the longest heatwave in the country’s […]
GREECE WILDFIRE EMERGENCY: Please help us rescue wild animals from deadly Greek wildfires.
Large-scale evacuations continue as deadly wildfires sweep parts of Greece. All weekend and continuing today, people have fled their homes as large swathes of the country burn. Wild animals are in terrible trouble. Right now, our partners are on the ground, risking their lives to reach animals trapped and helpless animals in the flames. Emergency […]
We must move this captive leopard to a spacious sanctuary – his relocation permit is about to expire!
Today we come to you with an urgent plea for help: a captive wildlife facility in South Africa is shutting down. They have found new locations for most of their animals, but a hand-reared 13-year-old leopard remains. He has just days to be rehomed, which is why our partner, Panthera Africa Big Cat Sanctuary, has […]
KILLER DROUGHT! 200 elephants and thousands more animals (giraffes, wildebeest, zebras) have perished from thirst!
Last week, we appealed to you for help in creating life-saving waterholes for the dehydrated animals of Kenya – you can read all about the devastating drought below. We have made progress but still have not reached our goal of $50,000 (£41,500). The longer it takes to raise the funds, the more animals will die […]
IMAGINE being a tortoise (or a badger or hedgehog) and trying to outrun a wildfire!
Every year, thousands of wild animals are found hurt and in need of urgent help in the bustling city of Athens in Greece. Tortoises, foxes, bats, vultures, badgers and hedgehogs all find themselves injured or displaced because of animal trafficking, natural disasters, and encroachment on their habitats. Last year, Greece experienced the country’s worst heatwave […]
Animals are suffering in one of the WORST HEAT WAVES ever recorded – burning alive in forest fires, starving to death from lack of food and losing their homes to fire.
Right now, the northern hemisphere is scorching as fires rage through Europe while temperatures in the United States and China soar. Animals are suffering – burning alive in forest fires, starving to death from lack of food, and losing their homes to fire. For decades, governments ignored the scientific evidence that climate change was real […]
EMERGENCY! Endangered animals are DYING OF THIRST in DROUGHT-STRICKEN Kenya!
A terrible drought is ravaging the African country of Kenya! Shocking scenes show an arid and hopeless wasteland scattered with the carcasses of dead animals. Elephant, buffalo and antelopes will all soon die without your help. Critically endangered species including hirolas, gerenuk (rare long-necked antelopes) and Nubian giraffes (just 625 left) will soon be no […]
An IMPORTANT MESSAGE from ASI’s Chief Financial Officer: “I am worried for my children, and yours – and the animals!”
My job at Animal Survival International (ASI) is a financial one and I am not used to talking to our supporters, but while working at ASI I have learned so much about the danger the world is in from climate change that, as the mother of two young children, I have to speak. The pace […]
OUTRAGEOUS! Leopards slaughtered by the thousands for their skins! In the name of FASHION!
Leopards are the most persecuted big cats in the world! In the last 50 years, almost ONE MILLION of these magnificent animals have been killed in Africa for trophies, to make coats from their beautiful skins and because some farmers view them as pests. It takes EIGHT leopard skins to make one coat! Fashion has played […]
Millions of rare and endangered animals, including jaguars and giant anteaters, are caught in a RAGING INFERNO!
The world’s largest tropical wetland, the Pantanal in Brazil, is burning – again! Millions of rare and endangered animals including jaguars, giant anteaters and maned wolves, face death if we don’t act now to contain the blaze and save every animal we can. Please help us raise funds to provide emergency fire fighting equipment and […]
Unable to respond to animals in need! Time is running out!
We’ve told you before that an estimated 3,000 snares have been set around the unfenced Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe – so many that the very survival of entire populations is threatened. Lying in wait, these cruel devices trap and strangle animals, causing severe pain, injury and ultimately death. Our partner in Zimbabwe, DART (Dete […]
How we are helping RIGHT NOW: February 2021
The future of animals and the wilderness they live in has never been more at risk. Climate change, habitat destruction and poor enforcement of international wildlife laws is driving species after species to extinction. We cannot be silent or sit idly by and watch this happen. The Animal Survival International (formerly Political Animal Lobby) exists […]
Worst drought in 100 years still raging. We must act now!
Today we share with you a simple but vitally urgent message: thousands of elephants and other wild animals face dying of thirst in South Africa because of the worst drought in 100 years at the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa. Water holes are drying up and thousands of animals face death. On a recent […]