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The UK branch of FOUR PAWS, the global animal welfare organisation for animals under direct human influence, which reveals suffering, rescues animals in need and protects them. To ensure this, we have a few guidelines: https://www.four-paws.org.uk/about-us/netiquette

02/06/2026

: Over 200,000 people have called for a public animal abuser register.

But here’s the problem: even when abusers are banned, there’s no easy way for rescues, breeders or employers to check.
That means animals can end up right back in harm’s way.

We don’t just need stronger laws, we need systems that actually protect animals. That means:
✅ Better tracking of offenders
✅ Stronger enforcement of bans
✅ Safer, smarter sharing of information

What do you think? Is an animal abuser register a good idea?

01/06/2026

📢 12 weeks on… where is the Government’s plan for hens? 🐔

Today, it is twelve weeks since the Government’s consultation on ending caged systems for laying hens closed the deadline when Governments are expected to release the results of a consultation.

A move away from colony cages is a key early step in delivering the Animal Welfare Strategy.
But until the results are published, we cannot progress with this vital campaign.

Across the UK, millions of hens remain in cages.
🐔 That’s why so many of you spoke up during the consultation. Thank you.

FOUR PAWS UK is calling for:
✅ The consultation response to be published without delay
✅ A clear, ambitious timeline for implementation

No delays. No dilution. No kicking this into the long grass.
🐔 Hens have waited long enough.

31/05/2026

When families lose their homes, animals do too. 💔

Since the beginning of the conflict, more than one million people in Lebanon have been forced to leave their homes to live in improvised campsites or in their vehicles. And for many of them, leaving their pets behind was totally out of the question.

"These cats are as precious to us as our children!”

After the tragic loss of the kittens’ mother, their owners had no time to spare to find appropriate food and care for the tiny young cats, all this while the entire family had to move into a tent... Animals Lebanon rushed to help, to make sure the brave kittens had everything they needed, including a large, comfortable crate for their safety. ❤️‍🩹

Not too far from them, the team met with a man ready to do everything not to leave his dog behind. He now lives with him in his car, which he drives every day to find support and supplies for his beloved pet, caring to shield him as much as he can from the devastating consequences of the destruction of what they once called home.

The number of uprooted families like these is increasing, and that is why FOUR PAWS continues its active support to the local organisation Animals Lebanon 🚑

Thanks to your support, Animals Lebanon has already been able to stock up on essential food supplies and to provide urgent veterinary care when needed: for the animals who were lucky enough to flee with their owners, but also for the many stray dogs and cats struggling every day in the deserted areas. 🐈‍⬛🐕

Animals Lebanon has become one of the main remaining points of support for animal-related needs, helping other struggling rescue groups and shelters in the region.

They need our support - more than ever.

➡️ Donate today > https://bit.ly/Donate-Conflicts

30/05/2026

Happy Rescueversary to our resident king, Romeo 👑✨🥳

Two years ago today, Romeo made his grand entrance to LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary and traded circus life for true sanctuary.

Born in France on 28 July 2019, Romeo’s early years were marked by hardship. He belonged to a circus owner who used him in performances, he lived in a 2x5m cage inside a truck with limited access to the outdoors. When the circus went bankrupt, Romeo was neglected. 😟

Today? Romeo is living the glam lion era 🤍🦁. Grass beneath his paws, room to roam, sunshine on his mane, and the safety he always deserved.

Here's to two years of care, healing, and main character energy at LIONSROCK ✨🐾

29/05/2026

Bear Flora is living her best life at our BÄRENWALD Müritz 🐻🌿

It warms our hearts to witness her incredible progress since her rescue from Albania last year 💚

At the moment, Flora’s favourite place to relax and soak up the sunshine is the wooden enrichment structure in her enclosure 🏰☀️

We hope you also get the chance to enjoy nature and unwind a little this weekend, just like Flora ✨

28/05/2026

The circus industry calls it entertainment. 💔

But there have been at least 125 documented attacks and escapes involving wild animals in circuses, zoos, and private keeping in the past ten years.

87 incidents resulted in human injury. 🏥

Wild animals are not performers. They are stressed, confined predators forced into unnatural environments surrounded by noise, lights, transport, and crowds.

That is not safe for them.
And it is not safe for us.

27/05/2026

Wild animals are NOT entertainment, and this tragedy proves it 🐘🚨.
A tourist has tragically lost her life at an elephant camp in India after two captive elephants began fighting during a “bathing experience”.

She was standing close by, part of a 'close proximity experience'. Within seconds, the situation escalated..
This is what happens when wild animals are forced into unnatural, high-stress environments for human entertainment.

Elephants, no matter how “trained”, are wild, powerful animals.
Close-contact experiences like bathing, feeding, riding, or selfies put people at serious risk❗

🐾 And behind the scenes? The animals pay the price.
At FOUR PAWS, we have long warned that:
💔 Wildlife used in tourism is often subjected to harsh training, confinement, and constant stress
💔 “Interactive” experiences are a major red flag for poor welfare
💔 Animals denied their natural behaviours can become distressed, unpredictable, and dangerous

⚠️ This is the reality of wildlife tourism:
When animals are exploited for entertainment, no one is safe - not the animals, not the people.

✅ As animal welfare champions, we must say this louder:
👉 If you can touch, ride, or pose with a wild animal - it’s likely not ethical
👉 True sanctuaries do NOT allow direct interaction
👉 Respect means observing animals from a distance, in environments that put their needs first

Animals do not exist for our entertainment.
This tragedy is a stark reminder that when we blur the line between wildlife and leisure, the consequences can be devastating.
Choose compassion. Choose distance. Choose better. 🐾
➡️ https://bit.ly/Travel-Kind-Pledge

26/05/2026

🐾🔥 Hot Pavements Burns Paws - Let’s Do Better for Dogs 🔥🐾

☀️ As temperatures rise, so does the risk to our dogs. Pavement can become dangerously hot, causing painful burns in seconds.

Try the 7‑Second Test:
Place the back of your hand on the ground for 7 seconds.
If it’s too hot for you, it’s too hot for them.

🌡️ Asphalt can be much hotter than the air temperature and dogs suffer in silence.
Protect their paws:
✅ Walk early in the morning or later in the evening
✅ Choose grass, dirt, or shaded routes
✅ Speak up when you see others putting dogs at risk

Every walk is a chance to show compassion. Let’s make safer choices - they depend on us. 💛🐶

Read more ➡️ https://brnw.ch/21x2PsT

📸 © Marielle Rollmann

25/05/2026

🔍 Undercover investigation in Romanian public shelters unveils gruesome conditions 🇷🇴
[PLEASE READ]

🐶 Dogs eating faeces. 🪣 Water bowls frozen while animals are exposed to sub-zero temperatures. ❄️ Dogs suffering from untreated wounds.
These are just some of the findings in public shelters in Romania from an undercover investigation that was commissioned by FOUR PAWS.

In January, as part of a nationwide investigation we visited nine public shelters across Romania. What we found was nothing short of alarming and deeply unsettling. 🛑 Some of the shelters did not meet even the most basic standards of animal welfare.

What the investigators witnessed was horrifying: it seemed common for dogs to attack each other out of desperation, sometimes even killing one another. Tragically, these were not the only casualties - many more dogs died due to neglect.
To illustrate this with a particularly shocking statistic: the Brăila City shelter had a death rate of 40% in 2024. ❌ Nearly every second dog that arrived there did not make it out alive.

We could go on with countless tragic details from the investigations: dogs that were severely underweight, deprived of food and even access to water was limited as buckets were either frozen or empty. 🥣
We encountered a dog that had bitten off parts of his own tail, out of pure distress. And all this extreme animal neglect is funded by the tax-payers, as the government allocates millions of euros in these facilities. 💰

Romania’s current animal welfare laws and shelter system are failing both the animals and the citizens who fund them. Mass-sheltering and killing must stop!
📣 We are calling on the Romanian government to implement a comprehensive, humane nationwide CNVR (Catch–Neuter–Vaccinate–Return) programme to put an end to this suffering.

24/05/2026

PROGRESS! Sweden moves one step closer to banning fur farming!🎉

A Swedish government inquiry published last week sets out a clear pathway to introduce a national ban on fur farming. It concludes that Sweden can and should prohibit the practice, with animal welfare concerns at its core.

The inquiry follows a 2025 phase-out scheme for the country’s remaining mink farms, supported by government funding. As a result, no animals are currently kept for fur production in Sweden, removing many practical and economic barriers to a full ban.

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