wild animals

Bears rescued from tiny forgotten cages, lions flown out from zoos devastated by war, orangutan orphans raised and trained to survive in the jungle on their own – all over the world, FOUR PAWS helps wild animals in need.

Help for big cats

No big cat should be kept as pets or for entertainment

Lion in a cage

Break The Vicious Cycle

Ban the commercial trade of ALL big cats in South Africa


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Lion Ivan at LIONSROCK

DFFE releases Ministerial Task Team report on recommendations for captive lion breeding industry exit strategy

FOUR PAWS commends the Ministerial Task Team's recommendations for captive lion breeding industry exit strategy


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Male lion behind rusted fence

One step closer to ending the commercial trade of big cats

FOUR PAWS commends the South African government and specifically the DFFE 


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Tiger Trade

Roadmap to closing captive tiger facilities of concern

An outline on how to address the complexities associated with closing these facilities


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Two white lions

Captive Breeding For Exterior Traits

Commercial interests disguised as species protection


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Tourist taking a picture with a lion cub

Big Cats on Breeding Farms

The truth behind the tourist attraction of cuddling and walking with a lion cub


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Lion Tharon

Lion Population Decreases by 75% in Five Decades

Professor Andrew Loveridge and Dr Lara Sousa model the most likely baseline for lion populations in Africa


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Big Cats: Way of Life & Behaviour

Big Cats: Way of Life & Behaviour

What characterizes these large carnivores and how do they spend their lives in the wild?


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Tigers Shevar and Sharukh at the LIONSROCK

Survey shows South Africans want better protection for big cats

94% of South Africans say big cats should be better protected by the country’s laws and regulations. 


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Male and female lions behind fence

FOUR PAWS position on the DFFE White Paper

White Paper deviates significantly from the initial, highly progressive draft 


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Lion at LIONSROCK

10 Facts About Big Cats

How much do you know about these powerful feline predators? 


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help for bears 

To improve the living conditions of imprisoned bears 

Brown bear in a cage

Saddest Bears

A FOUR PAWS campaign to help bears


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The Suffering of Baiting Bears

FOUR PAWS campaigns against illegal bear-baiting in Ukraine and rescues former baiting bears


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Bear is sitting in the grass

Brown Bear: Way of Life & Offspring

A year in the life of a brown bear in the wild – from mating to winter sleep


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Bear Bodia

10 Facts About Brown Bears

Intriguing facts about Europe's largest predator


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Bears sitting in snow

Brown Bear: Torpor or Hibernation?

How bears doze through the cold season – eating nothing for up to three months


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Asiatic black bear in Ninh Binh

Asiatic Black Bears

Interesting facts and the reason why this bear is exploited for bile


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Help for Orangutans

The Disappearing of the ‘Person of the Forest’

orangutan orphan on tree

FOUR PAWS helps Orangutans

The Disappearing of the ‘Person of the Forest’


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ORANGUTAN FOREST SCHOOL

ORANGUTAN FOREST SCHOOL

Giving baby orangutan orphans a second chance 


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Orangutan orphan eating forest food

What Do Orangutans Love to Eat the Most?

The orangutan orphans learn to choose and eat from the menu the the Bornean forest provides 


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Foster mother and orphaned orangutan

What is it like to be a Foster Mother to Orangutans?

Orphan orangutans need around the clock care, our caregivers act as foster mothers to the apes in need


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Orangutan orphan eating termites

What Must an Orphan Orangutan Learn in Order to Survive in the Wild?

Before the rescued orangutans can be reintroduced into the wild, some vital skills are needed to ensure their survival 


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Robin

Special Enrichment for Orangutan Robin

Overly attached to humans, he will stay under care for the rest of his life


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OTHER Wild ANIMALS AND ISSUES

FOUR PAWS helps wild animals in need

Two lion cubs in Bulgaria

Wild Animals in Zoos

Accommodating animals according to their needs


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Tiger

Circuses Without Wild Animals

Bans or restrictions on the keeping of animals in circuses


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Ways to #LiveKinder for wild animals

What if we started living a little kinder?


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Lion cubs in zoo

Wild Animals in Private Keeping

Wild animals, including big cats and bears, should not be kept as pets


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