Wildlife Aid Live, Bunny under fireworks, Mallards, Nevada Law SB 409, Suzana & Bruno at Rescue TV

3 more bile bears are free!

Update about the declawed lioness and her siblings!

#SaveGazaAnimals Do you remember the three young lions Laith, Marion and Labwa - we rescued from Rafah Zoo in Gaza? After recovering from their ordeal, and starting a new life at the Al Ma'wa for Nature and Wildlife sanctuary in Jordan, which is run by the Princess Alia Foundation in partnership with FOUR PAWS, the big cats were ready for the next step.

Following a long and gentle introduction process, they have successfully been socialised with other lions living at the sanctuary.

Marion, Laith and Labwa enjoy playing and interacting with their new friends Pablo, Layla and Dohal. As soon as a larger enclosure for them is built, they will be able to move there and live as a proud pride of lions!

Bunny rescue under fire(works)

So many pets will run for their lives this holiday and will get hit by cars. PLEASE remind your family and friends to keep their pets SAFE. Every year we have to deal with injured animals on the 4th of July - please help us with a small donation so we can take care of them: https://www.HopeForPaws.org If you loved Loreta's speed and bravery, please give this video a LIKE.

Mallard mothers are not always the greatest parents. They often make their nests in some very strange places and then struggle when it comes time to move the ducklings to water! we were recently called out to a mother and ducklings on a roof terrace in Guildford.

They were seven storeys up above a very busy street and would never have survived the journey to water.

Mallard rescues are notoriously long and tense. One wrong move could send mum away for good

Suzana and Bruno: two of Croatia's #Saddestbears. Being kept in two unlicensed zoos for decades, these brown bears experienced unimaginable neglect and abuse. Their days are endless with throngs of loud gawking visitors parading in front of their small cages, and nowhere to hide. 40-year-old Bruno seems very disoriented in his small cage and might be visually impaired. The decades of confinement have left their marks on 20-year-old Suzana. She shows severe stereotypic behaviour like paw baiting and pacing. They both desperately need our help! Can those two bears from Croatia also count on your support

Change Nevada Law to Protect our Pets like we do our Children

SB 409 was introduced in Nevada by Mark Manendo, Nicole Cannizzaro, David Parks; Kelvin Atkinson, Yvanna Cancela, Moises Denis, Julia Ratti, Tick Segerblom, Pat Spearman and Joyce Woodhouse. (This bill was approved and signed into law by then Gov Sandoval on 6/4/17 - but it failed to protect the "Good Samaritan") 

Manendo, Cannizzaro and Parks were the primary sponsors of this bill. In short, the state gave immunity to First Responders should they need to break into a vehicle to save an animal in distress but failed to protect you and I, the everyday citizen! Read a full copy of the bill here.

The purpose of this petition is to get them to re-introduce a new bill this year to add "Good Samaritan" to Nevada State Law.

In Nevada it is illegal to leave a child or animal in a hot vehicle, however, according to State Law you can ONLY break in the vehicle to save the child. You can be held civilly AND criminally liable to saving the animal. It's time that changed!

Even on a perfectly lovely 75°F day, it only takes 10 minutes for the internal temperature of a car to rise above 100°F! And on a sweltering summer day at 100°F, it’s pretty much immediately too hot for an animal to be left in the car as temps can reach 150°F within minutes!

During an interview with a local TV Station on 6/28/19 in the late morning, it was 92°F outside. The inside of the vehicle was 74°F when the A/C and engine were shut off. Within 15 minutes, the inside temperature of the vehicle had climbed to 123°F and was still climbing when the interview ended.

In Nevada, the "Good Samaritan Law" protects Law Enforcement, Fire Fighters, Animal Control and other "First Responders" from any civil liability should they break a vehicle window to rescue a pet in distress that has been left in an extremely hot or cold car unattended. (NRS 202.575).

What we need is a law the protects a private citizen, like you or I, should we come face to face with this situation. As it is now, a private citizen is required to call 311 (or their local non-emergency phone number) to report the situation. A call to 911 is ONLY allowed when the pet is in serious danger of dying. You are NOT PERMITTED to touch the vehicle!

So, how do you know if there’s enough danger to the animal to require action? 1. How hot is too hot? * In areas like Las Vegas, even 70°F is to hot, because in a vehicle with the windows rolled up, temperatures can fly well past 100°F in a matter of minutes!

2. What can and should you do to help an animal in a hot or cold car? * According to Nevada State Law, you can't do ANYTHING, except call the police, and if and when they show up, hope the animal hasn't died by then.

3. Not to mention, what can you legally do to rescue that animal, and is it legal to break the car window? * It is ILLEGAL in Nevada to attempt or break into a vehicle to save an animal.

How State Rules Differ About Rescuing Animals From Hot Cars In many states, (AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, IN, MA, OH, TN & WI) ordinary citizens are granted legal immunity if they damage someone’s vehicle to rescue “an animal.” There is pending legislation in AL & OR. Other states, like Nevada, DO NOT have “Good Samaritan” laws that protect ordinary citizens who rescue animals that are trapped in hot cars.

Of the states that have "Civilian Immunity" Laws in place, here are the average summer temps:

Arizona - 105°F California - 92°F Colorado - 90°F Delaware - 88°F Florida - 92°F Indiana - 85°F Massachusetts  - 81°F Ohio - 83°F Tennessee - 92°F Wisconsin - 80°F

Combined total, the above states average 88°F during the summer months. And then there's Nevada, which averages 101°F during the summer. Las Vegas pushes that average to a sweltering 106°F, nearly 20°F hotter than the average of the states above!

Does this mean that you could or should run around, willy-nilly, smashing car windows with rocks if you live in a state that grants you legal immunity? Of course not. What it does mean is that Nevada needs to get in line with several other states and protect our animals. Citizens can break a car window to save a child, but not an animal. This does not make sense!

Sign the petition to send a message to our Elected Officials that it's time to protect our animals like we do our children. Because to some, our animals ARE our children! 

#Saddestbears, #EndTheCageAge, Animals Asia, Cyclone Fani, we have dogs & more at Rescue TV!

As part of a collaborative effort between Animal Place, Center for Animal Protection & Education, and Compassion Without Borders, seven lucky dogs have been pulled off the streets of Mexico and are ready for their new digs in sunny California.

Each dog has been spayed or neutered, vaccinated, heartworm tested, and de-wormed...all they need now is a furever home - could it be with you? Or someone you know?

If you are interested in adopting, please fill out our adoption form.

Dog Discarded to Die on Trash Heap: Starvation Deserves Maximum Sentencing! A man who didn't even know the sex or age of his dog stands trial for starving her to the brink of death. The dog, now named Gladys Knight, had broken many of her teeth from eating rocks in her desperate attempts to live. Join us in demanding maximum sentencing for the unfathomable suffering this innocent animal who narrowly survived. TAKE ACTION

Our Medical Team Goes Mobile to Save Animals in Mumbai. Mumbai has a large number of animals who have to fend for themselves on the streets to survive. Many of these homeless animals are fortunate enough to have caretakers, however, they still need help when they are sick or have medical emergencies. READ MORE

Some people think that providing food and water is enough, but these animals need medical care and a loving forever home. Luckily, someone spotted Colette and called Hope For Paws for help. JoAnn Wiltz and Katie McKittrick headed out and got Colette to the hospital where they discovered she had a tick-borne disease (very easily treated and it's already gone). She also needed to have one of her toes removed due to a mass, and a few more massed that were caused as a result of breeding. Medical care is extremely expensive and we would love to have your support. A small donation here will send us to the next rescue mission: https://www.HopeForPaws.org

For the past few years, we have been called out to a pub in Dorking to relocate a mum and her new ducklings. Unfortunately, no matter the area we move her to, she insists on returning to the very same spot each year to lay her eggs. We ask the landlords each year to remove the nesting materials as soon as they see she is gathering them together. This will in turn, hopefully encourage her to move her regular nesting site to a more appropriate location - hopefully near water! Watch, as Simon and the team attempt to catch her yet again and figure out the best new home.

While in the wild moon bears are generally thought to be solitary, in sanctuary restrictions on space mean bears have to live together. And in over two decades of caring for rescued bears in sanctuaries in Vietnam and China, Animals Asia have found that companionship between bears is overwhelmingly beneficial to the rehabilitation process. At Animals Asia’s Vietnam sanctuary, the biggest house is currently home to 21 bears. The Miomojo Bear House is part-funded by Miomojo – a responsible fashion company from Italy making gorgeous fashion accessories that don’t harm animals or the environment. www.miomojo.com

#EndTheCageAge We reached the minimum needed to qualify for a successful ECI but to show the 🇪🇺 EU Commission how important the end of cage farming is for all of us; we need to surpass it. Let’s prove that not only 1️ million of us care for farm animals but that even more of us stand united for the end of cruel cage farming practices. Will you join the movement? http://bit.ly/cage-free-world

FOUR PAWS helps after Cyclone Fani hit India! Our disaster relief mission in India has come to an end. The destruction that Cyclone Fani has left in its path is almost unimaginable. 1.2. million people had to leave their homes, many of them farmers who had to leave their cattle behind. To reach those communities that had stayed behind, the team had to clear roads and cut down trees and lampposts and clear powerlines. In many of the villages that they reached, our team were the first to offer help and reestablish contact with the outside world. While they unfortunately encountered many dead animals, they could care for 170 injured cattle, 6 cats and 4 dogs. Thank you very much to everyone who supported this mission!

Foxes seem to be making up the vast majority of our rescue calls recently, and young fox cubs (or kits) seem to be finding themselves in increasingly odd situations! Simon was recently called out to help a young fox that had fallen down a 'light well' - a hole used to bring light to a basement. The youngster seemed to have fallen over the side and was unable to escape. After climbing down into the hole, Simon quickly managed to contain the very angry fox and soon had him scampering back to his mother. Getting Simon out, however, would prove to be a little more difficult...

#Saddestbears #Success: Chuoi, Tao and Le have left the many years of suffering behind, and have finally arrived in the species-appropriate home. Their new life has begun! Currently, the bears are in the quarantine station at our BEAR SANCTUARY Ninh Binh, in order to receive urgently needed medical care. Once all three bears are fit enough, they will move into the bear house, and then ultimately into their outdoor enclosures 🌱. Please support their future: http://bit.ly/BinhDuongBears

#Saddestbears Rocco is trapped in a rotten metal cage! When we last travelled to Albania to rescue Dushi and bring her to our BEAR SANCTUARY Müritz, we found out about Rocco. His story broke our heart…This 9-year-old male brown bear is kept as a pet in a tiny cage. Since he was a small cub, he was forced to live a sad existence on a private estate in a village close to Tirana. We would love to rescue Rocco and give him the opportunity of a life he deserves! Please, help us to save him http://bit.ly/rescue-rocco

The sad truth about this story is that JoAnn Wiltz also found two additional kittens who were already dead. We didn't want to get blocked or have the video have an age restriction, but it's just the reality - it's rough out there for cats who are giving birth in challenging places where it's hard for tiny babies to survive. Luckily JoAnn was able to save two of her babies - Fromage and Baguette. A week later, JoAnn found an abandoned kitten named Escargots, and mama Paris adopted him and she nursed him back to health. Paris was feral, so she was released to an FIV positive colony where she will have food and medical care when she needs it.

We are working hard to spay and neuter thousands of cats so we can reduce the number of animals suffering out there but we need your help with that. It cost an average of $60 to spay/neuter a cat. If every viewer will donate just $1, we will be able to help so many more animals: https://www.HopeForPaws.org

If you can't make a donation today, please download our FREE Hope For Paws APP from the APP Store or from Google Play and sign up for email alerts - it helps us send reminders once a month about exciting projects we're working on and we don't want you to miss.

To adopt these cuties, please contact our friends at the Kitty Bungalow: https://www.KittyBungalow.org - they are the kitten experts in Los Angeles!