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Ghost Gear highlighted to Duke of Cornwall at Ocean Plastic Solutions Day

27 July 2018

World Animal Protection attended the Ocean Plastic Solutions Day on 12 July, to talk about the trailblazing Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) we established in 2015 to fight the scourge of deadly lost and abandoned plastic fishing gear.

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Sea Change

Beach clean launches £20,000 partnership

24 July 2018

You helped persuade Morrisons to act on Ghost Gear (deadly lost fishing lines and nets) and now their charity, the Morrisons Foundation, is giving £20,000 to clear Ghost Gear from the sea and beaches in Cornwall and Devon.

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Sea Change

Rangila the ‘dancing bear’ finally arrives safely at sanctuary

12 July 2018

After a series of dramatic ups and downs, Nepal’s last known ‘dancing bear’ arrived today (July 11) at a specialist sloth bear sanctuary in India. He was wrongfully placed in a substandard zoo earlier in 2018.

Success! KFC working with us to improve chicken welfare

03 July 2018

We’ve made some real progress with our Change for Chicken campaign. Following our second meeting with KFC UK & Ireland, we have agreed to work together to improve the welfare of chickens in the company’s Western European supply chain and across the poultry industry.

Safe at long last: former circus elephants get a new home

15 June 2018

We’re proud to be working with Elephant Haven in the South of France, Europe’s first ever sanctuary for retired circus elephants

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Animals in the wild

Wildlife. Not Entertainers

Waitrose and Marks & Spencer tackle marine plastics on World Oceans Day

08 June 2018

On World Oceans Day (8th June), UK supermarkets Waitrose and Marks & Spencer have pledged to fight Ghost Gear – nets, lines and ropes that have been lost or discarded. Ghost Gear causes horrific injuries and deaths to hundreds of thousands of beautiful marine animals each year.

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Sea Change

Guatemala: we’re racing to save thousands of animals after deadly Volcano of Fire erupts

08 June 2018

Cattle, pigs, horses and chickens are just some of the animals struggling to survive after Volcán de Fuego erupted in Guatemala on June 3. We’re providing emergency food, medication and shelter

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Animals in disasters

Celebrate World Oceans Day 2018 by fighting ghost gear with your mobile

05 June 2018

We’re diving into Home Street, the mobile gaming app, to spread the word on lost and abandoned fishing gear, one of the most harmful threats to wildlife in our oceans

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Sea Change

Video: Diving to clear lost lobster pots

01 June 2018

In May we visited volunteer divers from the Neptune's Army of Rubbish Cleaners (NARC) to see them clear lobster pots and fishing gear, lost or abandoned in the sea along the Welsh coast.

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Sea Change

Admiring wildlife from afar: Thai venue pioneers elephant-friendly transition

29 May 2018

Happy Elephant Care Valley in Chiang Mai is shifting away from cruelty and becoming an elephant-friendly attraction. Together with some of the world’s most influential travel companies, we’re working to push the landmark transition forward

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Animals in the wild

Wildlife. Not Entertainers

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Ghost Gear highlighted to Duke of Cornwall at Ocean Plastic Solutions Day

Beach clean launches £20,000 partnership

Rangila the ‘dancing bear’ finally arrives safely at sanctuary

Success! KFC working with us to improve chicken welfare

Safe at long last: former circus elephants get a new home

Waitrose and Marks & Spencer tackle marine plastics on World Oceans Day

Guatemala: we’re racing to save thousands of animals after deadly Volcano of Fire erupts

Celebrate World Oceans Day 2018 by fighting ghost gear with your mobile

Video: Diving to clear lost lobster pots

Admiring wildlife from afar: Thai venue pioneers elephant-friendly transition

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