Johnson & Johnson bans swim tests on animals
In an unprecedented move, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has banned water tank tests on small animals following discussions with animal rights organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). This is a huge victory for animals, as the multinational company committed to neither conduct nor fund the forced swim test, in which small […]
Police shoot three dogs for no reason in Bahamas
An animal rights group in the Bahamas has lashed out strongly at authorities following an incident in which two dogs were shot and seriously wounded by police officers. “These disgusting acts were cynical, sadistic and carried out in cold blood, seemingly just for the fun of it,” the Bahamians Against Animal Mistreatment (BAAM) said in […]
Namibia’s wild desert horses face extinction
Since 2013, Namibia’s wild horse population has plummeted from 286 to just 77 horses. In 2013 alone, hyenas killed a hundred horses, fifty of them foals. The urgency of the matter surfaced again in 2018 when the Namibia Wild Horses Foundation (NWHF) sought government help to protect five foals born in May that year. Months […]
NFA rejects turning elephants into pet food
Botswana wants to make this… really By Andrea Matthee Conservationists are deeply concerned that the government of Botswana is considering lifting the ban on elephant hunting and turning culled animals into pet food. A government committee report presented to the Botswana president, argued that hunting would promote tourism, whilst controlling the elephant population. Frans Van […]
The beauty of Animal Rescue
Joy, tenacity and indomitable spirit! These are some of the characteristics that Network for Animals staff members encounter in the thousands of dogs that the organisation helps every day in Cuba, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Philippines, Serbia, South Africa and Uruguay. Now, Australian photographer, Alex Cearns, has captured the unique spirit of injured rescue dogs in a book […]
Irma Roars North: Please help the animals!
The unthinkable is about to happen. The tiny island of Barbuda is rubble. The Caribbean is devastated. Cuba and Puerto Rico are under siege. And now, horrifyingly, Hurricane Irma has begun to track west. She is predicted to lay a swath of destruction over the entire state of Florida. All I can think of are […]
Thank you for everything you do for dogs.
All around the world there are dogs in distress. Through neglect, abuse and abandonment, so many must regret ever having met a human being. Network for Animals will always fight for the innocent. And today, because of your unfailing support to our vital mission, I wanted to show you something special. I’m immensely proud of […]
NFA provides modern kennels for anti-poaching dogs in South Africa
Network for Animals (NFA) has designed and built modern kennels for anti-poaching dogs in South Africa’s Addo elephant park. Anti-poaching dogs track criminals who target rhinos for their horns and elephants for their tusks in the huge national park. They play a vital role in protecting animals at a time when poaching is at crisis […]
The canine wounds that only one man can heal.
I want to tell you about a desperate situation in Hangberg, in South Africa, where one man fights to care for street dogs in a horribly poor community of 28,000 people, where dogs’ lives are nasty, brutish and short. Shaygum Newman is a lone figure trying to help… He rescues and treats as many dogs as he […]
We rescue a dog paralysed after meat cleaver attack
We just rescued a dog paralysed after some brute tried to hack it to death…. Just another day in the lives of the Network for Animals team in the Philippines. It happened because Cagayan de Oro Animal Rescue (CAR) stumbled across a shocking Facebook post of a man who had hacked his neighbour’s dog with […]