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Dec 2004	Christmas Without Cruelty Fayre Visit our stand at this year’s fayre at Kensington Town Hall on Sunday, 5 December!
Dec 2004	IAR banner falls foul of local planning regulations Our bid to raise our profile in the run-up to Christmas has fallen foul of local advertising regulations in Tunbridge Wells.
Dec 2004	Bondla bears airlifted to safety Two endangered sloth bears kept in appalling conditions in a zoo in India have been rescued and flown to safety.
Nov 2004	Raju rescue paves the way to save more dancing bears Our team has arrived back in London after a successful mission to rescue dancing bears in India
Nov 2004	IAR ’gives a lift’ to sick animals in Goa Sick and injured animals will travel in comfort to a local animal rescue centre once it receives its new ambulance this week.
Oct 2004	Flying to the aid of dancing bears in India IAR team flies out on 4 November to launch the next phase of its campaign.
Oct 2004	Landmark prison sentence for swan killers in Malta Two Maltese hunters receive prison sentences for shooting at and killing three swans.
Sep 2004	Report from Malta By Max Farrugia, Chairman of IAR (Malta)
Sep 2004	IAR Malta Media Awards Every year we give an award for the best radio and TV programmes promoting animal welfare in Malta.
Sep 2004	Report from the British Birdwatching Fair Carrie Colliss on IAR’s presence at this year’s Birdwatching Fair.
Aug 2004	The 2004 British Birdwatching Fair IAR will again have a stand at this year’s British Birdwatching Fair at Egleton Nature Reserve, Rutland Water.
Aug 2004	Dog rescue in Goa By Zion Jongstra, the Netherlands
Jul 2004	Rugby hero pledges to help free the bears Gloucester and England rugby hero Trevor Woodman has made a personal pledge to help us rescue the ’dancing’ bears in India.
Apr 2004	And then the rain came... Jemma Sadler reports from Goa.
Apr 2004	Turn your computer desktop into a bear sanctuary! Meet Cybear.
Mar 2004	Dog killing, Kerala style An eyewitness account from IAR founder John Hicks
Mar 2004	IAR-backed sanctuary welcomes rescued bear cubs Five tiny sloth bear cubs confiscated during a police raid on wildlife poachers in India have been taken in by the Agra Bear Rescue Centre.
Jan 2004	Goa: The reason why... A personal account by Jemma Sadler, volunteer.
Jan 2004	Volunteering in Goa Kym Barratt reports on her experiences.

Latest News

March 2010
Environmentalists angered by prospect of spring hunting in Malta
The Malta Ornis Committee, made up of members of the hunting community, Birdlife Malta and environmental officers, has recommended that the season should open for three weeks from 10 - 30 April, allowing shooters to kill 22,298 turtle doves and 10,837 quail.

February 2010
Goa vets win award for poster pioneering orthopaedic surgery
Our vets in Goa have been awarded a gold medal at an international veterinary conference in India for their poster.

February 2010
Infant Sindi joins our family of rescued orangutans in Ketapang
A young female orangutan is the latest arrival at International Animal Rescue's centre in Ketapang, West Kalimantan.

January 2010
Malta to allow spring bird killing again
A petition calling on the government to maintain the ban on spring bird hunting in Malta is being vigorously supported by International Animal Rescue.

January 2010
Maltese Hunter hit by friend in shooting accident
A 20 year old Maltese hunter is fighting for his life in hospital following a shooting accident in which he was hit by a friend.

December 2009
Animal welfare history is made as the final curtain falls on dancing bears in India
A coalition of conservation and animal rescue groups has today made animal welfare history by taking the last dancing bears off the streets of India.