IAR March E-News

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IAR's March e-newsletter

 

Dear AAPN Supporter

 

The first IAR wildlife

tour to visit the Agra bear sanctuary in February was a resounding

success. Everyone on the tour had a wonderful time and returned with

glowing accounts of their experiences. The next trip is in November and

several bookings have already been taken, so book now to avoid

disappointment! The tour company is generously donating 10% of the tour

income to the free the bears campaign, so this is the perfect way to have

a fabulous wildlife holiday and support IAR's campaign to free the bears

in India. To find out more, visit the Naturetrek website at

http://www.naturetrek.co.uk

 

Also in February, our Indian partners

Wildlife SOS were busy rescuing several young bear cubs from poachers and

bringing the illegal wildlife traders to justice. These raids are only

possible thanks to strong backing from the Indian government and the

police. Our relationship with them has been vital to the success of our

rescue and rehabilitation of bears in India. Read about the rescue here:

http://www.iar.org.uk/news/2007/feb07.shtml

 

With public endorsement

from the government, we are able to expand the sanctuary in Agra and we

now have enough land to take in hundreds more bears - in fact, all the

bears that remain on the streets. An end to the dancing bear trade in

India really is in sight!

 

And it's not only bears that we have been

rescuing in India in recent months. IAR founder John Hicks has been kept

busy in Goa rescuing monkeys that have been captured from the wild and

kept cruelly chained or caged as pets or to beg money from tourists. These

poor creatures suffer terrible trauma from their lives in captivity, and

it is entirely thanks to the loving care from John and his wife Jo that

the monkeys they rescue are thriving and hopefully one day will be able to

go back to the wild. Read more about it here:

http://www.iar.org.uk/news/2007/feb07-3.shtml

 

Finally, all of us at IAR

rejoiced at the news that Scottish Natural Heritage has accepted the

findings of new scientific research and has finally agreed to suspend its

cull of hedgehogs on the islands of Uist in favour of a translocation

trial. This is wonderful news for the hedgehogs! ... In fact, I have just

learned from SNH that the first two relocated hedgehogs are on their way

to the mainland where they will be rehabilitated prior to release by Andy

and Gay of Uist Hedgehog Rescue (UHR) of which IAR is a founding member.

Read about the suspension of the cull here:

http://www.iar.org.uk/news/2007/feb07-4.shtml

 

I am always happy and

proud to give you news of the animals that we have rescued. But countless

animals around the world still suffer in silence. We desperately need more

resources if we are to reach out to them. We can do none of this work

without you: thank you for your support, and if you are able to help us to

help the animals once again today, it will mean we can come to the aid of

more animals more quickly. Please donate here:

http://www.iar.org.uk/donate

 

Thank you.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Alan

Knight OBE, Chief Executive

www.iar.org.uk