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Unfortunately, we decided to cancel all guided AAP tours in March. This is to minimize the risk for the animals to get infected with the new corona virus. Whether or not guided tours will continue from April on will be decided later. Even though it is not yet known whether the animals at AAP are susceptible to the virus, we don't want to take any risks with their often very vulnerable health. During their work with the animals, the caretakers strictly adhere to hygiene rules: often washing their hands, good cough hygiene, and having a mouth cap or keeping enough distance in the...

Since 2008 AAP has participated in the European Solidarity Corps, a subsidy programme by the European Union. This programme has contributed in reaching AAP’s goals in animal rescue and public education, while at the same time it has enriched dozens of European youngsters by valuable working experience at one of the leading animal welfare NGO’s in Europe.

WHAT ‘S IN IT FOR THE VOLUNTEER?

AAP is one of very few European Solidarity Corps-accredited organisations focusing on animals. It provides the volunteers an interesting and valuable working experience in the area of exotic...

Almere, 2 December, 2019 - One month after nine severely weakened tigers and one deceased animal were found in horrific circumstances in a horse truck at the Polish border, their suffering is now over. After four weeks of loving care and first aid at Poznan Zoo, five of the big cats were strong enough to be transported to AAP Primadomus. On Monday afternoon the tigers arrived in this Spanish branch of AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection. This specialized animal rescue facility is able to offer them all the rest, space and care that they desperately need.
 

Yesterday Martin Hojsík MEP and the European Parliament’s Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals hosted an event in the European Parliament to discuss Europe’s wildlife rescue crisis. MEPs, Member States’ representatives and animal welfare NGOs all came to the conclusion that increased coordination and more support is needed at the EU level to combat the illegal wildlife trade and tackle the current shortage of rescue capacity. A newly published White Paper by AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection, which explores the critical role played by rescue facilities...

Almere - 31 October 2019 - A Dutch rescue team of AAP – Animal Advocacy and Protection – is preparing the rescue of a number of tigers that got stuck on their way to Russia. Ten animals from a circus left Italy on October 22nd but were stopped at the Polish border with Belarus because of incorrect permits. Their transport, from a company specialized in horses, is also not suitable for the tigers who were put in small cages and crates. After the death of one of the animals the authorities decided to seize the tigers until further notice. The animals were taken to Zoo Poznań in...