From 65438 to 0995, the International Animal Welfare Foundation closed several bear farms with the worst conditions through cooperation with government agencies and non-governmental organizations in China. 65438-0996 The International Animal Welfare Fund established the Black Bear Protection Center (Panyu Black Bear Protection Center of the International Animal Welfare Fund) in Panyu, Guangdong. This is the first professional protection organization in China to rescue abused Asian black bears. It not only provides shelter for abused black bears, but also serves as an education center to educate the public to be kind to animals and respect life. At present, five black bears spend their old age in the conservation center. The International Animal Welfare Foundation has set up a Chinese medicine expert group to fund Chinese medicine researchers to study alternatives to bear bile. The Foundation also invited well-known professors of traditional Chinese medicine from Chinese mainland and experts familiar with the State Drug Administration to attend the Third International Congress of Traditional Chinese Medicine held in London to talk about the development of traditional Chinese medicine in China from the perspective of species diversity protection and animal medical management of endangered species. The foundation's work in "protecting endangered species and promoting traditional Chinese medicine" has been recognized by many organizations and experts at home and abroad.
The International Animal Welfare Foundation cooperated with Beijing Normal University and Beijing Wildlife Nature Reserve Management Station to establish "ifaw ifaw beijing raptor rescue center" at the end of 20001. "ifaw ifaw beijing raptor rescue center" is a designated raptor rescue center approved by Beijing Forestry Bureau. Guided by the international advanced animal welfare concept, we will provide treatment, nursing and rehabilitation training for injured, sick and lost raptors by scientific and professional rescue methods, and release the recovered raptors in suitable wild habitats in time.
In 2008, due to more and more cases of birds of prey preying on poultry, ifaw ifaw beijing raptor rescue center, international fund for animal welfare submitted a book "Suggestions on Accelerating the Formulation of Compensation Measures for Wildlife Losses in Beijing" to the Beijing Municipal Government, calling on the municipal government to formulate compensation measures for wildlife damages as soon as possible. At the end of the same year, the Beijing Legislative Affairs Office published the Measures for Compensation for Losses Caused by Key Protected Wild Animals in Beijing (Draft for Comment), and publicly solicited opinions on the Internet.
International fund for animal welfare companion animal rescue project advocates a more humane companion animal policy by subsidizing some domestic organizations that take in companion animals, providing veterinary services and sterilization expenses, and educating the public. Since 1993, the Foundation's pet rescue donation has helped many domestic companion animal rescue organizations and centers.
In the 1990s, the International Animal Welfare Foundation began to fund the Beijing Science Center for Human and Animal Environmental Protection, providing facilities, food, veterinary services and training support. While providing continuous financial support for animal rescue centers, the International Animal Welfare Foundation is also actively seeking various animal rescue and resettlement models.
Since Lucky Cat was founded in 2003, the International Animal Welfare Foundation has been sponsoring its adoption plan. "Lucky Cat" provides temporary assistance and shelter for rescued animals through its huge volunteer network, which greatly improves the adoption success rate of rescued animals. Nearly 2000 cats have found warm homes since the adoption project was implemented four years ago. This "community rescue plan" based on volunteer network has been carried out in 53 communities in Beijing, and has been supported by more than 1000 loyal volunteers for a long time.
The Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 directly led to the collapse of animal cages in a large area, and a large number of animals died. Due to the lack of water, feed, vaccines and cages, many animals are still in a state of crisis, and if they are not treated in time, it is very likely to lead to epidemics. Under this circumstance, the International Animal Welfare Foundation, which has participated in the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases caused by Kobe earthquake, Indian Ocean tsunami and other serious natural disasters, initiated and organized a professional team composed of veterinarians from the Beijing Association of Small Animal Doctors to go deep into the disaster area to carry out work and vaccinate dogs door to door. While carrying out epidemic prevention work, international fund for animal welfare team also provided professional equipment, humanitarian capture and resettlement training for the veterinary department of Zundao Town. In the disaster area, the work of the International Animal Welfare Foundation effectively prevented rabies from threatening the health of the victims, and at the same time avoided the psychological damage caused by large-scale killing of dogs; By helping people and animals in the disaster area, it has provided strong support for local reconstruction.
1991August, the International Animal Welfare Foundation launched the "Doctor Dog" activity in Hong Kong. This activity is mainly to let the owner lead the "doctor dog" who has undergone strict physical examination and temperament examination to visit schools, hospitals, nursing homes, kindergartens, orphanages and rehabilitation centers regularly to publicize the information of caring for animals. 1998 10, international fund for animal welfare held the "Doctor Dog" activity in Beijing for the first time. The "Doctor Dog" project has created opportunities for communication and understanding between people and dogs in the medical and educational fields. The visit of "Doctor Dog" is not only to show care for children, the disabled and the elderly, but also to improve people's knowledge and understanding of animals through the exchange activities between animals and people, and to establish a harmonious and civilized social atmosphere between people and animals.