Happy stories are always the result of the teamwork of a community of caring people and professional organizations. It is just such a story happening these days. Two brown bears were evacuated from a private menagerie near Pokrovsk (Donetsk Oblast, front-line area) with the help of the Wild Animals Rescue […]
Read moreOn October 8, 2024, a bear attacked a Selo Kuzmynets, Kaluska district resident, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast. Fortunately, the victim survived. In connection with this event, we remind you RULES OF BEHAVIOR IN PLACES OF THE BEAR’S EXISTENCE 1In places where bears live, it is necessary to show attention and caution. Try to […]
Read moreThe well-known French publication Biodiversity MAG published a special issue about Ukraine entitled “People, animals and biodiversity. The impact of Russian ecocide on Ukraine” by Dr. Laurent Dingli. It was an honour for us to help implement this work! You can read interviews with members of our Foundation by clicking […]
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We are pleased to announce that we have joined the international organization Species360. Species360, formerly ISIS (International Species Information System), was founded in 1974, It is an American non-profit non-governmental membership organization that maintains an international animal database, ZIMS (Zoological Information Management System), as there are five modules for different […]
In 2021, UAnimals raised funds to build one of our enclosures for rescued bear cubs. A full-scale war dramatically changed all plans. We evacuated bear cubs to Europe, and construction was frozen. But we always fulfil our obligations. So, despite all the difficulties and new prices, we finally completed the […]
The Universal Declaration of Animal Rights was solemnly proclaimed in Paris on 15 October 1978 at the UNESCO headquarters.The text, revised by the International League of Animal Rights in 1989, was submitted to the UNESCO Director General in 1990 and made public that same year. PREAMBLEConsidering that Life is one, […]
INITIAL DRAFT TEXT ARISING FROM THE MANILA CONFERENCE ON ANIMAL WELFARE (2003) AND THE COSTA RICA STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING (2005) FOR MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE CONSIDERATION PREAMBLE [The Costa Rica Steering Committee, following on from the Manila Conference on Animal Welfare, confirms:]That animal welfare is an issue worth consideration by governments.That the […]
(revised 2018; annotated 2020) 1A wildlife rehabilitator should strive to achieve high standards of animal care through knowledge and an understanding of the field. Individuals must make an effort to be informed of current rehabilitation information, methods, and regulations through participation in continuing education.Wildlife rehabilitators need to strive to continually […]
The Toulon Declaration * PROCLAIMED on March 29, 2019 – TOULON – FRANCE (The Toulon Declaration, which emerged from the trilogy of symposia on the legal personality of animals, is conceived as a response by legal scholars to the Cambridge Declaration of 7 July 2012). PREAMBLE We, legal scholars, having […]
Charter on the Law of the Living, adopted on May 26, 2021, is part of a trilogy formed by the Toulon Declaration, adopted on March 29, 2019, and the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness, adopted on July 7, 2012, which state that animals who possess the neurological substrates that generate consciousness […]
The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness* On this day of July 7, 2012, a prominent international group of cognitive neuroscientists, neuropharmacologists, neurophysiologists, neuroanatomists and computational neuroscientists gathered at The University of Cambridge to reassess the neurobiological substrates of conscious experience and related behaviors in human and non-human animals. While comparative research […]
Wildlife veterinary medicine requires expertise. But in general, the requests for wild large carnivores are the same as for domestic dogs and cats – vaccination, deworming, sterilization, treatment and prevention of a certain range of acute and chronic diseases. But the secret, as always, is in the nuances. This is the […]
Nymphadora she-wolfdog came to us today. She is a natural hybrid. This phenomenon – hybridization in nature is quite rare, but part of the norm for the population. In 2020, she was stolen from her den as a small cub and kept in a cage for almost four years. She […]
Finally, we can tell you good news about Dora the she-wolf, who we have been caring for for the past ten months. Today, February 22, the M&M Zoo service team, with the financial support of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), brought her to her new home at the […]
Yampil the bear has finally arrived at Five Sisters Zoo in Scotland! During the Kharkiv counteroffensive, Ukrainian troops liberated the settlements of Lyman and Yampil in Donetsk oblast, which had previously housed a private menagerie. The territory of Yampil was occupied only in April 2022. The animal farm owner was […]
We are extremely grateful to the Italian animal protection organization LAV for a very important gift! Thanks to their generous help, we were able to purchase a refrigerated container for storing food for the bears. This is very important for the organization of the work of the Shelter. No words […]
2023 is coming to an end. This year was difficult for the whole country. And for our organization as well. Nevertheless, we worked actively. Among the main achievements: Cooperation with the Italian fund LAV to improve our qualifications, share experience and organize additional financial and technical opportunities for our White […]
The team of CO «ICF «SAVE WILD» and the White Rock Bear Shelter congratulates you on the upcoming winter holidays! We thank everyone for their support and wish the New Year 2024 to be a Year of hope, peace and new happy stories for people and animals. Together We’re Strong. […]
Yesterday, November 7, we had the worst day. Jah went to the rainbow. She died suddenly in her sleep.Additional post-mortem tests are still ongoing. Our little she-wolf has been through a lot in her life. It hurts to talk about it. Bye, baby, we’ll remember you! Information update from 24.11.2023 […]
We are incredibly grateful to our Italian LAV colleagues for supporting our project and inviting us to visit their organization. We saw the incredible work of the rehabilitation centre, the rescue team, and the various departments united by the mission to help animals. This is a unique experience and an […]
