World Society for the Protection of Animals

WSPA NEWS Spring / Summer 2010

UDAW reaches
critical milestone
Easing the burden
for equines
A new home,
a new life in Pakistan

Sanctuary
Providing refuge for animals
around the world

In this issue
2 UDAW reaches milestone
CONTENTS
3 News
4 Easing the burden for equines
6 New home, new life in Pakistan
8 Making a world of difference
10 Back where they belong in Borneo
12 Leaving a lasting gift to animals
13 Member society spotlight
14 Letter from the Regional Director
16 Tell us what you think:
WSPA survey
UDAW
reaches
critical
milestone
Since 2007, WSPA Canada has been
working tirelessly to convince the Canadian
government to support our campaign to
achieve a Universal Declaration on Animal
Welfare (UDAW). A landmark decision in
November 2009 put us one giant step
closer. Canada’s MPs unanimously adopted
a motion that calls on the Canadian
government to support the development of
a UDAW.
It’s a major milestone, and we couldn’t
have done it without you. Our supporters,
member societies and the more than 75,000
Canadians signed petitions and sent over
25,000 individual letters to MPs and the
Minister of Foreign Affairs. Thank you.
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a Popular Legislative Initiative (PLI)
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Parliament by collecting 180,000
signatures from Catalonian citizens.
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Nations would represent a unified
commitment from governments
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Easing the
burden for
horses and
donkeys
Across Israel and Palestine, thousands of horses, donkeys and mules are
used to do work and provide livelihoods for their owners. Overloading,
untreated lameness and wounds are just of some of the resulting problems
the animals face. Two projects are working to ease their burden…
Israel
In 2007, the Pegasus rescue
facility in Israel officially became
a WSPA member society and has
been supported by WSPA funding
ever since. Pegasus, run by Zvika
Tamuz, rescues Israel’s abused and
abandoned equines and educates
owners on proper care.
Pegasus can care for 70 equines
at a time, and there may be as
many as four or five rescues a
week. Before WSPA stepped in
with financial support, Zvika was
working alone and says he found it
hard to make ends meet.
“When I first started, I found myself
looking after 10 rescued horses
referred to me by animal welfare
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Care and advice
Zvika is now a familiar figure at the
border crossings between Israel
and Palestine where he works with
owners and police to check that
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animals are getting the care
they need.
“I am known at the crossings now
and I have seen a real improvement
in the way that the animals are
being treated. Wounds from
harnesses and improper nosebands
are not so common and the animals
are not so skinny. Word has spread
quickly and people want to be seen
to be looking after their animals
properly,” he explains.
Palestine “Traditional projects tend to provide
In 2009, Pegasus rescued 162
equines. Zvika is modest about his
Using a unique approach that’s
been successful in other countries,
veterinary or farriery services to
improve the care and treatment
of working horses. Although this
success, and he says so much of
our member society the Palestinian approach can be very helpful in
this is only possible because of the
Wildlife Society (PWLS) is working the short term, it can make people
generosity of WSPA supporters.
with equine owners in eight dependent on the service to sort
“What can I say about their Palestinian communities. The out problems once they have
support? I am so grateful. I couldn’t approach focuses on prevention – occurred, rather than preventing
do anything without their help. changing the way the owners keep them in the first place,” explains
Everything I do for the animals, I their horses and donkeys – rather WSPA programmes manager
can do because of them.” than emphasizing treatment. Suzanne Rogers.
Volunteers from each of the eight
communities have been trained
to identify issues that affect local
horses and donkeys and how
organizations. I found it a real
financial strain – I was looking
they see an animal in need, and
the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture
these issues can cause pain, injury
and suffering. The volunteers
after them on my own land and now covers transportation costs, then take this knowledge back to
paying for their care and food out veterinary fees and 20 days upkeep horse and donkey owners in their
of my own pocket. Then I heard on all cases they refer to Pegasus. communities. We’ll be carefully
WSPA was coming
On the mend: Samuel the
monitoring their progress over the
to visit Israel and I young donkey is recovering next 12 months and are looking
approached them thanks to Zvika’s care. forward to sharing some great
for help.” success stories.
Since that time In addition to this visionary work,
Zvika’s ability PWLS is providing hands-on care
to do rescues and offering veterinary services with
has dramatically their mobile clinic, and in 2009 they
improved. Now, he treated over 1,600 donkeys.
has a small team
SPA
that works by his
ussaard/W
side. Their work is This foal with a new nose band and
well-respected by his owner received advice on care.
© Dennis Br
Israeli authorities
who will call if
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FEATURE
A new home and a new life
After living a life filled with suffering, bears that have been rescued are often unable to
adapt to a life in the wild. For these bears, a sanctuary can provide a safe haven to live
out the rest of their days. Here’s an update on the new life we’re providing for baited
bears in Pakistan…
F
or more than 10 years, WSPA
and its member society the
Bioresource Research Centre,
Pakistan (BRC), led by dedicated
campaigner Dr Fakhar-i-Abbas,
have worked tirelessly to put an
end to bear baiting. In this cruel
‘sport’, vicious dogs are set upon
a defenceless bear that has been
tethered to a post. Spectators look
on to watch who is left standing, the
bear or the dogs.
Full House
Our campaign has been so
successful in stopping this cruel
‘entertainment’ and rescuing the
bears that WSPA’s sanctuary in
Pakistan’s Kund Park is now full.
“We’re the victims of our own
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success,” explains Fakhar. “When
our monitoring work officially
started in 2003 there were around
300 bears used for baiting. Now, by
our recent estimates, there are only
around 70 left.”
“This is wonderful – a great tribute
to our work and the kindness
of WSPA supporters, but at the
moment we have no way of
rescuing and caring for them all.
Kund Park has recently run out of
space. This is why a new sanctuary
is urgently needed.”
A new place to
call home
Thanks to WSPA supporters, plans
for a new sanctuary are complete,
an ideal site has been purchased
in Balkasar and the first of three
enclosures is almost complete. Like
WSPA’s Kund Park sanctuary, the
© Emi Dinka
new sanctuary in Balkasar will have
spacious enclosures, holding pens,
a veterinary treatment area, pools
and artificial dens in which the
bears can start to live naturally – for
the first time in their lives.
The other two enclosures will be
built as funds become available and
will provide Pakistan’s last baited
bears with a place to live in comfort
for the rest of their lives.
Roshni’s story
Roshni, an Asiatic black bear,
spends his days quietly, either
sleeping in his den to avoid the heat
of the day or dipping in and out of a
pool that he shares with Jugno, his
neighbour. The dog bites around his
face and neck have healed, thanks
to the special care and treatment
he has received at WSPA’s Kund
Park Sanctuary, but it will take him
a long time to recover from years of
trauma, poor nutrition and neglect.
No escape
Until recently, Roshni was used in
bear baiting events. For around 75
days a year he was tethered to a
post in the middle of a ring in front
of an audience. Dogs were set upon
From the opposite side of the canyon, a view of the future site of Balkasar
Sanctuary. Once complete, it will be home to Pakistan’s last baited bears.
him in as many as six
different fights a day.
Roshni had no chance of
defending himself or
of escaping.
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New life
Today, Roshni is one
of the lucky ones. Nine
months ago, he was
rescued by BRC and
Roshni was brought to Kund Park
taken to the Kund Park sanctuary in Pakistan in 2009. He has
sanctuary, where he has been under healed from the injuries sustained during
dog fights and now enjoys a life of peace.
the care of Malik Ghulam Sarwar,
zoologist and sanctuary manager
a tree. This was a true indication
ever since.
that he was feeling better as he was
“Caring for bears like Roshni is very starting to behave like a wild bear.”
rewarding,” he explains. “When
they first come in they are quite
Success story
disorientated and don’t seem to do
very much. This is because they will “The past generosity of WSPA
have spent most of their time either supporters has ensured that bears
in very cramped surroundings or like Roshni will live out the rest of
their lives in the care of the Kund
experiencing the great cruelty and
Park sanctuary. When complete,
trauma of the baiting rings.”
WSPA’s new sanctuary will ensure
“Then gradually we start to see that all of the remaining bears used
changes. It was wonderful when for baiting in Pakistan will enjoy
Roshni started foraging for food similar lives of freedom,” says
for the first time and tried to climb Malik Sarwar.
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 Making a world of difference Did you know
?
In 2009, WSP
Whenever possible, WSPA’s goal is to return animals who been abused, kept captive A led a team
released nine who
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or injured to the wild. But for many of these animals a life back in the wild isn’t an lucky bonobo
the wild. It wa s back to
s the first tim
option. Others may suffer injuries or need care through rehabilitation. For these animals, sanctuary had e that a
ever done this
there is sanctuary. Here are a few from around the world that WSPA supports… .

Canada Pakistan
The Donkey Sanctuary Kund Park, our sanctuary for baited
of Canada is a 100-acre bears in Sindh Province, has been
sanctuary in Ontario that cares caring for bears rescued from the
for 109 abused or abandoned cruel sport of bear baiting since
donkeys, mules and hinnies. 2001. Run in conjunction with our
Thanks to WSPA funding, member society the Bioresource
the sanctuary has been able Research Centre of Pakistan,
to improve its education Kund Park currently has 26
program to teach more children about compassion bears in its care. Kund Park is at
for animals. WSPA is also helping the sanctuary with capacity, and a new sanctuary being built in
strategic planning, so they can do more good work. Balkasar will be the new home for up to 80 bears.

USA Borneo
WSPA is continuing to Since 1999, the Nyaru
fund the Idaho Black Bear Menteng Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Centre’s (IBBR) and Rescue centre – run
work with orphaned bear by the Borneo Orangutan
cubs. IBBR was started in Survival Foundation
1989 when it was believed – has been rescuing
Smith

impossible to successfully orangutans from cruel

release any bear raised by a treatment and habitat
© Steve

human. IBBR has since returned destruction. Thanks to WSPA support, the
192 bears to the wild and shares its expertise with bear sanctuary was saved from closure in 2007, protecting the
rehabilitators globally. nearly 700 rescued and orphaned orangutans in its care.

Romania Democratic Republic Israel Australia

Romanian bears rescued from of the Congo Every year we support member society The Good Samaritan
lives of cruel captivity are For more than 15 years shelters which provide care and Donkey Sanctuary (GSDS)
now living in peace at the WSPA has supported treatment for unwanted cats and dogs in New South Wales is
WSPA-funded Romanian Bear our member society Les and find them new homes. Some, like a 300-acre sanctuary
Sanctuary. The sanctuary, run Amis des Bonobos to the Rehovot Society for the Protection offering safety to around
a Woods

by our member society Millions give orphaned, sick and of Animals also provide sanctuary for 130 donkeys while they
© Vaness

of Friends, is home to 50 bears injured bonobos a brighter animals who cannot be rehomed. recover from ill treatment.

who now live in a beautiful, future at their Lola ya Bonobo sanctuary.
forested environment with In 2009, WSPA’s Nick de Souza worked with Lola to – for
dens, pools and streams. the first time in history – return nine bonobos to the wild.
There are more releases planned for later this year.
In 2009, WSPA funded a new X-ray
machine for the shelter, which will
aid the care and treatment of the
hundreds of animals.
© GSDS
Another 80 donkeys are
also recovering in foster care arranged
through GSDS. Thanks to WSPA support, GSDS is now
using improved handling devices for the donkeys.

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Back where
© Mark McEwan for BOS
they belong
B
ased in an idyllic forest in
Borneo, the Nyaru Menteng
sanctuary, run by our partner
the Borneo Orangutan Survival
Foundation (BOS), provides a safe
haven for nearly 700 orangutans,
most of them orphans of the palm
oil trade.
Nyaru Menteng is first and foremost
a rescue operation, which saves
hundreds of orangutans from the
effects of habitat loss, hunting
and the pet trade. However, the
sanctuary also plays a pivotal role
in the survival of the species by
returning orangutans to safe forests.
In August 2009, 46 orangutans
from Nyaru Menteng were
returned to the wild. Carefully
transported by helicopter in a
release operation that took
months to plan, the
orangutans now live free in
several hundred thousand
hectares of pristine forest.
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One of the first to be freed was
Gatuso, a large 25-year-old male,
who was saved after his forest
home had been destroyed to make
room for oil palm plantations. Lone
Droscher Nielsen, Nyaru Menteng’s
founder and manager who was
responsible for the reintroduction
operation, made the journey with
Gatuso and the others.
“It was the first time in a long while
that he had experienced swinging
between branches and lianas, but
as he disappeared down the hill
slope at the release site, it was as
if he had never been away,”
she explains.
Shortly afterwards Mama, a female
orangutan, and Sensei, her baby,
were released. Still drowsy from
the sedative she was given for the
journey, Mama made a nest to
rest in, while Sensei played nearby
under the watchful eyes of the
Nyaru Menteng team. Within several
hours mother and daughter were
swinging happily through the jungle.
Under threat: Orangutans are at risk of
extinction because of the destruction of
their habitat.
Just a year before, the pair had
been found weak and trying
desperately to survive in a barren
landscape that had once been their
lush, forested home. Upon arrival at
Nyaru Menteng, Sensei had to be
taken away and nursed, because
her mother was too weak to
produce milk, but after four months
they were both strong enough to be
reunited and considered for release.
Fight for survival
After their beautiful forest
homes have been cleared, many
orangutans go in search of food in
nearby villages or palm plantations.
The ones that aren’t shot or
captured often die of starvation,
and it is estimated that 5,000
orangutans die each year. The
lucky ones are rescued by Nyaru
Menteng and cared for until they are
well enough for release, but finding
suitable release sites is not easy,
says Lone.
“Our job is only complete when we You can help
return orangutans to the forest,”
Just two years ago, Nyaru Menteng was faced with closure, but WSPA
she says. “But nearly all suitable
funding enabled it to stay open. Now BOS needs more support to help
orangutan habitat in Borneo is
rescue, rehabilitate and release the hundreds of orangutans that are still
being illegally logged, converted
being brought to the sanctuary every year.
to plantations or is already full with
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wild orangutans. There were many
times when I wondered if we would
It’s a fact
ever find a suitable location.”
Altogether, 500 Nyaru Menteng
orangutans are now free in the Palm oil is used in a huge range of products,
wild. This represents a major
achievement, but there is still so
including foods, soaps, cosmetics and –
much to do. There are over 600 more recently – as an
orangutans at the centre and their alternative source of fuel.
numbers will continue to increase
as more forests are cleared and with Increased demand for this
forest fires raging through Borneo. kind of ‘biofuel’ has led to a
“For each orangutan we’ve released
here in the last two years, we’ve
huge expansion of oil palm
plantations across Borneo,
rescued two more from elsewhere
and thus widespread
in Borneo,” Lone explains, “We
have 200 individuals ready to clearance of tropical
return to the wild, and to do that
we need more resources to pay for
rainforest, home to
thousands of orangutans.
the helicopters, ensure long-term
security of the site, and to provide
care and monitoring for the released On the move: Sensei
and her mother enjoy the
orangutans.” freedom of the rainforest.
© BOS
Welcome home: An
orangutan is set free in
the Borneo rainforest.
© BOS
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 Leaving a Zoocheck

MEMBER SOCIETY
lasting gift Canada &
to animals Voice for
GIVE

As animal lovers we do everything Animals

we can for the animals that share
our lives – and we worry about join forces
animals all over the world. Their
images have captured our hearts, Zoocheck Canada and Voice for
and we often wish there Animals, two of WSPA’s Canadian
was something more we member societies, have joined forces to
could do for them.
free Lucy, a female Asian elephant, from
a pathetic life in solitary confinement at

T
here is an easy way to help
ensure that animals around
the world will get the help
that they need. A legacy gift is a
thoughtful act that reflects your
commitment to animals and that
will provide long-term funding for
WSPA’s programs.
Past legacy gifts to WSPA have
allowed us to help when natural
disaster strikes. Many countries that
are the most susceptible to natural
disasters are also impoverished, with
the people there depending on their
animals for daily sustenance. Thanks
to the availability of legacy funds,
WSPA is always ready to travel to
any corner of the world to provide
food and crucial veterinary care to
animals affected by disasters.
Other legacy gifts have allowed
WSPA to provide crucial solutions
the Edmonton Valley Zoo.
weather – much of the year in
Edmonton – Lucy is kept inside a
cement-floored barn.
Elephants are highly social animals,
and cats were a source of fear for local and have relationships similar to
residents, and these animals often fell victim those of humans. They spend their
to inhumane methods of culling them. Slowly, entire lives in family groups with
through mobile veterinary clinics that offer their mother, sisters, aunts, cousins
free sterilization and vaccination, and through and even their grandmothers.
educational programming in schools, the Sadly, Lucy is alone. Her health
attitude of people is starting to change and life is deteriorating and she spends
for the animals is improving. her days rocking and pacing in
boredom and isolation.
There are many ways that you can become part
of this long-term, positive change for animals. Zoocheck and Voice for Animals
Your lasting legacy can be a gift to the animals – are working with the support of
a future that is bright and full of hope. People for the Ethical Treatment of
elephant sanctuary in the company
of other Asian elephants. To move
her, there would be no cost to the
Valley Zoo or Edmonton taxpayers.
The Valley Zoo is fighting hard to
keep her, claiming Lucy cannot
be moved, that she is not a
social elephant, is accustomed to
Edmonton’s weather and that she is
quite happy where she is. Zoocheck
and Voice for Animals are fighting to
prove that a highly social, extremely
intelligent, wide-ranging animal that
was born in the tropical forests of Sri
Lanka should not live alone in a tiny,
barren zoo exhibit in a northern city.

for stray dogs and cats in
developing countries where they
were previously regarded as
threats to human health and safety.
Prior to WSPA’s intervention,
large populations of stray dogs
L
ucy was taken from the wild
in Sri Lanka when she was
For more information on leaving a legacy, just a baby and shipped to
visit www.wspa.ca/legacy the Edmonton Valley Zoo in 1977 –
a far cry from the lush tropics of
or make a confidential call to Holly Hewitt at 1 800 363 9772.
Sri Lanka. At night and in cold
Animals and a chorus of respected
individuals like Margaret Atwood,
Barbara Gowdy, Michael Ondaatje, To get involved in the
William Shatner and Bob Barker. campaign to save Lucy, you
Together they are fighting to let Lucy
can visit www.savelucy.ca
live out the rest of her days at an

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 From the
Regional Director
LETTER
Sanctuary – for me the word means tranquil afternoons
with my husband or a rare hug from one of my teenage
boys. Sanctuary is home and family. I know how lucky I
am, since for so many others there is no home, there is
no family and there is no refuge from the turmoil of life.
The same is true for countless animals who are captured,
exploited, abandoned and displaced. These are the
animals that I wake up each morning for, and it is their
stories that stay with me.
The animals in the sanctuaries we’ve highlighted in this
issue of WSPA News were forced to live in a sea of pain
and anguish for most of their lives. We’ve now given
them a tiny island of refuge to finally find some peace.
Kesi’s hand was chopped off when plantation
workers killed her mother with a machete.
She was brought to the Nyaru Menteng
Sanctuary where she has recuperated well
and will live out the rest of her life in safety.
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Silia Smith
Regional Director, Canada
Many people have written to us about how touched they
are to hear about the orangutans in the Nyaru Menteng
Sancturay in Borneo. I hope you enjoyed reading about
the release of several orangutans back to the wild.
Rehabilitation and release is what I wish for all of the
animals we find, but the reality is that sanctuary for
many means a permanent place to live out the rest of
their lives.
You may remember the story of little Kesi. She was just
a baby when she was first brought to Nyaru Menteng.
Her mother had been killed while searching for food, and
Kesi was in her arms at the time. Kesi lost her hand and
one of her feet was crippled in the brutal attack that killed
her mother. She was underweight, traumatised and alone
with no home.
Today, Kesi is not a little baby – she is a thriving young
orangutan who spends her days in Nyaru Menteng’s
forest school. Although Kesi’s injuries prevent her from
ever being released back to the wild, now she has a
home, she has a family and she is safe. Donations,
dedication and compassion have provided her with that.
At WSPA, we are striving every day to give animals like
Kesi a home and a better life. There are many, many more
animals that need our help. We can and will do it with the
involvement of people like you. For every animal currently
living in a sanctuary, for the many more we will give a
home to this year and in the future, I sincerely thank you.
I hope you enjoy this issue of WSPA News as much as
I have. Every day, I hear about the incredible work that
WSPA is doing around the world, but to see it compiled
in the pages of this magazine shows me how truly global
our organization is.
Silia Smith
Regional Director, Canada
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WSPA Canada produces WSPA News twice yearly for our supporters. We’re looking at ways
to make it better and deliver more of the information you want to see about the great things
we’ve been able to accomplish with your generous support. Please take a few minutes to tell
us what you think, and we’ll do our best to incorporate your feedback.

5. Would you like for there to be…
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this issue of WSPA News.
1. How do you get updates and Less bite sized news
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8. Are you most interested in
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More bite sized news Bears
Cats
More pictures Disaster relief
Less pictures Dogs
Equines
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do you most enjoy? Factory farming
(Check all that apply) Legislation
The ‘Making a World of Marine mammals
Difference’ map (dolphins, whales, porpoises)
Short news that includes Primates
updates on a variety of projects (orangutans, chimps, bonobos)
and campaigns Sanctuaries
Wildlife
Long features that focus on one
particular area of work
9. In general, please tell us what you
Member Society Spotlight
think of WSPA News and how we
Letter from the Regional Director can make it better…
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of in WSPA News?
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International news
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Canadian news
First-hand stories from the field _______________________________
Program updates _______________________________
Information on how to make lifestyle
choices that are animal friendly _______________________________

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