The mission of SPCA International is simple but vast: to advance the safety and well-being of animals.
Executive Director, Meredith Ayan has taken us behind the scenes of SPCA International’s recent rescue operation. This special flight from Iraq reunited soldiers with their adopted cats and dogs that had been stuck for months because of COVID-19. Learn what is next for Operation Baghdad Pups: Worldwide.
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Animal shelters and rescue groups all over the world continue to struggle with the effects of COVID-19. That’s why SPCA International is proud to be providing emergency support to dozens of groups on the front lines of rescuing, feeding and sheltering animals. One group, Sneha’s Care in Nepal, recently shared their tough reality. Though every shelter is different, their story gives us a glimpse into the multiple impacts that COVID-19 is having on shelter and rescue groups.
Emergencies occur when we least expect them, Emma is here to help you and your companions prepare in the event of a natural disaster.
After months of planning it was such a relief to see our plane full of rescued dogs and cats touch down at JFK. Each animal had been rescued by a service member months earlier, before life was so drastically altered by COVID-19. The animals had made the long journey from Iraq, arriving in NYC at just about 2am. Each animal was given a health check up and monitored during their short stay before continuing onto their forever homes across the country.
More than 18.2 million kangaroos were killed for commercial purposes in the past decade, causing major issues for Australia’s ecological resilience. There are four species of kangaroos that are allowed to be commercially killed. These include the Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus), Eastern Grey Kangaroo (M. Giganteus), Western Grey Kangaroo (M. fuliginosus) and Wallaroo (M. robustus). […]
Every year roughly 2 million wild kangaroos are killed in their native habitat of Australia by commercial shooters. Commercial Shooters kill wild kangaroos in order to profit from their valuable skins. Not only are adults killed, but this includes 400,000 joeys or baby kangaroos. The joeys are ordered to be bludgeoned to death by the […]
With no commercial flights between Iraq and the U.S. and our kennels and foster homes in Iraq full of waiting dogs and cats, our team started to think outside the box. Our incredible Operation Baghdad Pups: Worldwide team came up with a solution – a special rescue flight just for the dogs and cats of U.S. service members. We were a bit skeptical at first. I wondered if it could really work. We asked for quotes from numerous airlines, and in the end, only one company said they could do it.
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