The Crete Animal Welfare Group (CAWG) started as an animal shelter, but this soon filled up - as rehoming potential in Crete is limited (sadly, most Greeks prefer pedigree dogs - designer accessories!). The new activities of CAWG include education and advocacy, as well as selected projects that have the potential to make a sustainable impact.
CAWG already undertakes a number of really useful practical projects, including:
Donkey outreach to improve the welfare of working equines in remote areas of the island by providing the local and usually elderly owners with a service essential to their livelihood. This includes visits with veterinarians and farriers to rural areas to provide treatments, humane bridles, and education.
Subsidised neutering project to prevent the problem of stray dogs and unwanted puppies at the source. CAWG offers 50% of the cost for neutering and free micro chipping to dog owners on the island of Crete. WSPA is providing all the support and advice needed for this project.
Cat cafés aimed to humanely stabilize the stray cat population and provide veterinary treatment for those in need of it. Cafés are designated feeding areas on hotel and business grounds for stray cats. This project ensures higher welfare standards while providing a service to the community and the business. The scheme aims to keep everyone happy - guests/customers who like cats, guests who dislike cats, and, of course the owner.
CAWG has also started carrying out campaigns, amongst others against circuses with animals and battery eggs. The latter was started recently. The former has already met with some success (councils not allowing circuses onto their land). They also carry out some educational work in local schools and are planning to extend this work.
Please visit the Crete Animal Welfare Group Web site for more info.
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The Illegal wildlife trade and smuggling of protected wildlife is widespread in Indonesia and it has become an enormous threat to the survival of a huge number of wildlife species.
More than 95% of the traded animals are caught from the wild instead of captive-bred with the result that 183 mammal, 115 bird, 27 reptile, and 111 fish species are threatened in Indonesia (IUCN, 2008).
ProFauna, one of Indonesia's leading wildlife protection organizations, approached World Animal Net with a proposal to conduct a survey that would provide ProFauna with the necessary data to pressure law enforcement agencies to enforce existing laws and the government to enact better policies to curb the illegal trade of wild animals in Indonesia.
The hub of wildlife trade takes place in the "bird" markets on Java. One of the major reasons of the high level of trade of protected wildlife at the "bird" markets is the lack of law enforcement. Almost every big city on Java has a" bird" market where illegal trade of wildlife is conducted. These "bird" markets not only sell birds but all sorts of wildlife and domestic animals. ProFauna collected data on species, numbers of trade animals, numbers of shops/vendors as well as the origin of the traded animals.
Through the support of World Animal Net, ProFauna was able to conduct this research in 70 "bird" markets on Java. ProFauna recorded that there were 183 animals of 25 species traded openly in the markets. 14 of the 70 markets sold parrots, 21 markets sold primates, 11 markets sold mammals, 13 markets sold raptors, and 11 markets sold protected song birds (non parrot). The protected songbirds included black-winged starling (Sturnus melanopterus) and olive-backed sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis).
These important findings by ProFauna on the trade of the protected species at the "bird" markets are currently being used to encourage the government to curb the trade. Law enforcement has been proven to be effective in tackling the illegal trade in some regions in Indonesia and this data will help in pressuring them to act.
Read the full report and list of species.
More on the illegal wildlife trade in Indonesia.
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