FOUR PAWS INTERNATIONAL INC
36 BROMFIELD STREET NO 410, BOSTON, MA 02108 www.four-paws.us

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Organizations Filed Purposes: OUR VISION IS A WORLD WHERE HUMANS TREAT ANIMALS WITH RESPECT, EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING. FOUR PAWS MISSION IS TO BE THE STRONG, GLOBAL AND INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR ANIMALS.

FOUR PAWS EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY WORK ON BEHALF OF ANIMALS:FOUR PAWS IS WORKING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND TO MOBILIZE THEM TO TAKE SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT, ACTION OR PROTECTIONS FOR ANIMALS. FOUR PAWS IS DOING THIS IN SEVERAL WAYS:ANIMAL-FRIENDLY FASHION: FOUR PAWS IS WORKING TO EDUCATE CONSUMERS ON THE USE OF ANIMALS IN FASHION (SUCH AS FUR, DOWN FEATHERS, WOOL, AND EXOTIC ANIMAL LEATHER) AND AIMS TO BUILD A COMPASSIONATE FASHION MOVEMENT. WE WANT TO RAISE CONSUMER AND BRAND AWARENESS OF ANIMAL CRUELTY WITHIN THE FASHION INDUSTRY, MOVE PEOPLE TO MAKE ANIMAL FRIENDLY CHOICES, ENSURE THE WELL-BEING OF ANIMALS IS RECOGNIZED AND INCLUDED WITHIN THE "ETHICAL FASHION" MOVEMENT, AND ULTIMATELY IMPROVE STANDARDS OF ANIMAL WELFARE AROUND THE WORLD.ENDING THE CANNED HUNTING INDUSTRY: FOUR PAWS OFFICES IN THE US AND SOUTH AFRICA WORK CLOSELY TOGETHER TO CONCURRENTLY FIGHT THE BRUTAL CANNED HUNTING AND TROPHY INDUSTRIES. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS WE AIM TO END THE FARMING OF AFRICAN LIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA, MOST OF THE BIG CATS DESTINED FOR THE CANNED HUNTING INDUSTRY, WHILE PRESSURING THE US GOVERNMENT TO BAN ALL IMPORTS OF ANIMAL TROPHIES INTO THE US. FOUR PAWS HAS WRITTEN SEVERAL COMMENTS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS TO PROPOSED RULE CHANGES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE WHERE CANNED HUNTING MAY BE INVOLVED. ENDING THE TIGER TRADE: FOUR PAWS IS WORKING TO BAN THE CRUEL TIGER TRADE IN THE EU. THROUGH OUR RESEARCH AND UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS, FOUR PAWS HAS DISCOVERED THAT TIGER TRADERS OPERATING IN EUROPE ARE ABLE TO SELL AND FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF TIGERS TO ASIAN COUNTRIES, WHERE DEMAND FOR THEIR PARTS FOR USE IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE IS CAUSING MASS CRUELTY AND A DECLINE OF THE SPECIES. THE KILLING OF CAPTIVE-BRED LIONS AND TIGERS IN SOUTH AFRICA ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THIS ISSUE, AS THE LION BONE TRADE IS USED AS A COVER TO SWAP ONE BIG CAT SPECIES OF BONES FOR ANOTHER'S, WHICH PLAYS INTO KEEPING CONSUMER DEMAND HIGH FOR BOTH BIG CAT SPECIES. WILD ANIMALS IN CIRCUSES: MANY WILD ANIMALS ARE STILL SUFFERING IN CIRCUSES AROUND THE WORLD. TRAVELLING CIRCUSES ARE SIMPLY NOT ABLE TO TAKE THE NEEDS OF THEIR PERFORMING ANIMALS INTO CONSIDERATION OR MAKE IT A PRIORITY. THE BUSINESS CONSTANTLY MOVES FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION AND IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY SPECIES-APPROPRIATE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE ANIMALS OR ROOM FOR THE ANIMALS TO EXHIBIT THEIR NATURAL BEHAVIORS. FOUR PAWS HAS CONTINUED ITS ADVOCACY WORK FOR CIRCUSES WITHOUT WILD ANIMALS, WHICH HAS LED TO SOME LEGAL BANS IN EUROPE. THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND COALITIONS IN THE U.S., FOUR PAWS ADVOCATES FOR STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO BAN THE USE OF EXOTIC ANIMALS IN CIRCUSES, WHILE ALSO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT LIFE IS REALLY LIKE FOR ANIMALS USED FOR ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURISM. PUPPY MILLS AND THE ONLINE PUPPY TRADE: FOUR PAWS HAS BEEN CONDUCTING AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE ILLEGAL PUPPY TRADE IN EUROPE AND THE SELLING OF PETS ONLINE VIA CLASSIFIED AD SITES. THE UNSUSPECTING PUBLIC SUPPORTS THE PUPPY MILL TRADE UNKNOWINGLY WHEN DECIDING TO BUY A DOG IN A PET STORE OR ONLINE; SOMETIMES IT IS THE ATTRACTION OF A GOOD DEAL ON THE INTERNET, ADS IN THE NEWSPAPER, OR EVEN COMING ACROSS A CUTE PUPPY AT A MARKET WHILE ON VACATION. YEARS OF EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNING HAS NOW CULTIVATED AN INFORMED PUBLIC ABOUT THE "BREEDING FACTORIES" IN EASTERN EUROPE, HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS IN MANY COUNTRIES. OUR AIM IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE MANY PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH BUYING ANIMALS ONLINE AND DEMAND THAT COMPANIES LIKE EBAY CREATE STRICTER REGULATIONS FOR ONLINE SALES SUCH AS REQUIRING MANDATORY SELLER IDENTITY VERIFICATION TO STOP ANONYMOUS, UNTRACEABLE SALES OF ANIMALS ONLINE. ENDING THE DOG/CAT MEAT TRADE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: AN ESTIMATED 30 MILLION DOGS AND AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF CATS ARE KILLED FOR THE MEAT TRADE EVERY YEAR IN ASIA, MAKING IT ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE COMPANION ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUE IN THE REGION, IF NOT IN THE WORLD. FOUR PAWS IS FOCUSING ON THE DOG AND CAT MEAT TRADE IN THREE COUNTRIES - CAMBODIA, VIETNAM, AND INDONESIA. FOUR PAWS HAS ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS WITH LOCAL CHARITIES IN EACH COUNTRY, ALONG WITH WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER GROUPS CONNECTED TO THE TRADE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY EDUCATION, RESCUES, VETERINARY SERVICES, SPAY/NEUTER PROGRAMS, AND OTHER IMPORTANT SERVICES. FOUR PAWS AIMS TO END THE DOG AND CAT MEAT TRADE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA BY REDUCING THE THEFT OF DOGS AND CATS, DECREASING THE DEMAND FOR DOG AND CAT MEAT, AND INTRODUCING APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION AND ENFORCEMENT TO END THE TRADE.IN 2019, FOUR PAWS CLOSED A DOG SLAUGHTERHOUSE IN THE TAKEO PROVINCE IN CAMBODIA AND TOOK ALL ANIMALS INTO ITS CARE. SIX OF THE RESCUED DOGS WERE THEN FLOWN TO BOSTON AND TAKEN TO A SHELTER PARTNER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, CONNECT A PET NEW ENGLAND, TO BE ADOPTED LOCALLY.SAVING THE SADDEST BEARS: FOR MANY YEARS, FOUR PAWS HAS BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT IN IMPROVING THE WAY WILD ANIMALS IN EUROPE ARE KEPT. SAVE THE SADDEST BEARS IS OUR UMBRELLA TERM FOR THE GLOBAL EFFORT WORLDWIDE TO FIND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR BEARS SUFFERING IN SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS IN CAPTIVITY AROUND THE WORLD. ACROSS EUROPE THIS MEANS ADVOCATING FOR BEARS ON A LEGISLATIVE LEVEL HELPING TO MAKE PRIVATE OWNERSHIP AND BEAR BAITING ILLEGAL IN MANY COUNTRIES, WHILE RUNNING SIX BEAR SANCTUARIES ACROSS EUROPE. AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS GOAL IS THE LEGAL BAN OF PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF BEARS WHICH NOW HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY MANY COUNTRIES. BILE BEARS IN ASIA: THE BEAR BILE INDUSTRY IS A GROWING BLACK MARKET WHERE ILLEGALLY CAPTURED BEARS IN ASIA ARE KEPT FOR BILE EXTRACTION, A TERRIFYING AND PAINFUL PROCESS THAT INCLUDES PIERCING A BEAR'S ABDOMEN WALL AND GALLBLADDER. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 800 BEARS ARE STILL LIVING IN APPALLINGLY CRUEL CONDITIONS ON 250 BILE FARMS. THROUGH FOUR PAWS'S PROGRAM AND CAMPAIGN WORK TO SAVE BILE BEARS IN VIETNAM, WE ARE PROVIDING ON-THE-GROUND SUPPORT FOR RESCUED BEARS AND DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO RESCUE THE LAST OF THE VIETNAMESE BILE BEARS. TO AID THESE MISSIONS, FOUR PAWS PARTNERED WITH THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT AND OPENED A BILE BEAR SANCTUARY IN NINH BINH TO PROVIDE LIFE-LONG HOMES FOR FORMER BILE BEARS. THE PARK IS NOW HOME TO 17 FORMER BILE BEARS AND PLANS TO CONTINUE TO HOUSE MORE BEARS AS THE BILE BEAR TRADE IS CRACKED DOWN UPON BY THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT.

PROVIDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE EFFORTS IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS:THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE UNIT CONSISTS OF SPECIALLY TRAINED FOUR PAWS EMPLOYEES, LED BY A HEAD VETERINARIAN, THAT RESCUES AND PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE TO ANIMALS IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS. IN 2017, OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM RESCUED 13 WILD ANIMALS FROM A WAR-TORN ZOO NEAR ALEPPO, SYRIA, AS WELL AS ANIMALS FROM A ZOO IN MOSUL, IRAQ. IN 2018, OUR TEAM RESCUED THREE LIONS, ONE BEAR, AND SEVERAL OTHER WILD ANIMALS FROM THE NOTORIOUS SAFARI PARK ZOO IN FIER, ALBANIA, OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "EUROPE'S WORST ZOO". IN 2019, OUR TEAM SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED 47 ABUSED ANIMALS FROM RAFAH ZOO, INCLUDING FIVE LIONS AND TRANSFERRED THEM TO SPECIES APPROPRIATE SANCTUARIES WITH OUR PARTNER, THE AL MA'WA CENTRE FOR NATURE AND WILDLIFE IN JORDAN AND ALSO TO OUR BIG CAT SANCTUARY, LIONSROCK IN SOUTH AFRICA.TO ACCOMPLISH THESE RESCUE MISSIONS, THE TEAM COLLABORATES WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE SAFE ENTRY AND EXIT OF THE TEAM AND THE ANIMALS IN ANY GIVEN REGION, UNDERGOES CAREFUL PREPARATION AND EXECUTION OF PLANS FOR VARIOUS MISSIONS, AND SAFELY DELIVERS ANIMALS TO EITHER FOUR PAWS SANCTUARIES OR OTHER HIGHLY VETTED FOUR PAWS APPROVED SANCTUARIES. THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM MONITORS SITUATIONS AROUND THE WORLD IN ORDER TO SAVE ANIMALS THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF RESCUING TO HELP ENSURE THEIR SURVIVAL, AS WELL AS PROVIDING THEM WITH A FUTURE FREE OF INHUMANE TREATMENT.

ESTABLISH AND SUPPORT SANCTUARIES FOR MISTREATED EXOTIC ANIMALS THAT CANNOT BE RELEASED INTO THE WILD:FOUR PAWS BEAR SANCTUARIES-WHILE ADVOCATING FOR THE WELFARE OF BEARS ON THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL, OUR SANCTUARIES ENABLE US TO RESCUE BEARS IN BAD LIVING SITUATIONS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH SPECIES-APPROPRIATE HOMES FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BEARS ARE OFTEN KEPT IN SUBSTANDARD CONDITIONS, WHICH MAKE THE WORK OF FOUR PAWS' OWN BEAR SANCTUARIES IN BULGARIA, AUSTRIA, KOSOVO, UKRAINE, SWITZERLAND, VIETNAM, AND GERMANY EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. FOUR PAWS BIG CAT SANCTUARIES-THE FOUR PAWS BIG CAT SANCTUARY LIONSROCK IN SOUTH AFRICA PROVIDES A PERMANENT, SPECIES-APPROPRIATE HOME FOR OVER 100 RESCUED BIG CATS. ANIMALS RESCUED FROM WAR-TORN ZOOS IN GAZA, SYRIA, AND IRAQ NOW CALL THIS SANCTUARY HOME.OUR FELIDA BIG CAT CENTRE IN THE NETHERLANDS FUNCTIONS AS BOTH A TRANSIT STATION FOR BIG CATS THAT WILL LATER BE TRANSFERRED TO LIONSROCK AND PROVIDES A PERMANENT HOME FOR ANIMALS THAT CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED DUE TO THEIR AGE OR HEALTH. THE FOUR PAWS ANIMAL AND SPECIES PROTECTION CENTRE TIERART IN GERMANY CARES FOR RESCUED TIGERS ALONG WITH PROVIDING SANCTUARY AND REHABILITATION FOR NATIVE WILDLIFE SUCH AS FOXES, RABBITS, DEER AND MORE. THE GOAL IS TO RELEASE THE NATIVE WILDLIFE BACK IN TO THE WILD, WHILE PROVIDING A HOME FOR ANIMALS THAT CANNOT BE RELEASED DUE TO HEALTH OR OTHER ISSUES. BECAUSE OF FOUR PAWS' RESOURCES, EXPERTISE AND SKILLS IN RELOCATING AND CARING FOR BIG CATS, WE ARE ABLE TO ASSIST WITH THE PROPER ENFORCEMENT OF ANIMAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION BY PROVIDING CONFISCATED AND RESCUED BIG CATS WITH A SAFE AND SPECIES-APPROPRIATE FOREVER HOME.

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