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NO ANIMAL BEYOND OUR REACH

World Animal Rescue Network is a global animal rescue charity funding animal shelters, animal sanctuary capacity and frontline rescue work in the regions where animal suffering is greatest.

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WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW MORE THAN EVER

We operate an animal rescue and animal sanctuary network to reach the places where local shelters cannot keep up. Support our work today.

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Street dogs waiting for care

Street Dog Rescue

A WHO-endorsed Catch-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release programme operating in Pakistani cities — a humane alternative to mass culling.

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Orangutan in sanctuary

Wildlife Sanctuary

Funding permanent sanctuary capacity for rescued wildlife — orangutans, slow lorises, pangolins and bears — in Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

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Parrot rescued from illegal trade

Anti-Trafficking

Supporting customs-trained detection units and confiscation-to-sanctuary pipelines for trafficked parrots, macaws and lorises.

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Community cats

Community Cat Welfare

Sterilisation, vaccination and emergency triage for stray and community cats in Vietnam, Cambodia and Indonesia.

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Briefings

JUN 07 2026 · GLOBAL

How Does Deforestation Affect Animals? The Real Costs of Habitat Loss

Deforestation affects animals by destroying and fragmenting their habitat, eliminating food sources, blocking migration routes, and driving displaced wildlife into contact with humans and traffickers — leading directly to population collapse, rescue demand, and extinction risk.

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Species

JUN 08 2026 · INDONESIA · MALAYSIA

Why Are Orangutans Endangered? Palm Oil, Deforestation and the Rescue Crisis in Borneo

Orangutans are endangered primarily because of deforestation — the clearing of Borneo's and Sumatra's lowland forests for palm-oil plantations, pulpwood and logging has destroyed more than 50% of their habitat in 40 years, confining surviving populations to increasingly fragmented and isolated forest patches.

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Briefings

JUN 09 2026 · INDONESIA · MALAYSIA

Borneo Deforestation and Palm Oil: The Wildlife Crisis in the World's Third Largest Island

Borneo has lost more than 50% of its lowland forest since 1980, primarily due to oil palm and pulpwood plantation expansion — driving the orangutan, slow loris, pygmy elephant and hundreds of other species into a permanent conservation and rescue crisis.

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WARN is a global charity. No offices. No overheads. Every pound and dollar goes directly to the animal.