17-country rescue network
World Animal Rescue Network (WARN) is a registered global not-for-profit animal welfare organisation that funds partner-led animal rescue across 17 countries in South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Africa, Southern Africa and South America.
17
Countries
South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Africa, Southern Africa and South America
19
Network Appeals
ready to support
75,000+
Parrots Trafficked Annually
illegal pet trade (global estimate)
235+
Research Articles
in our newsroom
Parrot trafficking estimate: CITES / BirdLife International trade assessments. Article count from WARN newsroom index.
World Animal Rescue Network operates without fixed offices; for now, volunteers carry out much of our work rather than paid staff. Every receipted gift supports vetted partner-led rescue — with transparent reporting and an 80% programme-funding target.
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A WHO-endorsed Catch-Neuter-Vaccinate-Release (CNVR) programme funded by WARN in Pakistani cities — a humane, proven alternative to mass culling that controls rabies and stabilises street dog populations.
Find out more Funding sanctuary and rehabilitation capacity for rescued wildlife — orangutans, slow lorises, pangolins and bears — through in-network partners across Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Supporting customs-trained detection units and confiscation-to-sanctuary pipelines for trafficked parrots, macaws and lorises — an estimated 75,000+ parrots are trafficked annually according to CITES and BirdLife International.
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Sterilisation, vaccination and emergency triage for stray and community cats, alongside education and advocacy work targeting the dog and cat meat trade in affected regions.
Find out more· VIETNAM
In June 2026, Vietnamese police dismantled an alleged cat-theft ring in southern Vietnam, recovering more than 400 live cats and around 80 dead animals preserved on ice during raids in Tay Ninh Province and Ho Chi Minh City; nine people were arrested and welfare groups said more than 40 stolen cats were later reunited with owners.
Read the story· EAST KALIMANTAN, INDONESIA
On 23 June 2026, three rehabilitated Bornean orangutans — Bagus, Eboni and Ruby — were released into the Gunung Batu Mesangat protected forest in Busang district, East Kutai regency, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. All three are Critically Endangered Pongo pygmaeus that had been kept illegally as pets before being rescued between 2020 and 2024 and rehabilitated to climb, forage and nest. East Kalimantan's Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) coordinated the release with the provincial forestry authority and conservation partners.
Read the story· OCEANS & COASTS
Sea turtles are endangered mainly because of accidental capture (bycatch) in fishing gear, plastic and marine pollution, the loss of nesting beaches to coastal development and light, the poaching of eggs, meat and shells, and warming sand that skews hatchling sex ratios — and because only around one hatchling in a thousand survives to adulthood, populations recover very slowly.
Read the storyWARN keeps fixed costs deliberately low so the maximum share of your donation funds animal rescue, with an 80% programme-funding target. See exactly where it goes.
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