Another busy month has gone by, with one highlight at the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary being Halloween!  Thanks to our wonderful help of supporters like you, our residents had treats a-plenty to get stuck into – including Muheeb, below.

Please make sure you check out our 2024 Halloween video.

Also, in case you missed The Dodo‘s video about Muheeb’s rescue, you can watch here, how Muheeb was an illegal pet abandoned in Kuwait City but saved and brought to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary – it has been viewed 9.1 million times.

VICTORY FOR THE ANIMALS: Romania’s parliament has voted to ban fur farming from 2027, closing the last of the farms breeding and killing minks and chinchillas. ADI investigations in fur farms around the world have exposed horrific suffering and brutal killing methods, but country after country is now ending the suffering

It’s time the US caught up, please urge your members of Congress to support the Mink VIRUS Act (HR3783) the federal bill to phase out mink farming and protect public health. 

ADI joined forces with 80 animal protection organisations and elephant experts calling for a halt to wildlife culls in Southern Africa. The Namibia and Zimbabwe Governments have announced large culls, including elephants, to ease ‘food insecurity’. Conservation experts have advised governments to focus on regenerative crop farming, rather than the short term slaughter of their countries’ wildlife assets. Sign the petition here.

We had a scare recently with tigress Lupe, who had another seizure. Dr Caldwell has reviewed her medication, and she was back to her old self in time for Halloween! Tragically, malnutrition, in-breeding and severe confinement in the circus in Guatemala has left the older family members with health issues. It is heart breaking that even after they are rescued, their past follows them. Fortunately, Lupe’s sons Max and Stripes were rescued at just 6 months old, and the better nutrition and welfare appears to have saved them from the same issues, they are much larger and hopefully will remain healthier than their parents.

Fireworks continue to cause companion animals, livestock and wildlife distress, injuries, even death. They also release toxic chemicals, and contribute to air pollution. It’s time for a change, to end the overuse of fireworks by limiting their sale to organised public displays as well as low noise/low-impact fireworks or alternatives such as laser light shows. ADI is contacting retailers to commit to only selling low impact fireworks. Read more here.

A new member of the ADIWS family, Freya was found in a sewer, stinking, dirty and in terrible condition. The SPCA asked if we could help, and how could we say “no” to that face? Two years old, she appears to have been a stray for her whole life. She spends her days racing around the garden at Chris Lee Lodge (our upcoming visitor/volunteer housing) before collapsing at night on the bed of one of our team. She has already made friends with Rollo and Milo, and we anticipate much high spirited mischief.

UZBEKISTAN BANS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP WILD ANIMALS, AND ALSO THEIR USE IN CIRCUSES. Coming in to force on January 1, 2025, the new law prohibits private citizens from keeping certain wild animals, including lions, tigers, leopards, bears, chimpanzees, wolves, turtles, spiders, snakes and more, and bans their use for entertainment in public and travelling circuses. All wild animals currently in private or circus ownership must be transferred to licensed zoos or wildlife sanctuaries with government permits before January 1, 2026.

In the US, please support the reintroduction of the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act (#TEAPSPA) to ban wild animal acts nationwide.

A new TB eradication strategy has been launched by the UK government in a move towards ending the badger cull. Plans include boosting cattle testing, reducing the spread of TB through managing cattle movements, and deploying badger vaccinations. A new population survey will also be carried out this winter. However, the killing will continue as new measures are rolled out. KEEP UP THE PRESSURE. Please take action here to help put a stop to the killing.

California has followed Washington State, prohibiting octopus farming and sale of commercially farmed octopuses. These highly intelligent, communicative animals suffer greatly when confined in stressful, intensive, unnatural conditions. The Governor of California signed the Oppose Cruelty to Octopuses Act – a huge step forward. ADI celebrates this great news, and we hope more states follow suit.

In the US, please urge your Senators to support the Opposing the Cultivation and Trade of Octopus Produced through Unethical Strategies (OCTOPUS) Act, to ban commercial octopus farming in the US and prohibit imports of farmed octopus from abroad.

Forty-three young female rhesus macaques recently escaped from a research facility in South Carolina, after a worker failed to secure doors during routine cleaning and feeding. After a few days in nearby woods, the majority of the monkeys have been recaptured. ADI urged Alpha Genesis to show mercy and let the monkeys live out their lives in a sanctuary. Please join us and email info@alphagenesisinc.com.

Fashion giant H&M will stop using new down and feathers for its products worldwide by the end of 2025. Ducks and geese suffer the cruel production process and slaughter for this industry. ADI supports H&M’s decision which we hope will influence other retailers to adopt humane alternatives.

A huge ‘Thank you’ to everyone who contributed to our appeal for Blitz Cruiser electric vehicles for the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary. The first two are already doing the rounds and two more are on the way. Our residents are happy as they are quiet around them, and we are happy because they run for no cost, thanks to being solar powered. They are already improving efficiency. We have also received delivery of our custom-made firefighters for the Cruisers, which gives us four extra water tanks for the wildfires.

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