FOUR PAWS is an international animal welfare charity. Our vision is a world where humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding.

Our mission is to be the strong, global and independent voice for animals under human control.

• Creating sustainable solutions for animals in need
• Touching hearts, changing consumer behaviour
• Driving legal changes
• Building powerful partnerships

 We aim to realise these goals through our projects and campaigns, which provide short-term and long-term solutions for animals in need.

Our campaigns
Our campaigns are aimed at creating better living conditions for farm animals, wild animals and companion animals.

As more and more decisions about animal welfare are made at a European level, we focus our efforts increasingly on European policy makers in order to influence their beliefs, in favor of animals.

Our projects
The goal of our national and international projects is to provide direct assistance to animals in need. Our team rescues animals and rehomes them in our sanctuaries, where they can recover them in a natural environment. Simultaneously, we aim to improve the political climate for animal welfare and prevent animal suffering in the future.

Bears
Dancing bears, circus bears and other bears in private captivity suffer greatly. FOUR PAWS has four sanctuaries, in which several bears have found a home for life. We founded and run sanctuaries in Austria, Bulgaria, Germany and Ukraine. 

Lions
The appalling conditions which some captive big cats are forced to endure led to the opening of LIONSROCK Big Cat Sanctuary in South Africa. Rescued big cats are given a safe and natural environment where they can spend the rest of their lives.
 
Stray Animal Care
Stray dogs and cats roam the streets of many countries around the world, unloved and uncared for. FOUR PAWS works to successfully prevent disease and the uncontrolled reproduction by treating and neutering stray animals. 

FOUR PAWS receives no government funding. It is only with the help of our kind donors and supporters that we can help animals.

FOUR PAWS is a UK registered charity (no: 1118102).