Global Animal Guide Wildlife Encyclopedia
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No animal beyond our reach

The animals you read about here face real threats. World Animal Rescue Network is a global animal rescue charity funding shelters, sanctuary capacity, and frontline rescue work in the regions where animal suffering is greatest. A single donation helps them reach animals others cannot.

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Where your support goes

Frontline rescue and shelter

Funds rescue centers and shelter capacity in the regions where local services cannot keep up with the need.

Sanctuary for rescued wildlife

Supports permanent sanctuary homes for orangutans, slow lorises, pangolins, and bears across Southeast Asia.

Stop wildlife trafficking

Backs detection units and confiscation-to-sanctuary pipelines for trafficked parrots, macaws, and lorises.

Species that need our help

Many of the most-loved animals in this guide are threatened in the wild. Your support helps protect them.

Adult male lion with a full mane resting on the African savanna at golden hour

Lion

Vulnerable

Bengal tiger walking through tall green grass, staring directly forward

Tiger

Endangered

African elephant with large tusks and ears walking across a dusty savanna

African Elephant

Endangered

Giant panda sitting and eating a stalk of bamboo in a green forest

Giant Panda

Vulnerable

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