There are millions of stray animals worldwide. In many countries their lives are very difficult, struggling to find food and shelter and suffering due to human cruelty or neglect, with the average life expectancy for most being very short. FOUR PAWS implements community-led approaches to help stray and community animals, reducing populations with humane and sustainable programmes, aiming to improve the lives of as many animals as possible. FOUR PAWS implements a range of programmes designed to address the key issues facing stray and community animals around the world: Catch-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return (CNVR); Community Engagement; Monitoring, Evaluation & Impact; Responsible Pet Ownership; Shelter Adoption Programme and Animal Assisted Interventions.
FOUR PAWS is active in the stray animal care field for over two decades, with our first project to improve the lives of strays in 1999 in Romania. In Eastern Europe, FOUR PAWS aims to deliver strategic, sustainable and impactful projects alongside the local communities.
Since 2018, FOUR PAWS engages with a variety of local partners in Southeast Asia to deliver stray animal care projects involving rescues of sick and injured animals, and providing desperately needed medical help to animals in need. Our partners work on humane and sustainable dog and cat population management programmes across the region.
We talk a lot about stray animals, but which dogs and cats are actually considered to be strays? And what else does FOUR PAWS do for these homeless pets? You find all answers here.
