IFAW

Founded in 1969, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org.cn) works to improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by reducing commercial exploitation of animals, protecting wildlife habitats, and assisting animals in distress. We seek to motivate the public to prevent cruelty to animals and to promote animal welfare and conservation policies that advance the well-being of both animals and people. As one of the largest international animal welfare organizations in the world, IFAW has more than 1.2 million supporters worldwide and offices in 16 countries staffed with experienced campaigners, legal and political experts, and internationally recognised scientists.

IFAW Beijing Raptor Rescue Center

IFAW The Beijing Raptor Rescue Center (BRRC) cares for sick, injured and lost wild birds of prey as well as those confiscated from illegal traders. The 1,200 square-meter non-profit wild animal rescue center on the campus of Beijing Normal University (BNU) was established in December 2001 by the IFAW, BNU and the Wildlife Protection Station of the Beijing Forestry Bureau. It is one of IFAW’s many conservation projects in China, designated by the Forestry Bureau as a “specialized raptor rescue center.” In addition to rescuing, treating and rehabilitating raptors for release back into the wild, IFAW BRRC staff engages in education programs to publicize the plight of birds of prey in the Beijing area.

IFAW works to improve the welfare of wild and domestic animals throughout the world by reducing commercial exploitation of animals, protecting wildlife habitats, and assisting animals in distress. IFAW BRRC integrates the advanced rescue, treatment and rehabilitation techniques used internationally to help sick, injured and confiscated raptors in Beijing and surrounding areas to ensure that rehabilitated birds are released back into suitable wild habitats at the appropriate time.

IFAW BRRC’s mission is to bring China’s animal rescue work, which is still in the early stages of development, up to internationally accepted standards and to promote awareness of animal welfare ideals amongst the Chinese people. IFAW BRRC combines successful experiences from overseas with rescue methods developed in line with China’s national conditions to raise the rehabilitation rate of rescued raptors and to build experience in scientifically based wild animal rescue work in China. By the end of 2007, IFAW BRRC had already received and treated more than 2,000 raptors, more than half of which have been released back into the wild.