Animals that start with A
26 guides
Aardvark, Adder, African Clawed Frog and 23 more.
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Animals A to Z
Browse every animal in WARN’s free wildlife-guide encyclopaedia. Search by name, open a letter URL, or filter by group, region and IUCN status. The guides stay free. A gift form sits below the index if you also want to fund partner-led rescue.
- 491 sourced guides — a list of animals WARN has published, not a census of Earth
- Dedicated pages for animals that start with A through Z
- Give below the index to fund partner-led rescue in WARN’s network
In brief
This is WARN’s list of animals A to Z — 491 sourced wildlife guides from the aardvark to the zebra. Each guide covers facts, IUCN Red List status, habitat, behaviour and threats. Letter queries such as “animals that start with A” have their own URLs. WARN funds rescue partners in 17 countries; it does not work with every animal listed. Give below the index if you want to fund that work after you browse.
By the WARN Research & Conservation TeamChecked against IUCN Red List & CITES sourcesLast updated
491
Animals A to Z
26
Letters with guides
22
Critically Endangered
110
IUCN threatened guides
Threatened counts follow each guide’s IUCN category (Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable). Group guides may use a status label when one badge would mislead. This is not a census of all animals.
Who should skip this
This is not the right page if you want
- To adopt a dog or cat into your home. WARN does not rehome pets — that is shelter directory.
- A named animal with photo updates. Symbolic adoption is symbolic adoption; monthly sponsorship is sponsor.
- A UK or US pet go-kit after a local flood. That is pet emergency preparedness.
- To donate to one species without browsing this index. Open appeals and pick the programme.
- A complete list of every animal on Earth. This page indexes 491 WARN guides, not a zoological catalogue of all species.
- Gift Aid or a UK charity receipt from WARN — that is registration status, not this page.
How to find an animal in the A to Z list
Stay on this page to search WARN’s 491 wildlife guides A to Z. Confirm you want a sourced species guide, not a local pet. Then search, open a letter URL, open the guide, and give below the index if you also want to fund partner-led rescue.
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Confirm you want a wildlife guide
Stay here if you are looking up an animal by name, letter, IUCN status or region. If you wanted a rescue shelter for dogs near you, stop and open shelter directory. If you wanted to donate to one appeal without browsing, open appeals.
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Search or open a letter page
Use the search box for a common or scientific name. For “animals that start with A” and the rest of that query family, open the dedicated URL — animals that start with A, and the same pattern for every other letter. Filter by group, region or IUCN status when you are browsing the full index rather than one letter.
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Open the sourced guide
Each card and each A to Z link opens a wildlife guide with facts, IUCN context, habitat, threats and FAQs. Group guides (for example bear or parrot) say when one IUCN badge would mislead.
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Give below the index if you want to fund rescue
The form below the letter directory is enough. Choose where it’s needed most, or pick an appeal that matches the animal you just read about. Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay. You do not get a named animal. Cancel a monthly gift any time.
A to Z versus other WARN pages
Use this URL to look an animal up. Use the hub to browse by theme. Use an appeal when you already know which programme to fund.
| Feature | This A to Z | Wildlife guides hub | Species appeals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best if you want | An animal by name or letter | A class, habitat or theme | To fund one programme |
| Checkout | Below the index, plus sticky bar | Then donate or an appeal | On that appeal page |
| WARN field work | Only where the guide says so | Same guides, grouped | The named appeal only |
| Local pet adoption | No — use shelter directory | No | No |
What is the animals A to Z list?
The animals A to Z list is WARN’s free index of 491 sourced wildlife guides, from the aardvark to the zebra. Search by name or jump by letter. Each guide covers facts, IUCN status, habitat, behaviour and threats.
People type “animals A to Z” when they want a list they can scan, not a news article and not a zoo directory. This page is that list. It is the alphabetical door into WARN’s wildlife-guide library — the same guides you can also reach from wildlife guides.
It is not a catalogue of every animal that has ever lived. It is the set of species and companion-animal guides WARN has published, each with sources. New guides join the letter they belong to. The letter bar and the search box are how you move around 491 entries without scrolling the whole alphabet.
How do I find animals that start with a letter?
Open the dedicated letter URL. Animals that start with A live at /animals-that-start-with-a/, animals that start with N at /animals-that-start-with-n/, and the same pattern for every other letter. The count is how many WARN guides begin with that letter — not how many species exist in nature.
Google ranks those URLs, not a hash on this hub. This A to Z remains the searchable encyclopaedia of all 491 guides. Each letter card still has an id such as #letter-n so old bookmarks land on the door to the dedicated page.
If you already know the name, use the search box instead. Scientific names work as well as common names. Filters sit above the cards if you want mammals, birds, or Critically Endangered animals rather than one letter.
How many animals are on this A to Z list?
There are 491 animals in WARN’s A to Z wildlife-guide index, spanning 26 letters from the aardvark to the zebra. 22 are listed as Critically Endangered. 110 are in an IUCN threatened category (Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable).
Those numbers are a count of WARN guides, not a census of life on Earth. A guide may cover one species or a group (bear, parrot, shark) where a single Red List badge would mislead. When a group guide is in the A to Z, it still occupies one slot and one letter.
The count moves when WARN publishes a new guide. The updated date on this page is the newest guide in the library, or the date this index copy last changed — whichever is later.
Does this A to Z include every animal in the world?
No. This is 491 WARN wildlife guides, not a complete zoological catalogue. If an animal is missing, it is not yet in this library — not proof it does not exist.
Search engines still send “list of all animals A to Z” to pages like this. The honest answer is the number on the page. IUCN has assessed tens of thousands of animal species; this site publishes a curated, sourced subset with conservation context a donor or student can actually use.
For extinct animals WARN has covered, use extinct animals. For baby names and group names, use baby animal names and animal group names. Those are different jobs from this A to Z.
What does each animal guide include?
Each guide covers the species’ common and scientific names, IUCN Red List status, range and habitat, behaviour and diet, the threats it faces, and answers to frequently asked questions. Numeric claims are sourced.
Open any letter, then any name. You should find a one-line answer at the top, then the facts a searcher actually asked for — not a fundraising essay pretending to be a field guide. Where WARN funds partner work that touches that species, the guide says so. Where it does not, the guide says that too.
Markdown twins of the species guides live at wildlife guides for answer engines. This A to Z page has its own Markdown mirror for the index itself.
Does WARN rescue every animal listed?
No. Many of these guides are educational. WARN funds rescue and conservation partners across 17 countries. Each guide notes where WARN is, and is not, currently active.
An A to Z that implied every listed animal has a WARN field team would be a lie. Orangutans, street dogs, pangolins and working donkeys sit on live appeals. Aardvarks and many garden birds do not. Reading a guide is free either way.
If you came here to give, use the form on this page and choose where it’s needed most — or pick the appeal that matches the animal you just read about. Restricted gifts can sit unused while another programme is short.
How do I donate after reading an animal guide?
Give on this page, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Choose where it’s needed most, or pick an appeal. A monthly gift is what lets partners plan. You do not get a named animal.
You do not have to leave the A to Z to donate. The form below the letter directory is the same checkout as donate. Stripe emails a receipt. Entry-tier gifts pool across the programme — they are not a named-animal invoice.
If you would rather a symbolic adoption certificate, that is symbolic adoption. If you wanted a local kennel dog, that is shelter directory. Do not post food, blankets or equipment from Britain unless a partner asked in writing.
Which animals on this list are critically endangered?
22 guides on this A to Z are listed as Critically Endangered. Filter the index by IUCN status, or open /wildlife-guides/critically-endangered-animals/ for that list with conservation context.
“Endangered animals A to Z” is a different cut of the same library. Critically Endangered is the highest IUCN risk category we badge here. Endangered and Vulnerable sit in the threatened count (110 guides). Some group guides use a status label instead of one badge when the species underneath do not share a category.
IUCN status can change. Guides cite the assessment they used. This index does not invent a global ranking of “the most endangered animal”.
What is the difference between this A to Z and the wildlife guides hub?
This page is alphabetical — find an animal by name or letter. /wildlife-guides/ groups the same library by class, habitat and theme. Use this URL to look something up. Use the hub to browse mammals, birds, rainforest animals or trafficking.
Both doors open the same guides. Neither is a donate-only URL. The A to Z puts checkout below the index so the first job on this URL is looking an animal up.
German, French and Spanish animal landings under tiere, animaux and animales are conversion pages for selected species — not a translated copy of this full A to Z.
How are these animal facts sourced?
Wildlife-guide facts are checked against named sources — IUCN Red List and CITES where status and trade listings apply, plus the references on each guide. This A to Z does not invent counts that the guides do not support.
The byline on this page is the IUCN and CITES line because the index is a door into those sourced guides. Editorial standards, corrections and AI disclosure live at editorial standards. If a guide is wrong, the corrections log is corrections.
Do not treat a letter heading as an IUCN assessment. The assessment lives on the species page.
Searchable A to Z index
Browse All Animal Guides
Filter the full library by letter, group, status or region. Every card opens a sourced guide with facts, IUCN context and FAQs.
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Showing 1–24 of 491 animals
Homework lists live on their own URLs — start with animals that start with A or animals that start with N. Letter chips still filter this index in place.
Animal group
Least Concern
Mammals
AAardvark
Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766)
Africa's solitary digger — one species, an entire order, built for termites.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Open guide
Least Concern
Reptiles
AAdder
Vipera berus
Britain's only venomous snake — a shy, cold-tolerant viper marked by an unmistakable zigzag.
United Kingdom · Scandinavia and northern Europe
Open guide
Least Concern
Amphibians
AAfrican Clawed Frog
Xenopus laevis
The fully aquatic lab and pet frog
Africa
Open guide
Endangered
Mammals
AAfrican Wild Dog
Lycaon pictus
Africa's cooperative pack hunter
Africa
Open guide
Varies; most albatross species are threatened
Birds
AAlbatross
Diomedeidae
The ocean's greatest gliders — and the world's most threatened bird family.
Southern Ocean · North Pacific
Open guide
Varies by species
Reptiles
AAlligator
Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1802) and Alligator sinensis (Fauvel, 1879)
Armoured survivors of ancient wetlands — powerful, patient and ecologically vital.
United States · China
Open guide
Domesticated
Mammals
AAlpaca
Vicugna pacos (Linnaeus, 1758)
The Andes' woolly camelid — domesticated for millennia, prized for its fleece.
Peru · Bolivia
Open guide
Near Threatened
Mammals
AAmerican Bison
Bison bison
Once numbering 60 million, the mighty American bison now depends on careful management to survive — a cautionary tale and a conservation triumph.
North America · United States
Open guide
Least Concern
Amphibians
AAmerican Bullfrog
Lithobates catesbeianus
North America's largest and loudest frog
North America
Open guide
Domesticated aquarium fish; wild type widespread in the Amazon basin
Fish
AAngelfish
Pterophyllum scalare (Lichtenstein, 1823) — freshwater angelfish, family Cichlidae
Tall, graceful Amazon cichlids — community-tank icons bred into many colour and fin varieties.
South America — Amazon basin (wild type); aquariums worldwide
Open guide
Least Concern
Fish
AAnglerfish
Lophiiformes
The deep-sea hunter with a glowing lure
Oceans
Open guide
Endangered
Mammals
AAnoa
Bubalus depressicornis and B. quarlesi — dwarf buffalo of Sulawesi
The smallest wild cattle on Earth — endemic to Sulawesi and declining in both forest types.
Sulawesi, Indonesia · Endemic — lowland and mountain forests
Open guide
Least Concern
Invertebrates
AAnt
Formicidae
The tireless team-working insect
Africa · Asia
Open guide
Varies by species
Mammals
AAntelope
Family Bovidae, subfamilies Antilopinae, Alcelaphinae, Hippotraginae and others — ~90 species
The hoofed heart of the savanna — ninety species, one extraordinary family.
Africa · Asia
Open guide
Vulnerable
Mammals
AArabian Oryx
Oryx leucoryx (Pallas, 1777) — family Bovidae
The antelope that went extinct in the wild and came back — a case study in what captive breeding can achieve.
Arabian Peninsula — desert and gravel plains of Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Jordan
Open guide
Least Concern
Fish
AArcherfish
Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas, 1767) — family Toxotidae
A fish that shoots insects off leaves with a jet of water — and corrects for refraction.
Indo-Pacific mangroves and estuaries · From India to northern Australia and Melanesia
Open guide
Least Concern globally; the Scandinavian population remains critically small
Mammals
AArctic Fox
Vulpes lagopus (Linnaeus, 1758) — family Canidae
The warmest coat of any mammal, a coat that changes colour, and a species being pushed north by its bigger cousin.
Arctic tundra of Eurasia, North America, Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard · Sea ice in winter
Open guide
Varies; nine-banded armadillo Least Concern
Mammals
AArmadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus and relatives (order Cingulata)
The Americas' armour-plated insect hunters
Central America · South America
Open guide
Least Concern
Invertebrates
AAsian Giant Hornet
Vespa mandarinia
The world's largest hornet
Asia
Open guide
Not Evaluated as a family
Invertebrates
AAssassin Bug
Family Reduviidae — over 7,000 described species worldwide
A predatory bug that stabs prey with a needle rostrum — and some species wear their victims as camouflage.
Worldwide in temperate and tropical regions · Gardens, woodland and scrub
Open guide
Vulnerable
Fish
AAtlantic Cod
Gadus morhua
The fish that built Atlantic nations
Europe · North America
Open guide
Vulnerable
Invertebrates
AAtlantic Horseshoe Crab
Limulus polyphemus
The ancient living fossil with blue blood
Oceans · North America
Open guide
Vulnerable
Birds
AAtlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
The North Atlantic's beloved "sea parrot" — a burrow-nesting seabird whose famous bill fades each winter at sea.
Iceland · Norway and the Faroe Islands
Open guide
Not Evaluated
Invertebrates
AAtlas Moth
Attacus atlas (Linnaeus, 1758) — family Saturniidae
One of the largest moths on Earth — no mouthparts, living on larval fat for a week or two as an adult.
Southeast Asia · Borneo, Sumatra, Malay Peninsula and tropical Asia
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Animals that start with each letter
Each letter has its own encyclopaedia URL — the query Google actually ranks. The number is how many WARN guides begin with that letter, not how many species exist in nature. Old bookmarks such as #letter-n still land on that letter’s card.
| Letter | Guides | Open the letter page |
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| A | 26 | Animals that start with A |
| B | 47 | Animals that start with B |
| C | 54 | Animals that start with C |
| D | 13 | Animals that start with D |
| E | 12 | Animals that start with E |
| F | 14 | Animals that start with F |
| G | 46 | Animals that start with G |
| H | 26 | Animals that start with H |
| I | 6 | Animals that start with I |
| J | 6 | Animals that start with J |
| K | 11 | Animals that start with K |
| L | 18 | Animals that start with L |
| M | 31 | Animals that start with M |
| N | 9 | Animals that start with N |
| O | 12 | Animals that start with O |
| P | 28 | Animals that start with P |
| Q | 4 | Animals that start with Q |
| R | 14 | Animals that start with R |
| S | 63 | Animals that start with S |
| T | 19 | Animals that start with T |
| U | 2 | Animals that start with U |
| V | 6 | Animals that start with V |
| W | 21 | Animals that start with W |
| X | 1 | Animals that start with X |
| Y | 1 | Animals that start with Y |
| Z | 1 | Animals that start with Z |
Animals that start with B
47 guides
Babirusa, Baboon, Badger and 44 more.
Open animals that start with B →Animals that start with C
54 guides
Caecilian, Caiman, Camel and 51 more.
Open animals that start with C →Animals that start with D
13 guides
Daddy Longlegs, Deer, Dhole and 10 more.
Open animals that start with D →Animals that start with E
12 guides
Eagle, Earthworm, Eastern Box Turtle and 9 more.
Open animals that start with E →Animals that start with F
14 guides
Falcon, Fennec Fox, Ferret and 11 more.
Open animals that start with F →Animals that start with G
46 guides
Galápagos Tortoise, Gannet, Garter Snake and 43 more.
Open animals that start with G →Animals that start with H
26 guides
Hammerhead Shark, Hamster, Hare and 23 more.
Open animals that start with H →Animals that start with I
6 guides
Ibex, Ibis, Iguana and 3 more.
Open animals that start with I →Animals that start with J
6 guides
Jackal, Jaguar, Javan Rhino and 3 more.
Open animals that start with J →Animals that start with K
11 guides
Kakapo, Kangaroo, Kea and 8 more.
Open animals that start with K →Animals that start with L
18 guides
Ladybird, Lapwing, Largemouth Bass and 15 more.
Open animals that start with L →Animals that start with M
31 guides
Macaque, Macaw, Madagascar Hissing Cockroach and 28 more.
Open animals that start with M →Animals that start with N
9 guides
Naked Mole-Rat, Narwhal, Nautilus and 6 more.
Open animals that start with N →Animals that start with O
12 guides
Ocean Sunfish, Ocelot, Octopus and 9 more.
Open animals that start with O →Animals that start with P
28 guides
Pallas's Cat, Palm Cockatoo, Pangolin and 25 more.
Open animals that start with P →Animals that start with Q
4 guides
Quail, Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, Quetzal and 1 more.
Open animals that start with Q →Animals that start with R
14 guides
Rabbit, Raccoon, Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise and 11 more.
Open animals that start with R →Animals that start with S
63 guides
Saiga Antelope, Salamander, Salmon and 60 more.
Open animals that start with S →Animals that start with T
19 guides
Tapir, Tarantula, Tardigrade and 16 more.
Open animals that start with T →Animals that start with U
2 guides
Uakari, Urial.
Open animals that start with U →Animals that start with V
6 guides
Vaquita, Velvet Worm, Victoria Crowned Pigeon and 3 more.
Open animals that start with V →Animals that start with W
21 guides
Wagtail, Wallaby, Walrus and 18 more.
Open animals that start with W →Animals that start with X
1 guide
Xerus (African Ground Squirrel).
Open animals that start with X →Animals that start with Y
1 guide
Yak.
Open animals that start with Y →Animals that start with Z
1 guide
Zebra.
Open animals that start with Z →After you browse
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Popular animal questions
Answers People Search For
Short, structured answers that connect high-volume animal searches back to WARN's wildlife guides and conservation explainers.
Wildlife
What is the largest animal on Earth?
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest animal ever known — reaching about 30 metres and 180 tonnes. It is a marine mammal, not a fish. The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest animal known to have lived — larger than any sauropod dinosaur.
Wildlife
What is the fastest land animal?
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is the fastest land animal — reaching roughly 110 km/h (68 mph) in short bursts over flat ground. It accelerates faster than most sports cars but tires quickly. Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) hold verified top land speed — short bursts near 110 km/h on flat ground.
Wildlife
What is a mammal?
Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates with hair or fur, three middle-ear bones, and females that produce milk to nurse young. Humans, dogs, whales, bats and elephants are all mammals. Mammals (class Mammalia) are vertebrates with hair or fur, three middle-ear bones, and females that produce milk to nurse young.
Wildlife
Are bats mammals?
Yes. Bats are mammals — the only mammals capable of true powered flight. They nurse pups with milk and are warm-blooded. With more than 1,400 species, bats (order Chiroptera) are the second-largest mammal group after rodents. They nurse pups with milk and are endothermic.
Wildlife
Are dolphins fish or mammals?
Dolphins are mammals. They breathe air through a blowhole, nurse their young with milk, and are warm-blooded — despite living in the sea. Dolphins belong to the order Cetacea alongside whales and porpoises. Like all mammals, they have lungs, mammary glands and hair follicles at birth — even though adults appear hairless and fish-like in shape.
Wildlife
What is the difference between a turtle and a tortoise?
Tortoises live on land with sturdy, unwebbed feet and high-domed shells. Turtles live in water and have webbed feet or flippers and more streamlined shells. Taxonomically, tortoises belong to the order Testudines — the turtle order — but “turtle” in everyday speech usually means aquatic or semi-aquatic species while “tortoise” means land specialists in the family Testudinidae.
Wildlife
What is the difference between an alligator and a crocodile?
Alligators have broad, U-shaped snouts and only upper teeth visible when the mouth is closed; crocodiles have narrower V-shaped snouts and a fourth tooth on each side of the lower jaw that shows when closed. Crocodiles tolerate salt water; alligators are mainly freshwater.
Conservation
What is the IUCN Red List?
The IUCN Red List is the global standard for assessing extinction risk. Expert groups assign each species a category from Least Concern to Extinct based on population size, decline rate and range. The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species is the authoritative inventory of extinction risk for plants, fungi and animals worldwide.
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Animals A to Z: frequently asked questions
How many animals are in the A to Z index?
There are 491 animals in WARN’s A to Z wildlife-guide index, spanning 26 letters from the aardvark to the zebra. That is a count of published guides, not of every animal on Earth.
Are the wildlife guides free to read?
Yes. Every wildlife guide is free to read and is published for education. WARN is funded by donations, which pay for the rescue and conservation work behind the guides — not a paywall on the facts.
Does WARN work with every animal listed?
No. Many of these guides are educational. WARN funds rescue and conservation partners across 17 countries, and each guide notes where WARN is, and is not, currently active.
What does each animal guide include?
Each guide covers the species’ common and scientific names, IUCN Red List status, range and habitat, behaviour and diet, the threats it faces, and answers to frequently asked questions.
How do I find animals that start with A?
Open animals that start with A. Every letter has the same pattern: animals that start with N for N, animals that start with Y for Y, and so on. This A to Z hub is the searchable encyclopaedia of the full library. Search by name if you already know the animal.
Is this a complete list of every animal in the world?
No. This A to Z indexes 491 WARN wildlife guides. Missing from the list means WARN has not published that guide yet — not that the animal does not exist.
How do I donate after using the animals A to Z?
Give on this page. Choose where it’s needed most, or pick an appeal that matches the animal you read about. Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Stripe emails a receipt. You do not get a named animal.
Can I give monthly from this page?
Yes. Use the monthly toggle on the form on this page. A regular gift is what lets partners plan the next clinic, patrol or intake. You can change or cancel later. A one-off gift still matters.
How can I help animals from the UK after browsing this A to Z?
Give on this page by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. You do not need to travel or post a parcel from Britain. If you wanted a local pet, use shelter directory. Gift Aid is not available — see registration status.
How do I find endangered animals A to Z?
Filter this index by IUCN status, or open most endangered animals and critically endangered animals. 22 guides here are Critically Endangered; 110 are in a threatened IUCN category.
What is the difference between this page and the wildlife guides hub?
This page is alphabetical. wildlife guides groups the same library by class, habitat and theme. Use this URL to look an animal up by name or letter. Use the hub to browse mammals, birds or rainforest species.
Can I adopt an animal from this list?
Not into your home. WARN does not rehome pets. Local adoption is shelter directory. Symbolic adoption of a species WARN actually funds is symbolic adoption. A gift on this page is a donation, not ownership.
Are the animal facts sourced?
Yes. Guides cite IUCN Red List and CITES where those datasets apply, plus the references on each page. Editorial standards are at editorial standards. This A to Z does not add unsourced counts.
Is a gift from this page Gift Aid eligible or US tax-deductible?
No. Gift Aid is only available to UK registered charities. World Animal Rescue Network is a registered global not-for-profit animal welfare organisation, not a registered charity. International donors should check their own local rules. Full detail is at registration status. You still receive a payment receipt.
Should I post parcels or supplies after reading a guide?
Please donate money instead, unless a named partner has asked for a specific item in writing. Parcels from Britain usually arrive late and cost more than buying locally. A card gift on this page is the fastest way to help.
Sources and references
- IUCN Red List — Extinction-risk categories on each wildlife guide
- CITES — International trade listings cited on relevant guides
- WARN editorial standards — Sourcing hierarchy, corrections and AI disclosure
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