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Unlocking the secrets to animal welfare - Care for the Rare sheds light on how we establish what really matters to animals to inform our habitat designs and management plans. We also explain how a failure to identify and focus on the actual needs of species in many enrichment programs is negatively impacting welfare.

Care for the Rare launches an AWPIS welfare priority assessment for Orangutan - as the least social of the great apes, we are excited to see what we'll learn about this species' needs to help inform habitat design and management in zoos and rescue / rehab facilities

Care For the Rare has worked with Four Paws for nearly a decade raising standards of animal welfare around the world in Four Paws extensive sanctuary network. As that collaboration deepens, Four Paws and Care for the Rare plan to bring the latest innovation in welfare orientated facility design to sanctuaries around the world.

Care for the Rare's AWPIS assessment on polar bears has reignited the debate on the future of polar bears in captivity. The Born Free Foundation's report on polar bears in zoos drew heavily on the finding of our assessment but came to very different conclusions than we did, find out why.

Have you ever wondered why captive tigers pace? Our AWPIS assessment of the needs of tigers revealed why, and we have been developing innovative solutions to address these needs that will re-shape the future of tiger care and facility design

Conservation and animal welfare are traditionally represented by different organisations - Care for the Rare breaks the mould by focusing on both - find out why.

It might seem strange to rescue animals during a time of human crisis. Find out why that might matter to both people and animals.

Find out what Care for the Rare's polar bear welfare assessment might mean to the future of polar bear care and the zoos and wildlife parks responsible for them.

Care for the Rare brings together an international coalition of experts from around the world to update welfare priorities for polar bears - a species of carnivore that has been shown to be the most sensitive to captivity.