As the world's largest alliance of animal welfare organizations, WSPA works with its partners where animal welfare need is the greatest. Below are some of WSPA's greatest achievements, broken out by our four key project areas.

Project Area #1: Disasters
"Hurricane Alley" and Southeast Asia - when disasters strike, can deploy teams immediately from centers in these regions.

Some key accomplishments with our partners in 2009:

• Costa Rica - tended to about 6,500 animals, from dogs and cats to farm animals, when earthquake struck.
• Samoa, Phillippines, and Indonesia - when tsunamis, cyclones, and earthquakes wreaked havoc, stopped the suffering of thousands of animals.
• Gaza - treated pets and livestock of 635 families and performed 83 surgeries.
• Bihar, India - administered emergency first aid to over a thousand animals affected by flooding.

Past years' highlights:

• In 2008, helped about 225,000 animals
• In 2007, cared for more than 110,000 animals
• In 2006, gave relief to about 80,000 animals

No doubt, the frequency and intensity of disasters is increasing each year. Annually millions of animals die or suffer needlessly due to little or no disaster risk reduction in developing nations.

So, WSPA is putting in place in these countries, for the first time ever, government-led disaster response for animals.

Pilot program has proven successful.

• Costa Rica - increased survival rate of animals by 50% when earthquake struck.

Project Area #2: Companion Animals
Stray Dogs & Cats

Worldwide - each year, WSPA helps tens of thousands of homeless dogs and cats struggling for survival on the streets.

Some key accomplishments with our partners in 2009:

• Worldwide - advised The World Organisation for Animal Health on humane dog population control, to help prevent culls.
• Canada - worked with indigenous communities on stray dog population issues; sterilized 459 animals; educated community members on responsible pet ownership.
• Costa Rica - The National Animal Health Service agreed to create a formal program on companion animals' breeding and trade.
• Kathmandu, Nepal - zero rabies cases and zero cruel stray dog culls.

Past years' highlights:

In 2008:

• 10 countries - government committed to ending cruel stray control
• 16 countries - implemented humane population management projects; sterilized and/or vaccinated over 60,000 dogs and cats; educated nearly 50,000 people on responsible pet ownership.

In 2007:

• 12 countries - educated people on responsible pet ownership; sterilized and/or vaccinated nearly 70,000 dogs.
• 16 countries - implemented humane population management projects.

In 2006:

• Sterilized and/or vaccinated around 52,000 dogs and cats.
• 7 countries - educated people on humane handling and welfare.

Working Equines
Worldwide - find practical solutions to alleviate inhumane conditions of working animals in the developing world.

• In 2009, in 5 countries, held workshops to gain insight on issues faced by horse owners and to introduce practical, sustainable solutions.
• In 2008, began far-reaching, long-term solution equine care projects in 6 countries.
• In 2007, more than 300,000 working horses, donkeys and mules helped in 8 countries.
• In 2006, nearly 240,000 working horses and donkeys helped in 7 countries.

Project Area #3: Wildlife
Worldwide - every day WSPA works to stop the use of wild animals for food, fur, or entertainment.

Some key accomplishments with our partners in 2009:

• United States - stopped Origins skin care from offering inhumane "Swim with the dolphins" program as a sweepstakes prize.
• Vietnam - pioneered a monitoring system to help phase out cruel practice of bear bile farming for traditional Asian medicine.
• Pakistan - continue to stop about 80% of planned bear baiting events
• Congo - first ever release of rehabilitated bonobos back into their natural habitat

Past years' highlights:

In 2008:

• Worldwide - reduced number of "dancing" bears by as much as 50%
• Pakistan - stopped almost 80% of planned bear baiting events
• Greenland - saved humpback whales from slaughter

In 2007:

• Borneo, Indonesia - began supporting the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary to secure the lives of more than 600 endangered orangutans.
• Pakistan - 3,000 religious leaders supported an end to bear baiting.

In 2006,

• Worldwide - more than 40 traditional Asian medicine practitioners committed to not promoting products containing bear bile.
• Kenya - 75% reduction in number of illegal bushmeat snares collected in Tsavo National Park.

Project Area #4: Farm Animals
Worldwide  - each year, WSPA's campaigns address the inhumane treatment of over 60 million farm animals.

Some key accomplishments with our partners in 2009:

• United States - in Hawaii stopped the use of "Island Produced" label on pork from live pigs imported from mainland U.S.
• United States - Eat Humane public awareness campaign has educated millions of Americans on purchasing more animal-friendly foods.
• Brazil - hundreds of people in agriculture industry trained in humane animal handling - potential to improve conditions for millions of farm animals.

Past years' highlights:

In 2008,

• United States - 11% fewer pigs endured terrible journey from mainland U.S. to Hawaii.
• China and Brazil - these countries, two of world's largest producers of animal products, started "humane" model farms.
• China - trained more than 3,000 slaughterhouse staff on humane methods, benefits around 50 million pigs and 9 million chickens.
• Brazil - cattle no longer exported from port of Belem, about 33,000 cattle spared from cruel long distance transport.

In 2007,

• Taiwan - inhumane slaughter became a criminal offense.
• China - Memorandum of Understanding signed to begin humane slaughter methods.
• Brazil and China - agreements signed to introduce "humane" model farms.

In 2006,

• Brazil - suspended long distance transport of thousands of animals.
• Israel - foie gras production banned, sparing tens of thousands of ducks and geese.
• Korea - conducted first in-depth pig welfare investigation.

Our successes - large and small - simply would not have been possible without the help of our many partners, including you! Together we continue to do more good for more animals. Thank you.