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The purpose of Wild Animal Rescue Network Asia (WARN) is to enhance the capabilities of East and South East Asian wildlife rescue centres to rescue and conserve wildlife, provide conservation awareness education for the public and advocate minimum standards for wildlife rescue centres.

Wild Animal Rescue Network Asia is comprised of people and organisations in East and South-east Asia that work hands-on in the following activities:

    • Wildlife Rescue Centers
    • Government Departments on Wildlife and Nature
    • Wildlife Law Enforcement Assistance
    • Animal Welfare Organisations
    • Wildlife Hospitals
    • Mobile Wildlife Clinics
    • Wildlife Rehabilitation Projects

Law Enforcement

Wildlife translocation (Sabah - Malaysia)

Wildlife translocation (Sabah - Malaysia)

Bear rescue (Cambodia)

Exchanging Information

Poaching - Wild Animal Confiscation

Providing Medical Assistance

Wildlife translocation (Sabah - Malaysia)

Objectives

  • Rescue Rehabilitate and Release wildlife
  • Conduct, Encourage and Assist public Education programmes to highlight wildlife Conservation issues
  • Conduct relevant Research that will assist in the rescue, Rehabilitation and Release process and hence contribute to the collective knowledge for the species
  • Care for and provide good Quality of Life for Rescued animals held in our centres
  • Promote Camaraderie and Cooperation among wildlife rescue centres
  • Provide a forum in which members can Exchange Information, share Expertise and Coordinate Activities of Common Interests
  • Support in situ wildlife Conservation and Research programmes and promote their integration with ex situ programmes in WARN Institutions
  • Advocacy and Support for implementing Effective national and international Wildlife Conservation Laws and Policies

Documents to view or download

To view the WARN constitution click here WARN constitution

To view the WARN bylaws click here WARN Bylaws

To view the WARN 2011 Communique click here WARN Communique

Warn History

WARN (ASIA) stands for Wild Animal Rescue Network, a network of wild animal rescue centers, wildlife law enforcement groups, and officials and animal protection groups. In East and Sout-East Asia.

WARN was established as a registered foundation in August 2013 after several meetings were held in Taiwan, Vietnam, and Thailand.

Currently WARN has members in the following countries; China, Taiwan R.O.C., South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, we hope to include members from Myanmar, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, Japan, and North Korea soon.

2009 – 1st meeting of WARN was held at Pin Tung University in Kaochung, Taiwan

2010 – 2nd meeting was held in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam

2011 – 3rd meeting was hosted by WFFT in Thailand

2013 – WARN officially legally registered

2012 – 4th Annual meeting in Sabah, Malaysia

2014 – 6th WARN annual meeting by KFBG in Hong Kong

2015 – 7th WARN annual meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

2016 – 8th WARN meeting at WFFT in Thailand

2017 – 9th WARN meeting at EPRC in Vietnam

2018 – 10th WARN meeting PTRC in Taiwan (R.O.C.)

2019 – 11th WARN meeting hosted by WFFT in Thailand

2023 – 12th WARN meeting  hosted by WFFT in Thailand

2024 – 13th WARN meeting to be hosted by Free the Bears in Lao PDR

With annual meetings, we hope to further strengthen our ties, exchange knowledge, information, and ideas, to tackle local and national problems on a regional level.

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