World Society for the Protection of Animals
Short Name
WSPA
Address Line 1
F3, Rm.313, Building E1
Address Line 2
Diplomatic Compound
Street - Number and Name
No.6 Dang Van Ngu
District
City
Hanoi
Province – Vietnam
Phone
+84 4 62764027
Fax
Email Address
Contact Person – Vietnam
Ha Cam Tam, Vietnam Project Manager
Vietnam Website
International Website
International Headquarters
Mission Statement
Our vision: a world where animal welfare matters and animal cruelty has ended. The World Society for the Protection of Animals exists to tackle animal cruelty across the globe. We work directly with animals and with the people and organisations that can ensure animals are treated with respect and compassion. With your support, we campaign effectively to combat the world’s most intense and large-scale animal welfare issues. We bring about lasting change by: • helping people understand the critical importance of good animal welfare • encouraging nations to commit to animal-friendly practices • building the scientific case for the better treatment of animals.
History of operations in Vietnam
WSPA started to work in Vietnam in July 2005 with the "Captive Bears Microchipping and Raise Public Awareness on Bears Protection Programme" project. By the end of the project (2007) nearly 4000 captive bears across Vietnam were transplanted with microchips. The aim was to stop new wild bears to be caught onto farms. In January 2008, WSPA continued their support for the Forest Protection Department (FPD) of MARD to implement the project "Captive Bears Monitoring and Raising Public Awareness on Bear Protection Programme. In order to ensure the success of the monitoring, a model of monitoring was developed and pilotted in some provinces. Then the monitoring model was implemented in the central region of Vietnam including 17 provinces. In 2011, in consultation with CITES MA, WSPA has signed an MOU with CITES MA. According to this MOU, the 2 year project will be implemented. In this project, a new circular on Captive bears management will be developed and followed by trainings for provincial FPD on the new circular. In addition, public awareness on bears protection will be implemented.