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When I was at school, many years ago, the vital skills to master were the three Rs: reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic. Over the years, those skills have proved just as important as my teacher insisted they would. However, nowadays, in my role as President of International Animal Rescue, my commitment is to the three Cs: Compassion, Conservation and Community.

Compassion has always been at the heart of IAR’s mission. It has been the driving force behind our efforts to save an animal from suffering and give it a second chance to live as nature intended. Compassion means caring about the individual. And, without wishing to sound too sentimental, it comes from the heart. Human activity is threatening the world’s biodiversity as never before.

Our goal is to conserve wildlife species and the habitats they need to survive. Our holistic conservation strategy, known as IARconserves, aims to deliver sustainable solutions to benefit us all – animals, people and the planet as a whole. To halt habitat loss and biodiversity decline, IARconserves looks to address the root cause of the problem and tackle every aspect of it.

Community is built into the heart of IARconserves. It is through community that we turn our feelings of compassion and our commitment to conservation into action. Whether it be indigenous communities in Indonesia restoring fragmented forest and monitoring released orangutans, or groups of loyal donors and fundraisers across the world generating the money to make this work possible, every community, large or small, is part of our IAR family - and we are so very grateful to you all.

Alan Knight OBE - President

Alan 2022