De Waal & Associates

April 21, 2015, SAN FRANCISCO CA – Animal Defenders International (ADI) is celebrating as San Francisco Board of Supervisors cast their final vote today, unanimously approving a ban on wild animal performances in the city.

Funds urgently needed as ADI team prepares to collect Cholita

MARCH 23, 2015, Peru: Best-selling children’s author and Paddington bear creator Michael Bond has backed a campaign by Animal Defenders International (ADI) to save a real-life Paddington bear called “Cholita” in northern Peru, whose heartbreaking...

MARCH 20, 2015, Peru: In a tale reminiscent of “Paddington – the bear from darkest Peru” – Animal Defenders International (ADI) and Government agencies are working around the clock to rescue a bear in northern Peru called “Cholita.” Cholita...

“I’m still learning after all these years,” says Joan Benedict Steiger.

March 17, 2015, Evansville, IN – Lion Ark, a film about the dramatic rescue of 25 lions from circuses in Bolivia and their amazing journey to a sanctuary in Colorado, is screening at the Alhambra Theatre Film Festival.

March 11, 2015, BOULDER, CO - This weekend at the Boulder International Film Festival 2015 audiences voted an animal rights film and a conservation film as the best two feature films of the festival with ‘Lion Ark’ winning the People’s Choice Award...

SAG Foundation invites you and your guest to attend Conversations with 3 HOLES AND A SMOKING GUN Screening followed by a Q&A with James Wilder Monday, March 9 7pm SAG Foundation Actors Center 5757 Wilshire Blvd, Mezzanine Level Los Angeles, CA...

March 5, 2015, LOS ANGELES, CA – Following the announcement from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus that they will phase out elephants from their shows, Animal Defenders International (ADI) is calling on Ringling Bros.

February 20, 2015, LIMA, PERU: Lions and tigers in traveling circuses often suffer in silent agony for years due to broken and infected teeth.