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APES CIC Rescue, rehabilitation, rehoming and public support across the APES network.

About the organisation

A volunteer-led APES CIC committed to the three Rs.

Learn how APES CIC works across rescue, rehabilitation, rehoming and public support while staying volunteer-led and welfare-first.

Welfare-first Volunteer-led Non-profit
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The three Rs

Rescue, rehabilitate and rehome.

The live page describes APES as a small shelter and rescue service supporting people with specialist exotic pets. It explains rescue as responding when animals are in need, rehabilitation as helping them recover with proper care, and rehoming as finding suitable adoptive homes.

Three Rs in practice

Rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming depend on calm, welfare-first handling.

This supporting image reinforces the public explanation of the three Rs without implying a specific current APES case or outcome.

APES team members handling reptile-care equipment and speaking through a welfare handover in a calm indoor setting.

Transparency

The public copy says APES tries to be transparent and publish data that it can share publicly.

All staff are volunteers

The live site asks the public to treat unpaid volunteers with respect.

Non-profit operation

Fees, product sales and donations support the rescue centre and related services.

Content review note

The live page contains copy issues such as "Satuday", "center" and other wording inconsistencies. Those are captured in the content audit for APES review rather than silently rewritten into policy-like commitments.