# International Animal Rescue launch online fundraising cyberpet

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/04/27/international-animal-rescue-launch-online-fundraising-cyberpet/
- Published: 2004-04-27T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

International Animal Rescue’s Cybear is a cyberpet that can be downloaded to live
on a PC and which is designed to raise funds and spread information about the charity’s
work rescuing ‘dancing’ bears.
Cybear is interactive! You can click his food bowl
to feed him, click the roll at the bottom of the tree to visit the IAR website or
click his mailbox to find out how to register for latest news and updates, as they
happen!

 

 

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Interestingly the readme file which opens when Cybear is installed suggests “We 
recommend that you consider the option of making a small donation to the work of
IAR”.

 

 

Clicking on the screensaver for further information takes you to the IAR site where
you view a compelling, concise appeal on behalf of the bears, before being taken
to a donation page. IAR uses Paypal to handle transactions, and promotes both one-
off and regular gifts. Both include a Gift Aid drop-down box to enable the charity
to reclaim tax paid on donations by UK tax-payers.

 

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