World Animal Protection

Opinion | Why proposed Irrawaddy dolphin festival in Cambodian commune is too late – the local population has been wiped out already

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Tiger X, Orangutan Y or Dugong Z would not have been so loved if they had been born in earlier times. The last of their kind they may be, but we value them primarily because they represent a disappearing opportunity – to either ward off yet more loss to the planetary biodiversity we know is … Read more

The horrific toll of wildlife farming: torture, malnourishment, PTSD and disease, both human and animal

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Wildlife farms also put caretakers, tourists and the greater public at risk of zoonotic diseases such as Covid-19, the research found. An adult male white lion with a skin lesion kept at a safari enclosure. In South Africa, around 8,000 lions are being bred at 366 facilities for purposes such as tourist entertainment – including … Read more