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Wildlife. Not Entertainers

From wild animal selfies to swimming with dolphins and elephant riding to petting lion cubs and taking tiger selfies, cruelty to animals in the entertainment industry is rampant.

Behind the smile: The multi-billion dollar dolphin entertainment industry
The Show Can't Go On: The suffering of captive wild animals at zoos and aquariums linked to WAZA
The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity: The lives of captive marine mammals are impoverished
Associated With Cruelty: How travel trade associations are ignoring wild animal abuse
Wildlife Abusement Parks: Wildlife entertainment tourism in Bali, Limbok and Gili Trawangan
A Close Up On Cruelty: The harmful impact of wildlife selfies in the Amazon
Taken For a Ride: The conditions for elephants used in tourism in Asia
Tiger Selfies Exposed: A portrait of Thailand’s tiger entertainment industry
The Cayman Turtle Farm: A continued case for change

Change for Chickens

32 day old broiler meat chickens in a commercial indoor system

Too often, the reality behind the world’s favourite meat is unacceptable suffering - and the ones supporting this suffering are fast food giants like KFC, Burger King, and McDonald's.

Valuing higher welfare chicken: Making the financial case for more humane chicken production
The Pecking Order: How leading global fast-food companies are failing the chickens their businesses depend on
The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare Report: (BBFAW) A leading global measure of farm animal welfare
Exposing the secret suffering of chickens farmed for meat: Demand for chicken meat continues to rise, worsening their suffering

Wildlife. Not Medicine

The demand for traditional Asian medicine is threatening wildlife populations around the world. From big cat farms to pangolin poaching, iconic animals are being pushed to the bring of extinction to fuel a scientifically unproven practice.

Cruel Cures: The industry behind bear bile production and how to end it
Trading Cruelty: How big cat farming fuels the traditional Asian medicine industry
Suffering at Scale: Investigating pangolin poaching in Hassam, India
Uncovering a Secret Slaughter: Suriname's jaguar trade exposed
Unbearable: A deeper look at the international bear bile trade

Raise Pigs Right

Millions of pigs around the world are raised on cruel factory farms that confine them to cages and barren environments, mutilate piglets to prevent fighting in overcrowded spaces, and break their spirits by not allowing them to express their natural behaviours.

Pork and the Superbug Crisis: How higher welfare farming is better for pigs and people
The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare Report: (BBFAW) A leading global measure of farm animal welfare
A Pig's Tale: Exposing the facts of factory farming

Wildlife. Not Pets

Each year, millions of wild animals are captured from their natural habitats or born into captivity, just to become pets. Our houses are not suitable homes for a wild animal.

Suffering in Silence: Uncovering the cruelty of the global trade in Ball pythons
The 'Big 5' and 'Little 5' Report: Exploiting Africa's wildlife
Otters as Pets in Southeast Asia: A social media craze is fueling otters' demise
Wild at Heart: The hidden cruelty behind the exotic pet trade of African grey parrots

Sea Change

A staggering 640,000 tons of abandoned fishing gear (ghost gear) is left in our oceans each year. This gear traps, mutilates, and kills hundreds of thousands of animals annually.

Ghosts Beneath the Waves (2nd Edition): Ghost gear’s catastrophic impact on our oceans, and the urgent action needed from industry
Ghosts Beneath the Waves (1st Edition): Ghost gear’s catastrophic impact on our oceans, and the urgent action needed from industry
Fishing's Phantom Menace: How ghost fishing gear is endangering our sea life

Our investigations team has written a plethora of research reports that inform the world about complex animal protection issues around the globe.

Browse our research reports

Our reports are organised by campaign and listed in order from newest to oldest.

Wildlife. Not Entertainers

From wild animal selfies to swimming with dolphins and elephant riding to petting lion cubs and taking tiger selfies, cruelty to animals in the entertainment industry is rampant.

Change for Chickens

Too often, the reality behind the world’s favourite meat is unacceptable suffering - and the ones supporting this suffering are fast food giants like KFC, Burger King, and McDonald's.

Wildlife. Not Medicine

The demand for traditional Asian medicine is threatening wildlife populations around the world. From big cat farms to pangolin poaching, iconic animals are being pushed to the bring of extinction to fuel a scientifically unproven practice.

Raise Pigs Right

Millions of pigs around the world are raised on cruel factory farms that confine them to cages and barren environments, mutilate piglets to prevent fighting in overcrowded spaces, and break their spirits by not allowing them to express their natural behaviours.

Wildlife. Not Pets

Each year, millions of wild animals are captured from their natural habitats or born into captivity, just to become pets. Our houses are not suitable homes for a wild animal.

Sea Change

A staggering 640,000 tons of abandoned fishing gear (ghost gear) is left in our oceans each year. This gear traps, mutilates, and kills hundreds of thousands of animals annually.

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Our investigations team has written a plethora of research reports that inform the world about complex animal protection issues around the globe.

Browse our research reports

Our reports are organised by campaign and listed in order from newest to oldest.

Wildlife. Not Entertainers

From wild animal selfies to swimming with dolphins and elephant riding to petting lion cubs and taking tiger selfies, cruelty to animals in the entertainment industry is rampant.

Change for Chickens

Too often, the reality behind the world’s favourite meat is unacceptable suffering - and the ones supporting this suffering are fast food giants like KFC, Burger King, and McDonald's.

Wildlife. Not Medicine

The demand for traditional Asian medicine is threatening wildlife populations around the world. From big cat farms to pangolin poaching, iconic animals are being pushed to the bring of extinction to fuel a scientifically unproven practice.

Raise Pigs Right

Millions of pigs around the world are raised on cruel factory farms that confine them to cages and barren environments, mutilate piglets to prevent fighting in overcrowded spaces, and break their spirits by not allowing them to express their natural behaviours.

Wildlife. Not Pets

Each year, millions of wild animals are captured from their natural habitats or born into captivity, just to become pets. Our houses are not suitable homes for a wild animal.

Sea Change

A staggering 640,000 tons of abandoned fishing gear (ghost gear) is left in our oceans each year. This gear traps, mutilates, and kills hundreds of thousands of animals annually.

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