Help stop the cruelty of wildlife farming
In farms around the world, wild animals are being bred for profit
Across the world, wild animals are being bred into lives of misery. Lions are confined and killed for their bones. Bears are trapped in tiny cages, their bile drained from their bodies. Pangolins are being poached to extinction for their scales. Monkeys and otters are snatched and sold as pets. Crocodiles and snakes are farmed and slaughtered for skin.
These are just a few of the species suffering in silence.
This isn’t conservation. It’s cruelty—systematic, legal, and hidden behind closed doors.
Many of these wild animals are bred in filthy, overcrowded conditions. Some are mutilated. Some are killed young. Others spend their entire lives caged, never feeling sunlight, never escaping the noise, fear or pain.
Wildlife farming exists to meet demand—for fashion, traditional medicine, status or entertainment. It’s the animals that pay the price.
An estimated 5.5 billion wild animals are being farmed in captivity across more than 90 countries. This is not an isolated problem—it’s a global industry, fuelled by silence and profit.
With your support, we can expose the reality behind the profits and push for a global shift. World Animal Protection is calling for national bans, holding industries accountable, and working with local communities to build humane, sustainable alternatives that don't rely on cruelty.
This isn’t just about a few species. It’s about millions of animals, suffering behind the scenes so that someone, somewhere, can buy a bag, a bottle, a photo, a pet.
It doesn’t have to be this way
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Together, we can stop the next generation of wild animals from being bred into a life of pain.
READ THE BRED FOR PROFIT REPORTImages are by Jan Schmidt-Burbach
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