Donate £3 a month
…and you could support our work with partners, helping rescue and rehabilitate macaques exploited as “dancing monkeys” and supporting their return to the wild where possible.
Animals are suffering
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Donate £6 a month
…and you could support our work to raise awareness about the cruelty behind riding, hugging and bathing elephants, and help transform venues into elephant-friendly sanctuaries.
Donate £10 a month
…and you could help protect tigers and other big cats from exploitation, supporting our work to strengthen laws, influence authorities and shut down cruel tourism practices.
Behind many tourist attractions, wild animals are living controlled and unnatural lives.
To meet demand for rides, shows and close‑contact experiences, animals are confined, trained and handled in ways that cause long‑term physical and psychological harm.
This includes:
- Monkeys stolen from the wild and taken from their mothers, then subjected to harsh training so they can be forced to “dance” or perform for tourists.
- Elephants controlled through fear and used for rides, shows and bathing experiences that deny their natural behaviour and social needs.
- Dolphins confined to tanks far smaller than their natural range and made to perform repetitive, unnatural tricks for human entertainment.
- Tigers and lions bred in captivity for tourist attractions, including cub handling and photo opportunities, often spending their whole lives confined.
What visitors see is often designed to look enjoyable, while the suffering behind these attractions remains hidden.
That’s why we work to tackle cruelty at its root and support ethical, higher‑welfare alternatives within the tourism industry.
Why monthly support matters
Cruel animal entertainment doesn’t stop overnight, and animals can be made to suffer for years.
Monthly donations enable us to take sustained action. They help us keep rescuing and protecting animals, challenging harmful tourism practices, and working with governments and industry to build a better world for animals.
Your regular support provides the long‑term protection animals urgently need.
How World Animal Protection helps end tourism cruelty
World Animal Protection works to protect animals used in tourism by tackling both immediate suffering and the systems that allow it to continue.
Your support helps us to:
- Rescue and rehabilitate animals saved from abusive tourist entertainment
- Transform venues into true, high-welfare sanctuaries
- Challenge travel companies and online platforms promoting cruel wildlife attractions
- Work with governments to strengthen laws and enforcement
- Educate tourists so demand for animal cruelty declines
This approach protects animals today and helps prevent future suffering.
We are a global organisation with decades of experience ending animal cruelty, working with partners, governments and communities worldwide to drive lasting change.
When you start a monthly donation, you’ll join a growing movement of people determined to change the world for animals.
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World Animal Protection is the global voice for animals.
We’re respected for our knowledge and expertise. And we’re building a movement of millions of people determined to end animal cruelty and suffering.
Read more about our work, how we are run and how your money is spent.
We will use your donation where the need is greatest to protect animals, like those featured in this appeal, from cruelty and suffering.
Image credits: Hero image: Amy Jones / Moving Animals | All other images by World Animal Protection