WSPA's Work

A brown bear in a WSPA-funded sanctuary, Romania

Bears

Campaigning to protect bears from cruelty and captivity
A stray dog in a dumpster, Sri Lanka

Companion animals

Working with stray animals in developing countries and remote northern Canadian communities
Aerial view of a bear baiting event taking place in Pakistan

Blood sports

Blood sports and any other staged fights between animals cause unnecessary suffering.
Chicken at organic free range farm

Farm Animals

Farm animal welfare is the biggest animal welfare problem in the world today
Member society programme helping owners care for their working horses, Guatemala

Universal Declaration

Achieving international recognition of the importance of animal welfare
Monkey in a Roadside Zoo in Canada

Roadside Zoos

Animals are suffering in roadside zoos throughout Canada
A working mule, Argentina

Working horses

Working horses are often overworked and poorly cared for
Cattle in a flooded pen, Bolivia

Disaster Relief

Animal welfare is a vital part of rebuilding of communities after a disaster
An orangutan cared for by the BOS Foundation

Saving the orangutan

These endangered apes face deforestation and random culling
A slaughtered fin whale is towed to shore

Whaling

Thousands of whales are inhumanely killed every year in bloody hunts
Snares removed by a team working in Kenya

Bushmeat

The bushmeat trade is one of the biggest threats to the welfare of wildlife today
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Bullfighting

This violent blood sport pits a bull against men wielding weapons

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