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The global trade of wild animals is cruel and puts our health and the world economy at risk from pandemics like COVID-19. Join us in calling on African Governments to support and champion a global ban on the wildlife trade.

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The G20 must act to end the global wildlife trade

Tell global leaders to act now to protect wildlife, our health and the planet. Before it's too late

We’re running out of time to protect wild animals.

We need them to end the global wildlife trade, before it’s too late.

 Every day they don’t act, thousands more wild animals are poached or farmed and sold into the global multi-billion-dollar trade – for food, for pets, for traditional medicine and for entertainment. Not only is this animal cruelty, it’s also putting us at risk from diseases like COVID-19 and destroying delicate ecosystems.

Sign the petition today to call on African Governments to commit to ending the global wildlife trade

Pangolins are poached from the wild to be sold into the global wildlife trade

The best available scientific evidence suggests the virus was transferred from bats to pangolins to humans demonstrating that the exploitation of wildlife is fundamentally linked to this global pandemic.

Whether it started with pangolins, bats, snakes or another species, it can all be traced back to how we treat animals.

Wild animals don’t belong to us, they belong in the wild 

We have spent over 50 years fighting to keep wild animals in the wild. The global crisis has exposed the urgent need for what we have advocated for all along.

World Animal Protection has a long history of advising national governments and global bodies like the United Nations, the Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Organization for Animal Health. We focus on sustainable solutions and encourage initiatives that deliver alternative livelihoods.

Join us in seizing this moment to build a better world for all of us.

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