Our Mission
World Animal Protection is a global organization working to end animal exploitation. We expose cruel systems, promote animal-friendly alternatives, and influence policy change. For over 70 years, we’ve been rewriting the story for animals. Working across almost 50 countries with offices in 12, we are the only global Animal Welfare Organization with general consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and all its subsidiary bodies It enables us to engage with and influence global decision-makers. We prioritize animals in farming and wild animals exploited for use in entertainment, as pets, and in fashion.
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Our Impact
Mundi is a 41-year-old African Savannah elephant. Between 1965 and 1988, the Zimbabwe government killed over 50,000 elephants in five separate “cullings.” In 1984, at barely two years old, Mundi was one of 63 elephants who survived a mass killing. The young herd was purchased by a millionaire, put on a 22-hour flight to Florida, and then separated and sold to zoos and circuses. Mundi was sent to a zoo in Puerto Rico where she spent almost her entire life in a small enclosure, alone, and forced to perform tricks for tourists. In May of 2023, World Animal Protection joined forced with Elephant Refuge North America (ERNA) to rescue Mundi and move her to ERNA's sanctuary in Georgia. Executive Director, Lindsay Oliver, was on the ground for the rescue and shared her experience. "As she walked out of the crate, her trunk waved into the air, exploring her new surroundings—smelling the grass and grabbing tree branches. In over 35 years, those were the first trees she touched. With all Mundi had been through, I was moved by her continued trust in humans. Watching her come out of that crate with confidence, ease, grace, and positivity had me left without words. I couldn’t talk in that moment. The truck, the lights, and the other people faded into the darkness. It was just Mundi. After giving us the gift of prancing alongside the fence in front of us, off into the dark forest she went." Today, Mundi spends her days roaming the 850 acres of the sanctuary. She enjoys the company of the other elephants and is thriving in the natural, protected environment. She will spend the rest of her life with lush trees, mud puddles, and even a natural lake. She’ll make new elephant friends and thrive in a natural environment where she gets to be an elephant. No chains. No tricks. No onlookers. Just elephanting.
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United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Animal welfare is intrinsically linked to the welfare of people and our shared planet. Our work to protect animals will play a vital role in solving urgent issues like the climate emergency, the public health crisis, and the devastation of natural habitats. But we can't do it without you. As a people-powered organization, we mobilize our global network of supporters to make positive change for animals. Across the world, wild and farmed animals are ruthlessly exploited on an industrial scale. This threatens their welfare, our well-being, and the health of our planet. We work to achieve change on a global scale so that we can end cruelty and suffering for all animals. Forever.
