One choice that helps keep wildlife wild
By choosing activities that don't exploit animals, you are helping to protect wildlife
Choose one vacation that doesn’t exploit animals
Seeing wild animals when you're travelling can be an exciting experience, but many captive wildlife venues exploit animals for tourist entertainment.
Knowing which venues are genuine sanctuaries and which you should avoid is not always straightforward. That’s why we developed our animal-friendly travel guide that includes quick tips and checklists that help you identify a genuine wildlife sanctuary that puts the animals' welfare first.
Take action to help captive wildlife in Canada
Across Canada, thousands of wild animals are trapped in cages for profit, just to entertain tourists but you can help. The Jane Goodall is Act will ban the use of wild animals like elephants, great apes and tigers for entertainment and commercial trade. It will also create stronger animal welfare regulations to protect more than 800 wild animal species.
Tell the Federal government to pass the Jane Goodall Act and end the inhumane practice of wildlife entertainment in Canada.
Photo: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media
Learn about the cruelty of wildlife entertainment
Keeping wild animals captive, whether taken from the wild or bred in captivity, causes immense physical and mental suffering.
Former dolphin trainer reveals hidden cruelty behind the industry in our explosive documentary, ‘Fooled by a smile’. Both trainers and tourists are being actively misled by venues, who are willing to do or say anything to maximize profit from the cruelty of keeping these intelligent, social animals locked up.
“This is not love. This is not conservation. This is not education.”
By the numbers
84% of Canadians believe wild animals belong in the wild where they can live naturally.
Wild dolphins can travel up to 160 km every day, but even in the largest facilities, they have just 0.0001% of their natural habitat range.
More than 1.8 million wild animals were imported into Canada over a 7-year period (2014-2020), many without proper identification or permits.
Our world is changing. The climate crisis means more wildfires, floods, and droughts that could destroy habitats, kill millions of animals, and displace millions of people. But with small actions today, we can make a difference together.
We do everything we can to give animals a better life. With the best available science and our collaborative approach, that’s the promise we’ve kept for decades, but we can’t do it alone. Will you join us?
Small changes to your diet can make a big impact. By simply making one day a week plant-based, you can make a difference for animals, your budget, your health, and the planet.
