About Us

For a world where animal welfare matters, and animal cruelty ends.

For 25 years, WSPA has aimed to promote the concept of animal welfare in regions of the world where there are few, if any, measures to protect animals.

Politically, we have campaigned to convince governments and key decision makers to change practices and introduce new laws to protect or improve the welfare of animals.

With generous donations from our supporters, WSPA has helped indigenous people set up new animal welfare groups, enabling the local community to have key involvement in the improvement of animals‘ lives.

Understanding that human ignorance is a major factor in the continuation of animal cruelty, WSPA‘s education programmes facilitate a change in people’s attitudes towards animals, and their plight, for the better.

Our rescue teams provide direct help to animals that have been abandoned, neglected or caught up in natural or man-made disasters all over the globe.

WSPA‘s work is focused on four priority animal welfare areas:

• Companion animals - responsible pet ownership, humane stray management and preventing cruelty.
  
  
• Commercial exploitation of wildlife - intensive farming and cruel management and killing of wild animals for food or products.
  
  
• Farm animals - intensive farming, long distance transportation and slaughter of domestic animals for food.
  
  
• Disaster relief for animals - providing care to animals in distress from man-made or natural disasters.

Building a united global animal welfare movement

The 25 year path towards achieving our goal has taken WSPA to the farthest flung reaches of the planet. This has resulted in our presence in over 70% of the world’s countries to date.

With consultative status at both the United Nations and the Council of Europe, WSPA is the world‘s largest federation of animal welfare societies.

We are proud to be part of a growing network with over 1000 member organisations in more than 150 countries; this means that WSPA can bring together animal welfarists throughout the world to challenge global issues.

WSPA has 13 offices and hundreds of thousands of supporters worldwide.