It's time for lasting change for wild animals
The cycle of suffering is endless for wild animals used as pets, like ball pythons.
They’re poached from the wild or captive bred, then transported, which can be deadly. Then they suffer a lifetime in captivity, with lack of adequate shelter, food and room to roam.
The poor conditions in each stage of their cruel journey don’t just cause suffering, they are incubators for disease.
Suffering at scale
Snakes are living, feeling animals. Not commodities.
Approximately 100,000 live ball pythons are currently being exported out of Africa every year – mainly to the USA.
Ball pythons are not aggressive by nature, so they’re an easy target for our greed.
Protecting wild ball pythons isn’t our only urgent concern.
Crammed into tiny tanks, subjected to inappropriate conditions and cruel breeding practices, the many thousands of captive-bred ball pythons are suffering too.
Wild caught or bred, life in captivity is no life at all for a wild animal. We need to end this cruel industry now.
Beyond the terrible suffering of wild animals, this global trade is endangering people too. Pandemics like coronavirus happen because we exploit wildlife.
Close contact between people and stressed wild animals is a dangerous cocktail that can lead to outbreaks of illnesses like salmonella, or even pandemics – a reality we are all living in today.
Ball pythons on display at an expo
End the trade of wild animals forever
We are calling on governments, organisations and nations to unite to end to global wildlife trade.
Join our movement to bring an end to this suffering forever. Together, we can end this cruel trade.