Aotearoa New Zealand

Dancing monkey, Momon

Help rehabilitate and release macaques

Momon and 30 other macaques were finally rescued from the barbaric ‘Dancing Monkeys’ trade. Please support their recovery.

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New Zealand cows

Help protect the live export ban

Animals in Aotearoa deserve better. Here are ways you can help protect the ban on the barbaric live export trade.

Chicken on a farm, New Zealand

Call on KFC New Zealand to give chickens better lives

Call on KFC to sign the Better Chicken Commitment and put a stop to the cruelty these creatures experience.

Taiji dolphin hunt

Will you protect Taiji dolphins?

Please raise your voice for Taiji dolphins who are violently captured and sold into a lifetime of captivity for profit.

What we do:

  • We end the needless suffering of animals
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Our work

Wild elephant in Udawalawa National Park Sri Lanka

Animals in the wild

At least 1.6 trillion wild animals are exploited as commodities and suffer through people’s actions every year.

Chick on a farm

Animals in farming

More than 80 billion animals suffer on factory farms each year, with the vast majority cruelly confined to low-welfare farming systems.

Our vision is a world where animals live free from cruelty and suffering

NZ KFC event

About us

At World Animal Protection we move the world to protect animals because we know that the life of every animal counts.

Cubs club activities for kids

Animal activities for kids

Looking for something fun to do for the kids? We've got animal activities and wild facts for you.

Staff member watches elephants at Somboon Legacy Foundation, Thailand

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Your support is key to bringing an end to animal suffering across the world and here in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Wild dolphins in New Zealand

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