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Registration No 4029540. Registered Charity 1081849. INT0114/0419 Page 8 Contents Wildlife suffering: Millions of wild animals Transforming systems – tackling the worst abuse 4 endure unimaginable cruel treatment and are traded Moving the world in numbers 6 live and dead, legally and Our vision: illegally for the wildlife trade. Banning the wildlife trade 2020 – how we moved a million 8 Throughout 2020, united in our mission to get a global Exposing ball python suffering 11 ban, we made great progress A world where animals in protecting them. Giving vital support to elephants and bears in coronavirus times 12 live free from cruelty Creating a better world for dolphins and whales 15 Saving wild animals from the traditional Asian medicine trade 16 and suffering Who makes the grade? The Animal Protection Index 18 Making a world of difference… to animals in disasters 20 Protecting animals in farming 22 Our purpose: Meating halfway 23 We move the world Raising pigs right 24 Creating change for chickens 26 to protect animals Protecting dogs in crisis – our work in pictures 28 Our strategy made simple 2021–2030 30 Sharing the challenge – our new chair 32 What we’ll do next – 2021 34 Thank you 36 Cover image: Boon Rott and Gen Thong play happily at the Kindred Spirit Elephant Sanctuary, one of the nine high-welfare venues we supported in Thailand when COVID-19 struck. Credit: Kindred Spirit Elephant Sanctuary 2 Global Review 2020 Global Review 2020 3 COVID-19, SARS, Ebola and swine and avian flus all share a common source: the exploitation of wild and farmed animals who are treated as mere commodities by systems profiting from their abuse. This pangolin was found smuggled for the trade in Indonesia in 2017. Foreword Transforming the systems – tackling the Our next move is clear. In 2021, Italy will host two hugely important This sharper focus means we will put less emphasis on other areas on worst abuse meetings – the Global Health Summit in May and the next G20 Leaders’ which we have historically campaigned. However, we will continue meeting in October. We will be targeting both. We also look forward to to protect animals affected by disasters and those in communities The terrible suffering caused by the COVID-19 crisis provided a contributing to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in by supporting and working with trusted local, national and global completely unexpected and unparalleled opportunity to put animal Edinburgh. With your support, we will use our influence to be heard by partners. welfare on the global agenda. By the end of March our whole the highest levels of government and use our local presence to galvanise organisation was working at an incredible pace on an extraordinary and popular support. The past year has been financially tough for so many people and urgent task – bringing about a global ban to the wildlife trade. organisations within our sector. We faced a drop in our income and had to restructure our work and teams to prepare for delivering our The pandemic, traced to wildlife cruelly captured and sold in Wuhan Overturning the systems – our new strategy new strategy. These were, of course, challenging times, but I’d like to wet markets, sharply and irrevocably highlighted the inextricable links reassure you that World Animal Protection is in a better place than ever Steve McIvor between human and animal health. COVID-19, SARS, Ebola and swine and avian flus all share a common to move forward. Chief executive officer source: the exploitation of wild and farmed animals who are treated The wildlife trade – both legal and illegal – and the systems that support as mere commodities by systems profiting from their abuse. People are I am forever mindful that the work we do to move the world for animals it, exploit more than a trillion wild animals annually. They are horrifically waking up to the fundamental truth – the more we abuse animals, the would be impossible without the valued commitment and support of abused and treated as commodities for use in food, ornaments, traditional more we also put our own lives at risk. those who share our vision to end animal cruelty. My sincerest thanks Asian medicines, entertainment and as pets. for everything our supporters do to give animals a voice. I look forward And so, our new strategy for the next 10 years (2021–2030) focusses to sharing ways we can work together to achieve even more for To tackle their suffering, we formed a clear strategic campaign and target on overturning the systems that cause so much suffering and anguish to animals in 2021. – to convince world leaders from the G20 to support a ban on the trade the greatest number of animals. We must elevate animal welfare to a during their November meeting in Saudi Arabia. priority issue of global importance firmly linked to the health of people and the environment. In a massive effort across all our offices, we mobilised more than “People are waking up to the 1.1 million supporters and achieved recognition from sympathetic With your help, determination, passion and commitment we will ensure governments. Despite this, and the horrific rising human death toll from the farmed animals live good lives by transforming the global food system. fundamental truth – the more virus, the G20 fell short of supporting a ban on the trade. However, G20 And we will stop wild animals being cruelly exploited as commodities by agriculture and water ministers did take a significant step. They asked the changing the systems that allow it. we abuse animals, the more One Health Tripartite – the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), we also put our own lives the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) – to assess wildlife trade and pandemic links. at risk.” 4 Global Review 2020 Global Review 2020 5 Moving the world in numbers 2020 With our supporters we helped improve the lives of more than 1.12 billion animals 1.12 billion globally. 1.1 million 85 107 764 million 5 27,683 26,000 50 1.5 million More than 1.1 million people When the tourist industry dried All 107 bears at the Through our Change for We convinced five food We helped our local partners In Kenya and Sierra Leone we We launched our second Our documentary ‘Fooled by signed our petition calling for up in Asia, we paid for the Romanian bear sanctuary Chickens campaign, we companies including Starbucks save 27,683 animals after helped low income families edition of the Animal a smile’, featuring a former the G20 to end the wildlife food and care of 85 elephants thrived during lockdown. We successfully pressed fast food and Just Salad to invest in Taal volcano erupted in in six Nairobi and Freetown Protection Index (API) ranking dolphin trainer exposing how trade – we used it to highlight in higher welfare elephant ensured our partner Asociatia retailers, supermarkets and plant-based proteins.