Loved at Home.
Persecuted in the Wild.
If this was your dog, you’d do anything to save it.
A snare doesn’t see the difference. Neither should we.
(Please note: this appeal contains imagery some readers may find distressing.)
Local traps. Global trade.
Across Africa, fewer than 700 painted dog packs remain. Since 2001, more than 30,000 wire snares have been removed from landscapes in and around Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.
For lions, the threat stretches across continents. Over the past decade, 67 countries have been linked to 296 publicly reported lion seizures, exposing the scale of the international trade in lion body parts.
One threat is hidden in the landscape. The other crosses borders. These threats may operate at different scales, but both are humanmade and both preventable.
Our dogs and cats are family. We would do anything to protect them. If they were caught in a wire snare, we would rush to help. We would never let them suffer
Yet for wild dogs and cats, suffering is an everyday reality.
Painted dogs are caught in wire snares hidden in the bush. Lions are killed for their bones, teeth, claws and skins, which are trafficked across borders and sold for profit.
We would never leave our dog to die in a snare. We would never accept our cat being killed for its teeth, claws or bones.
So why should we accept it for
their wild relatives?
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