We are at the point of no return. Wildlife crime has driven nature out of balance, and as 2020 has already demonstrated, it's putting us all at risk.

The illegal wildlife trade of species like pangolins is fuelling the extinction crisis. The illegal wildlife trade and consumption of high-risk wildlife - species that pose a grave risk for the transfer of viruses between animals to humans - is growing at an alarming rate.

Your Donation:

$50: Could help us work with governments in key source countries and consumer markets to strengthen and enforce illegal wildlife trade bans.

$75: Could help end high-risk wildlife markets by calling on governments to shut them down.

$100: Could help support projects like the restoration of shattered ecosystems, inspiring communities to work in harmony with nature.

Stamping out wildlife crime is a priority for WWF because it's one of the top two direct threats of the future of many of the world's most threatened animals, the other is the shocking rate of habitat destruction.

Your generous gift today is vital in helping drive WWF's global campaign to:

Stop high-risk wildlife trade by urging governments in source countries and consumer markets to strengthen and enforce bans.

End high-risk wildlife markets by calling on governments to shut them down, with an immediate focus on crowded urban areas.

Restore shattered ecosystems through conservation projects that inspire communities to work in harmony with nature.

By calling for the closure of high-risk wildlife markets, human health will be protected too.

Cramming stressed, trafficked live animals like pangolins together with countless other species, in unhygienic conditions, creates ideal mixing bowls for the emergence of dangerous viruses.

Ebola, MERS, SARS, avian influenza and swine flu are just some of the growing number of wildlife-sourced diseases that have caused devastating pandemics. And now COVID-19 the most tragic health, social and economic crisis in living memory.

Please join us today to help WWF work across nations, the scientific sector and with communities to stamp out the trade of high-risk wildlife.