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Bats hanging upside down in a cage at a wildlife market in Indonesia to be sold for food

What you need to know about wildlife markets and COVID-19

In March, as people struggled to understand how the precursor of the virus that causes COVID-19 emerged from horseshoe bats in southern China and reached humans in the central city of Wuhan, Humane Society International policy specialist Peter Li fielded one question again and again: “Why do Chinese...

Lemurs in temporary area at Black Beauty Ranch after being rescued from a zoo in Puerto Rico

Lemurs

Large-eyed, long-tailed lemurs are complex primates who belong exclusively in Madagascar.

two macaque monkeys embracing

Monkeys

Monkeys are agile, intelligent primates—some of the closest animal relatives to humans.

Indian Pangolin, one of the most traffic/smuggled wildlife species for its scales

Pangolins

Pangolins are gentle mammals who curl into a defensive ball when threatened.

Captive animals such as this tiger locked in cage suffer in zoos and circuses

Helping Captive Wild Animals

To keep wild animals where they belong—in the wild—and out of zoos and circuses.