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Summary
Wild Welfare is a UK registered charity (number 1165941) with international reach, focusing on improving captive animal welfare standards in facilities around the world. The charity works with zoos and aquariums as well as animal welfare organisations and governments concentrating on what can be done directly to improve welfare standards and educating those people who have an impact on animal welfare. The organisation works to deliver practical animal care and welfare training and advise on national animal welfare standards and ethical practices as well as bringing welfare to the forefront of public and policy agendas globally. Founded in 2012 by Dr David Jones, Wild Welfare is the first captive wild animal welfare charity, set up by zoo professionals, that is solely focused on improving welfare standards by uniting leading zoos and animal welfare NGOs around the world. The organisation registered as a UK charity in 2016.

Activities and Projects
Wild Welfare’s actions include conducting welfare audits hosting training workshops, creating resources linked to animal welfare, and providing in-county support to captive animal facilities. The organisation runs the Partner for Animals programme which establishes a partnership between experienced staff from some of the worlds leading zoos and aquariums with facilities around the world that are looking for support to help them improve their animal care and welfare practices.

In 2018 Wild Welfare instigated a rehoming project for four Ussuri brown bears (Ursus arctos lasiotus) which saw them move from small concrete enclosures in Japan to a facility which could provide them with rehabilitation, enrichment and life-long care.

Locations
The work the charity conducts is spread across ten different countries and that number is consistently growing as the reach and potential within the charity expands. Countries include
 * Thailand
 * Vietnam
 * Japan
 * Brazil
 * Indonesia

Research
Wild Welfare have published a paper examining the implications of visitor interactions with captive animals on animal welfare which was published in 2019