WildAid is a nonprofit organization with a mission to end illegal wildlife trade by raising awareness to reduce the demand for threatened and endangered animal species products, and to increase public support for wildlife conservation.

WildAid is headquartered in San Francisco, California with branch offices in London (UK), Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), New Delhi (India) and Beijing (China).

Projects have included:

* Helping to secure international protection for the whale shark and basking shark under the United Nation’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

* Repeatedly reaching up to 1 billion viewers a week with celebrities (Harrison Ford, Yao Ming, Amanda Beard, Jackie Chan, etc.) asking consumers to stop purchasing illegal wildlife products.

* Helping to secure shark finning bans in the USA, EU, Costa Rica and Ecuador.

* In 2003, Angelina Jolie requested WildAid’s help in carrying out an assessment for the Maddox Jolie Pitt project in Samlaut, Cambodia. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are active in the project, named after their adopted son from Cambodia, Maddox. The conservation and community development project provides support to local villages, endangered wildlife and habitats to achieve a sustainable path to economic development and conservation. The Samlaut region is home to one of Cambodia’s key watershed parks and it’s environmental stability has been threatened by gem mining, illegal timber exports, and land encroachment for unsustainable agricultural practices.

* In the Galapagos Islands, WildAid is working to strengthen the Galapagos National Park Service, help local communities live in harmony with their environment, and to raise global awareness of the threats to the island. Specific efforts include purchasing, repairing and maintaining equipment, organizing and financing training of local teams, providing legal assistance for resolution of infractions, developing programs to remove introduced species, and working to mitigate or eliminate the negative effects of tourism and development.

More information on donating, promoting, or other program details can be found on their website.