Wildlife Friendly Medicine Network

The Wildlife-friendly Medicine Network (WFMN) is a win-win cooperation platform being proposed by World Animal Protection, Guangzhou Hanfang Pharmaceutical Company, Yun TCM, Chunyu Doctor, aiming to redirect consumer demand to plant-based and herbal alternatives, and promote the participation of private sector, practitioners, associations and research institutions in wildlife protection and modernization of traditional medicine, build a green, healthy, and sustainable future for healthcare industry.

Wild

animals

belong

in the wild

Vision

Our vision is a world in which wild animals and their habitats are protected and the medicine industry transitions away from using wild animal ingredients, embracing a green and sustainable future.

objectives

Build a multi-stakeholder collaborative platform to advocate the sustainable development of a plant-based Traditional Medicine industry and promote herbal and humane substitutes.

Move key stakeholders in the value chain including production, sales, and investment to take actions to support wildlife-friendly medicine.

Our Position

The use of wild animals in Traditional Medicine is cruel and causes unnecessary suffering and harm to animals.

The use of wild animals in Traditional Medicine threatens the survival of endangered and rare species and could harm ecosystems.

The use of wildlife in traditional medicine is a hindrance to transforming, modernizing, and globalizing the practice.

Plant, synthetic and other humane alternatives to wild animal are readily available, effective, and cheaper.

The use of wild animals in Traditional Medicine is a major risk to public health.

Botanical medicine is the general trend of the future development of traditional medicine.

Our members

Why was the
Wildlife-friendly Medicine Network created?

Wild animals play a vital role in maintaining the health of ecosystems, and are a key focus of biodiversity conservation. One of the challenges facing wildlife today is their exploitation and commodification on an enormous scale. The global wildlife trade is a threat to species conservation and animal welfare. A key driver is the demand for traditional medicine containing wild animal parts and derivatives.

Human health is intrinsically linked to animal health and the health of the environment. Breeding and commercial use of wild animals pose major biosecurity risks and continue to threaten biodiversity conservation. Breeding wild animals as medicine is not a tradition, nor is it in line with the trend of modernization of traditional medicine.

Wild animals belong in the wild and should not be used as health care products or medicine. We believe that the development of social civilization and technology will provide solutions to reduce and eliminate wild animals as medicine. Through the Wildlife-friendly Medicine Network, we will take action to build the future for wildlife-friendly medicine.

90^%

Nearly 90% of regular TCM consumers are willing to use plant-based medicines, in place of animal-based medicines

80^%

More than 80% of young consumers would like to avoid wildlife-based TM products if they know those products contain wildlife parts.