Tourists Urged to Boycott Exotic Animal Cafés as Welfare Charity Launches Public Pledge

Tuesday 10 February, 2026

[LONDON / TOKYO, 10th February 2026] Global animal welfare charity, Wild Welfare, has today launched a ‘call-to-action campaign’ urging for an end to the exploitation of wildlife within the exotic animal cafés across Asia. The ‘Just Say No’ pledge invites the public to look beyond the ‘cute’ aesthetics of these increasingly popular tourist spots, and to recognise the harsh and cruel realities lived by the animals kept within them.

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