Introduction
Viva! Animals is here to educate about the wonderful and unique animals we share our planet with. We expose the atrocious factory farming industry which has taken over meat, dairy and egg production. Most farmed animals spend their short lives imprisoned in squalor and exploited for human use – a vast contrast to the freedoms and joys they experience in the wild.
Wildlife
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Baboon (olive)
There are five species of baboons and they all live in Africa – olive, yellow, chacma, Guinea and sacred.
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Hippopotamus
There are 115,000-130,000 hippos left in Africa but their numbers are decreasing at a horrifying rate.
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Rhinoceros (southern white)
In 2005, efforts were made to introduce the southern white rhino to Uganda in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.
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Pangolin (giant)
Pangolins are truly unique animals, and rank among the likes of the duck-billed platypus for their peculiar appearance.
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Warthog
Warthogs get their name from three wart-like bumps on their head which are actually fatty lumps that protect them during fights.
Farmed animals
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Pigs
A Viva! inspection of a pig farm in Uganda in 2023 found that pigs were undernourished and permanently confined on concrete floored pens.
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Broiler chickens
Broiler chickens in Uganda are typically slaughtered at just 5 to 7 weeks of age. Although still babies, they are the size of obese adults due to being made to…
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Egg-laying hens
Egg-laying hens face many challenges in Uganda. From poor housing, inadequate nutrition and an increased risk of disease and injury.
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Goats
Whether kept on a small family farm or in an intensive system, goats farmed for milk and meat face abhorrent cruelty in their short lives.
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Beef cattle
Around 25 per cent of Uganda’s population farms cows for beef on some scale and beef farming occurs across the entire country.
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Dairy cows
There are an estimated 14.7 million dairy cows in Uganda, a number that trebled between 2000 and 2016.
Pets
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Cats
Domesticated cats face many challenges as a lot of Ugandans hold the archaic and unjustified belief that cats are evil.
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