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
African painted dog
The African painted dog, also known as African wild dog and African hunting dog, is a carnivorous member of the canine family.
Baboon (olive)
There are five species of baboons and they all live in Africa – olive, yellow, chacma, Guinea and sacred.
Hippopotamus
There are 115,000-130,000 hippos left in Africa but their numbers are decreasing at a horrifying rate.
Rhinoceros (southern white)
In 2005, efforts were made to introduce the southern white rhino to Uganda in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.
Farmed animals
Fish
Uganda farms Nile perch, tilapia and catfish, producing 138,558 tons of farmed fish and 621,987 tons of wild-caught fish a year.
Pigs
A Viva! inspection of a pig farm in Uganda in 2023 found that pigs were undernourished and permanently confined on concrete floored pens.
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…
Egg-laying hens
Egg-laying hens face many challenges in Uganda. From poor housing, inadequate nutrition and an increased risk of disease and injury.
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.
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.
Pets
Cats
Domesticated cats face many challenges as a lot of Ugandans hold the archaic and unjustified belief that cats are evil.
