Annual Report 2024:
The Civet Project Foundation's first year
Our first years objectives, achievements and next steps
2024 saw our first year of operation as a Charity Incorporate Organisation. In this, our first charity report, you can see all our achievements and our future ambitions laid bare.
Our one aim for 2024 was to raise the profile of civet species, and we can confidently say we achieved that!
Write to your MP:
Industry Leaders 2024:
Tackling the Civet Coffee Tourism Industry
What are the issues of the civet coffee tourism industry?
In our inaugural report, we investigate the advertisement and sale of civet coffee tourist experiences.
Our findings show that civet welfare cannot be met in civet coffee farms or tourist attractions. Tourists are frequently mislead by marketing which hides the true cost of civet coffee tourism to animal welfare, conservation, and human health.
Our report has resulted in leading tourism operators withdrawing the sale of civet coffee experiences from their platforms.
We won't stop there. We're calling on the UK Government to make the sale of civet coffee attractions illegal to protect the interests of animals and UK consumers.
Care for Us Guide
Asian palm civet - captive welfare guide for zoos and sanctuaries
Civets benefit from a varied diet and a stimulating, complex environment with opportunities for climbing, thermoregulation and nocturnal activities.
Although the Asian Palm Civet is classed as least concern by the IUCN, they face significant threat from the civet coffee industry, luxury meat trade, indiscriminate snaring, the pet trade, and human-civet conflict. More and more civets come into sanctuaries every year, and this guide is designed to assist care-givers in their ability to meet optimal civet welfare standards.
The palm civet is now being recognised by the IUCN as three distinct species and this guide should be applicable to all of them.