Campaigning to end animal cruelty

Animal Equality has conducted investigations into the foie gras industry in both France and Spain. In 2017, we launched a campaign to ban the importation and sale of foie gras in the UK. We have secured cross-party political backing and over 200,000 signatures of support for the public. In March 2021, the government confirmed that they are determined to implement a ban ‘in the next few months’.

Through a series of investigations inside the British dairy industry, Animal Equality’s campaign to expose the cruelty of dairy farms in the United Kingdom is inspiring people to discover healthy dairy-free eating.

Since 2012, Animal Equality has presented several groundbreaking investigations into the UK pig industry. These powerful investigations have resulted in some of the longest prison sentences in the history of the UK for farmed animal cruelty, as well as several supermarkets immediately removing products from the farms in question from their shelves.

Over the last five years, Animal Equality has carried out and presented the most comprehensive investigations inside rabbit farming in Europe, investigating 70 rabbit farms in Spain, several in Italy, and rabbit slaughterhouses in both countries. We found appalling instances of abuse in all of the facilities visited. In March 2017, the European Parliament paved the way to improving rabbit welfare in Europe, but shortly afterwards the European Commission concluded “the sector appeared to be broadly in compliance with welfare legislation requirements.” Animal Equality’s campaign continues until rabbit cages are banned in Europe.

Animal Equality launched its campaign to end cages for hens in Italy on February 2017, with an investigation inside the egg industry that showed systemic cruelty and neglect. Since the launch of this investigation, Animal Equality’s campaign to end cages for hens in Italy has convinced 22 companies, including food giants such as Carrefour and Lidl, to ban cages for hens.

This campaign aimed at reducing the consumption of dairy products in Mexico launched in 2017 with a shocking never-seen-before investigation inside the Mexican dairy industry. The images featured in some of the most important media outlets in the country and over 80,000 people signed our petition asking the Federal Mexican Government to legislate against cruelty to farmed animals. Our educational materials have inspired thousands of Mexicans to eliminate dairy from their diets.

In 2016 Animal Equality started a national campaign in Mexico to end the confinement of hens in cages in the country. A groundbreaking investigation showed how much suffering these sensitive animals endure on factory farms. Our work so far has resulted in six Mexican companies banning cages for hens from their supply chain.

Animal Equality has presented several investigations inside chicken farms in Germany, including an investigation inside two of Germany’s largest chicken meat producers. Through our educational work, encouraging consumers to reduce their consumption of animal products; legislation initiatives, pressing charges against farms that do not comply with current animal welfare laws; as well as our corporate work, working with companies to improve chicken welfare, we are committed to improving the welfare of chickens in Germany.

Animal Equality’s Voiceless Friends campaign goal is to end the cat and dog meat trade. Since the launch of this campaign in 2013, Animal Equality has collected over 600,000 signatures urging the Chinese government to eradicate this cruel trade. We have also presented four shocking investigations inside cat and dog meat markets and slaughterhouses and worked with authorities and Chinese activists managing to close 33 vendors that sold cat and dog meat and slaughterhouses.

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