Farm animal cruelty
From painful mutilations to rough handling and slaughter at a young age – animals on factory farms suffer on many levels.
Animals in farming
Globally, more than 80 billion animals suffer on factory farms each year, with the vast majority cruelly confined to low-welfare farming systems.
Factory farming
Low-welfare systems
We work tirelessly to ensure farmed animals live good lives by transforming the global food system and attitudes towards farm animal welfare.
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Environmental impact
Intensive animal agriculture causes billions of animals to suffer annually, and also causes significant harm to the environment.
Public health
Approximately three-quarters of the world’s antibiotics are used in animals, most of which are living in miserable and unsanitary conditions on factory farms.
Your food
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Your food choices can have a big impact on your health, the planet and farm animal welfare.
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Eat plant based
Consuming more plant-based protein and fewer animal products can have a big impact on your health, the planet and farm animal welfare.
Stopping the suffering of farm animals by:
- Moving governments and global bodies to improve regulations to protect animals
- Influencing debates that will shape the future of world farming.
- Building public opposition to factory farming by exposing factory farming's contribution to antimicrobial resistance and pandemic risks
- Influencing financial Institutions adopt our sustainable farming policies
- Reducing demand for food from factory farms by moving people to switch to plant-based products
- Exposing the negative impacts of animal feed production and trade to build opposition to factory farming.