News – Animal Equality

UK investigation reveals dead piglets and caged mother pigs on certified farm

Natalie Alms — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 14:26:45 +0000

Animal Equality’s UK Executive Director–alongside award-winning photographer Aitor Garmendia–has uncovered distressing animal suffering within a UK pig facility known as Cross Farm. Despite its Red Tractor certification–which claims to ensure high standards of animal welfare–the farm’s practices appear to tell a different story. The Southwest English farm confines about 12,000…

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Animal Equality travels to Paris to defend ducks and geese at the Olympics

Natalie Alms — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:11:32 +0000

On July 22, just days before the Olympics, Animal Equality intensified its global campaign against foie gras by traveling to Paris. Advocates carried over 60,000 petition signatures, urging the Olympic organizers to remove foie gras from the VIP hospitality menu. Supported by local groups and volunteers, protesters held signs outside the organizers’ offices, highlighting the cruelty of foie…

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Advocates urge Olympic chefs to drop foie gras at the 2024 Games

Natalie Alms — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 15:58:26 +0000

Over a month ago, Animal Equality’s global team launched a campaign to remove foie gras from the 2024 Olympic hospitality menu. Foie gras production involves force-feeding ducks and geese multiple times daily until their livers swell up to ten times their natural size. Many animals bleed, pant, shake, and vomit during this process. Advocates argue that foie gras contradicts the…

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Initiative to Protect Farmed Animals in Colima, Mexico is Approved

Claire Roberson — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 22:17:32 +0000

An initiative to protect farmed animals in Colima, Mexico has unanimously passed in the state’s Congress. The legislation was presented by Deputy Alfredo Álvarez Ramírez and 11 members of the parliamentary group, who sought to reform the Animal Protection Law of Colima to include farmed animals. With the passing of the initiative, Colima becomes the second state in Mexico to include an entire…

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Investigation exposes intentional animal cruelty at German pig farm

Vanessa Cervini — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:08:33 +0000

An undercover investigator with Animal Equality spent four months inside one of Germany’s largest pig farms. Inside the facility, which houses around 25,000 pigs, the investigator documented routine violence and neglect. At 120 days, this is Animal Equality’s longest undercover investigation. The footage aired live on Germany’s leading national television channel—Das Erste—during a program…

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Medallists and experts call on Olympics to remove foie gras

Natalie Alms — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:39:07 +0000

Animal Equality has launched a global campaign urging the Olympic Games Committee to remove foie gras produced through force-feeding from the Games’ menu. Within a few days, the petition gathered over 40,000 signatures. Now, dozens of athletes, academics, and environmentalists have joined the campaign by writing an open letter to the Olympic Games organizers. Dear Members of the…

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Animal Equality exposes rabbit slaughter in Mexico’s meat industry

Natalie Alms — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 17:26:38 +0000

Animal Equality’s latest investigation, titled “Rabbits: Companions or meat?,” exposes extreme cruelty to rabbits raised for meat in Mexico. This investigation documented one rabbit farm in Querétaro and two in Mexico City. The findings include: Overcrowding in battery cages: Rabbits, like other animals raised for meat, are kept in wire “battery” cages that injure their legs and…

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Breaking news: foie gras discovered on Olympic Games’ menu

Natalie Alms — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:55:33 +0000

Update 7/26/2024: Despite strong efforts by Animal Equality and broad public support, the Olympic organizers have chosen not to remove foie gras from the 2024 hospitality menu. Animal Equality’s global fight to end force-feeding continues, building on past successes from India to Italy. Sign Animal Equality’s petition to ban foie gras in the United States, and stay updated on the campaign in Ann…

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Breaking investigation by Animal Equality uncovers horses beaten, slaughtered for meat in Spain

Claire Roberson — Sat, 15 Jun 2024 11:16:34 +0000

More than ten years after exposing the horse meat industry in Spain, Animal Equality and award-winning photojournalist Aitor Garmendia returned for another investigation. Between November 2023 and May 2024, investigators captured the following at a slaughterhouse in Asturias: Despite its decreasing consumption of horse meat, Spain remains the largest horse meat producer…

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Japanese mayo company Kewpie called on to eliminate cages for hens

Natalie Alms — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:35:12 +0000

Animal Equality has joined the Open Wing Alliance in launching a campaign against Kewpie, a Japanese company known for its mayonnaise. This alliance, consisting of nearly 100 animal protection groups, is calling on Kewpie to transition away from cages for hens in its global supply chain. While Kewpie has already committed to reducing cages in its European and U.S. supply chains…

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