AnimalEquality.net

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In addition to eroding consumer trust, this delay will leave millions of farmed animals in cramped conditions for years… Source Ahold Delhaize—the global company behind Food Lion, Giant Food, Hannaford, and Stop & Shop—is under fire for failing animals.

Animal Welfare

Animal Equality

APRIL 10, 2025

She’s just one pig among many—trapped in a holding pen on a Kansas farm. When she sees her friend collapsed on the floor, she moves closer. Nudges her leg gently. She nudges again, harder this time. Still nothing. She sniffs along her friend’s legs, then up toward her torso. As if searching for signs of life.

Pigs

AnimalEquality.net

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Update 11/11/24: Colombina has officially reinstated its global cage-free commitment and is now reporting 40% across all brands. They have also refreshed their commitment and pledge to be globally cage-free by 2027.

Cage Free

Animal Equality

JUNE 13, 2025

As part of Animal Equality’s Philanthropy team, she connects with supporters who are just as passionate about protecting animals as she is. Male is a fundraising coordinator with a big heart for animals and an even bigger belief in community. Based in Guadalajara, Male lives with her husband, two dogs, and cats.

Protecting Animals

Critter News

OCTOBER 14, 2008

They've issued a report that throws a negative light on the EPA trying to ELIMINATE EVEN MORE REGULATION of factory farms. Some huge livestock farms produce more raw waste than cities as large as Philadelphia or Houston. Tags: EPA environment factory farm us. Deregulation is EVERYWHERE.

Factory Farm

AnimalEquality.net

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Cows, pigs, and chickens suffer daily on factory farms, with abuse often ignored by authorities. Advocates say reforming the Mexican Constitution could change everything. Could this be a turning point…

Factory Farm

Critter News

JUNE 29, 2010

Not the solution or end to factory farming, but if big ag can't rely on antibiotics, then they may have to rethink the filthy conditions of factory farms. Tags: antibiotics farm animal welfare factory farm. Animals would get sick much easier, possibly affecting the bottom line of profit above all.

Factory Farm

Critter News

JANUARY 6, 2009

I’m glad that Obama didn’t select Charles Stenholm, a former Texas congressman with a long history of defending animal abuse, who had sought the position with support from the factory farming industry. As Iowa’s Governor, Tom Vilsack took steps to protect animals, including vetoing a bill that allowed dove hunting.

Farm Sanctuary

Animal Person

DECEMBER 27, 2009

And it gently tells the story of why we shouldn't eat factory farmed animals. The significant problem with this book is that the solution to the problems posed (which begin with "On factory farms. ") could easily be some Farm Forward-endorsed small operation where many of the horrors of factory farming don't exist.

Factory Farm

Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary. Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.

Welfare

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. Tags: meat california farm animal welfare factory farm animal law meatpacking.

Animal Legal Defense Fund

Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2011

. – July 28, 2011 – This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization.

Farm Animal

Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2008

Thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this information from August 8. In a unanimous decision, New Jersey’s Supreme Court rejected a broad challenge by animal protection advocates to the state’s rules on the care of farmed animals) but struck down regulations that regard husbandry practices as being “humane” merely because they are routine.

Farm Animal

Animal Equality

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Did you know the truth about factory farming was never meant to reach you? Behind closed doors, billions of animals endure conditions that would leave most people outraged. The system thrives on secrecy—but once the truth is out, there’s no turning back.

Factory Farm

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Their interests are primarily protected, if at all, through archaic state anti-cruelty statutes that were not passed in contemplation of the factory-farm or genetic engineering. Though factory-farming and biotechnological techniques massively violate the moral rights of farm animals, they have no remedy.

Farm Animal

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. To learn more about Arizona's precedent-setting victory for farm animals, see here.

Factory

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 10, 2007

To the Editor: “ A Factory Farm Near You ” (editorial, July 31) is in a time warp. Yes, concentrated animal feeding operations, or “factory farms” as you call them, are a key feature of modern agriculture. But today these livestock operations don’t have to be unwelcome neighbors in their communities.

New York Times

Animal Ethics

APRIL 23, 2008

To the Editor: In his past comments about protecting animals and nature, Pope Benedict XVI is building upon the Roman Catholic Church’s tradition of promoting faithful stewardship of all creatures (“ A Cat Lover in the Vatican Strikes a Chord With Cat Lovers Around the World ,” news article, April 20).

New York Times

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Have you visited a factory farm or a slaughterhouse? If you haven't, then you are suppressing your sympathies, thereby protecting your moral principles from revision. Perhaps the sympathetic impulse would be activated if people saw how their meat is produced. Have you taken the time to investigate this? This is bad faith.

Morals

Animal Equality

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

horses for slaughter, was reintroduced in Congress—just ahead of National Horse Protection Day on March 1. Update February 27, 2025: The SAFE Act, which would ban the export of U.S. Ready to take action for horses?

Horse Slaughter

AnimalEquality.net

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Update September 2024 – The European Commission released a farming report after eight months of discussions on agriculture. It recommended revising EU animal protection laws and phasing out cages, but it didn’t set any requirements.

For Animals

AnimalEquality.net

JULY 22, 2024

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.

Foie Gras

AnimalEquality.net

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

On September 5, 2024, the UK’s High Court granted Animal Equality permission to challenge the approval of the country’s first on-land salmon mega-farm. The farm–which aims to produce 5,000 tons of fish each year–would become one of the largest of its kind in the world.

Farming

AnimalEquality.net

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Update 10/13/24: Volunteers gathered outside an Aldi store in Dallas, Texas, using megaphones and a life-size gestation crate to take a stand for mother pigs. Flyers were handed out to shoppers, and a leaflet was given to the store manager to pass along to corporate leadership.

Gestation Crates

AnimalEquality.net

JULY 24, 2024

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.

Foie Gras

Animal Equality

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Could Denver become the first city in the nation to ban slaughterhouses? That’s what a ballot measure will decide in November as citizens hit the polls. Here’s everything you need to know about Denver Ordinance 309.

Denver

Animal Equality

DECEMBER 5, 2024

This year, the incredible dedication and passion of Animal Equality volunteers have driven monumental progress for animals across the globe. From changing laws and corporate policies to amplifying voices in protests and digital actions, your commitment has sparked a wave of change for millions of animals.

For Animals

Animal Equality

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Mike thought he’d seen it all. As an investigator, he’d walked blood-soaked slaughterhouses, seen animals crammed into metal boxes, and heard faint cries echoing down the slaughter line. But nothing prepared him for that day. Newborn lambs huddled together, their tiny bodies trembling.

Lamb

Animal Equality

JANUARY 7, 2025

Across these eight countries, Animal Equality’s advocacy brought the world closer to compassion last year. These images are here to tell the story: At Nepal’s 2024 Gadhimai Festival—the world’s largest animal sacrifice—investigators revealed what walls, smog, and police bans tried to hide.

Nepal

Animal Equality

JUNE 26, 2024

For over a decade, Animal Equality has been on a global mission to end the force-feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras. From the bustling streets of Brazil to the historic halls of the UK Parliament, Animal Equality is driving change for animals in Italy, Spain, Germany, Brazil, India, the US, and the UK.

Foie Gras

Animal Ethics

JULY 15, 2009

We can thank factory farming for yet another antibiotic-resistant supergerm: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). All evidence points to factory farms. Factory farms are concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) where animals are raised intensively and permanently confined in warehouses and sheds.

Factory Farm

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

An enormous volume of material has already appeared on the conditions under which animals live and die on factory farms, and more is almost certainly on the way. In order to protect himself, therefore, he is not likely to rest his case upon (an appeal to) the state and intensities of our feelings.

Factory Farm

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 20, 2007

12): While this is a step in the right direction toward reducing the animal abuse inherent in all factory farming (from the chicken’s point of view), it’s still a long way from what nature intended. To the Editor: Re “ Suddenly, the Hunt Is On for Cage-Free Eggs ” (front page, Aug.

New York Times

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

And it is not just at the slaughterhouses but at the factory farms where these animals are tortured from the very beginning of their lives to the horrible end. The federal government needs to recommit itself to putting boots on the ground in America and elsewhere to inspect and protect our food supply. Peters Paso Robles, Calif.,

New York Times

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

It is not in dispute that, in modern factory farms, animals are raised in massively overcrowded, unnatural warehouses. At the time of slaughter, these frightened animals are inhumanely loaded onto trucks and shipped long distances to the slaughterhouse without food or water or protection from the elements.

Vegetarian

AnimalEquality.net

JULY 31, 2024

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.

Pigs

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 3, 2010

About Animal Defenders International (ADI): With offices in Los Angeles, London and Bogota, Animal Defenders International (ADI) campaigns to protect animals in entertainment; replacement of animals in experiments; worldwide traffic in endangered species; vegetarianism; factory farming; pollution and conservation.

ADI