Alongside our friends at Sustain, the alliance for better food & farming, and Friends of the Earth, we have released our new “Muck Map” showing where the most animal manure is produced by factory ...

This new role, at the invitation of UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J Mohammed, follows his tenure as UN Ambassadorial ‘Champion’ at the 2021 Food Systems Summit in New York. More recently, in July ...

Caged farming affects billions of animals worldwide. These animals, including pigs, hens, rabbits, ducks, geese, and quail, spend their lives confined in tiny, cramped cages, unable to perform natural ...

Susie joined Compassion in 2023 as our Senior UK Campaigns Manager. Surrounded by a dedicated, talented team, she thrives on the challenge of leading our ambitious UK campaigns, driven by the mission ...

Christiana Figueres is a Costa Rican citizen and was the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2010 - 2016. During her tenure at the UNFCCC, Ms. Figueres ...

Joanna Lumley is an award-winning actress (three BAFTAs) and dedicated campaigner for human rights and animal welfare. She is equally known for her successful campaign supporting the rights of Gurkha ...

Globally, around 92 billion farm animals are factory farmed every year. These intensive systems put production above all else, creating vast quantities of seemingly cheap meat, milk and eggs. Treated ...

The latest strain of the avian influenza (also known as bird flu or avian flu) virus has claimed the lives of over half a billion farmed birds globally, since its emergence in… ...

More than 50 billion chickens are reared annually as a source of food, for both their meat and their eggs.

Back in 1950, chicken was eaten as a treat; British people ate less than a kilo in a whole year. Now, we eat on average 25kg in a year - that's more than 2 kg per month. Broilers (chickens farmed for ...

Chickens and turkeys are bred to grow so fast their bones, heart and lungs often can’t keep up, causing crippling lameness or heart failure. They don’t get to go outside and big chicken farms can ...

Pigs can feel pain and fear and isolation causes them stress. They can learn from each other, show empathy, use mirrors to locate food and enjoy being given brain-teasers. This briefing outlines ...