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The problem

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Discover the shocking truth of factory farming, the leading cause of animal cruelty worldwide. Uncover how over 70% of UK's farmed animals suffer in intensive systems for profit. Act now for a sustainable and ethical food system.

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Factory farming is a global problem – but even in the UK, where farm animal welfare standards are higher than many other countries – factory farmed animals suffer on a sickening scale.

Millions of chickens spend the entirety of their short lives in spaces smaller than an A4 piece of paper.
Mutilations, such as tail cutting and teeth clipping, are routinely carried out on piglets when they are less than a week old, without pain relief.
Tens of thousands of dairy cows are kept indoors all year, restricting their natural behaviours and causing huge distress.

Factory farming is no better than bear dancing and dog culling.
It must end. Now.

A pig on a factory farm looks from behind crate bars.

Factory farming hurts the planet

Did you know greenhouse gas emissions from factory farming already account for more than 10% of the global total? And that number is just going up and up.

If we don’t act now, emissions from agriculture could increase by almost 60% by 2050, driving climate change across the planet. So now is the time to act.

All of us must come together and make this a turning point for planetary health. Let’s end the deadly addiction to cheap meat today.

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Factory farming hurts people

Factory farms have been described as the “perfect breeding ground for the next pandemic”.

A 2020 United Nations report found that intensive farming was responsible for more than half of all the infectious diseases that have transferred from animals to humans since 1940.

And, despite the evidence that higher welfare environments can reduce the need for antibiotics, factory farms continue their irresponsible use — increasing the risk of superbugs (antibiotic resistance) in people.

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