Our vision is a world where farm animals are treated with compassion & respect.
Our mission is to end factory farming.
#TeamCompassion
💚
#EndTheCageAge
BREAKING: No more live exports from Great Britain! 🎉🎉
It seems so fitting that this landmark law banning live exports from Britain has come into force today, 22 July 2024, on
#AnimalLawDay
.
Together we've achieved a massive milestone - here's to achieving so many more.
Everyday should be
#CowAppreciationDay
. They're amazing animals that get excited by intellectual challenges. 💚 They should never spend their lives confined in factory farms. RT if you agree!
BREAKING: Brazil has banned live exports. 🎉
A Federal Court decision has stopped live exports from all ports in Brazil. A huge congratulations to our friends at
@forumanimal
who've made this happen & will continue to work to ensure this verdict is not appealed.
#BanLiveExports
BREAKING: Germany are withdrawing veterinary certificates for live exports to countries outside the EU.
To ensure it's not circumnavigated at an EU level Germany are also lobbying for an EU-wide ban on long-distance transport.
#BanLiveExports
NEW petition to ban cages in the UK:
In June the EU Commission committed to
#EndTheCageAge
for farmed animals. Today,
@DeborahMeaden
, has launched a petition calling on the UK Government to do the same.
We need 100,000 signatures. Please sign & RT!
HUGE NEWS! New Zealand's live export ban is in force! 🇳🇿🙌
We're so proud of our friends at
@SAFEnewzealand
who've made this happen & will keep working to ensure this ban isn't reversed. Help protect the ban:
#BanLiveExports
Octopus are fascinating, inquisitive, sentient creatures with individual personalities. Despite this there are plans to confine them in factory farms.
Plans by
@PescanovaCorp
to start farming octopus in Spain must not go ahead! 👎
#StopOctopusFarms
#FreeOctopus
The day we’ve all dreamed of is finally here.
We can hardly believe it, after 50 years of hard fought campaigning, the Bill to
#BanLiveExports
from Britain has passed its final stage in Parliament. 🙌
Read more:
@rspca_offical
#BanLiveExports
Brilliant to see
@SadhguruJV
addressing the UN Convention to Combat Desertification today.
To
#SaveSoil
and protect vital ecosystems and our ability to grow food, we need to change our food system.
FACT: Cows belong on grass. 🐮🌱
The number of farms where cows spend their entire life inside is on the rise in the UK. 💔
Let us know if you agree that cows should have access to pasture during the grass-growing season!
BREAKING: the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill has completed its passage through Parliament. 🙌🙌
Animals will once again be legally recognised as sentient beings who can feel pain & joy. Read more:
Happy birthday to our Patron
@DeborahMeaden
!
We're especially grateful to Deborah for being the lead signatory on the petition to
#EndTheCageAge
, which recently closed after gaining 109, 828 signatures. Thank you to everyone who signed! 💚💚
Read more:
BREAKING: UK Government launches consultation to “ban the export of live animals for slaughter & fattening”. This is HUGE! 🙌
We’re on the verge of a massive breakthrough but the consultation outcome isn’t guaranteed. Add your voice to our submission:
BREAKING: The Bill to
#BanLiveExports
from Britain passes another stage in Parliament, taking us closer to ending this trade. 🙌
To everyone who has backed this campaign, we cannot thank you enough. This is why we're now on the cusp of ending live exports! 💚
#BreakingNews
IT'S OFFICIAL: The British live export ban came into law today! 🎉
The Animals Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act received Royal Assent and has banned live exports!
Together, we've done it! 💚
Rest of the world? Now it's your turn.
#BanLiveExports
@RSPCA_official
ICYMI: A bill to ban octopus farming & the sale of farmed octopus meat in California (AB-3162) has passed the California Assembly! 🐙🙌
Now it just needs to be signed by the Governor to officially become law. 🎉
The rest of the world must follow and
#StopOctopusFarming
.
BREAKING NEWS:
@POferries
will stop exporting live calves from Scotland with immediate effect!🙌This is a major step forward in the campaign to
#StopLiveTransport
!
BREAKING: The
@EU_Commission
commits to
#EndTheCageAge
for farmed animals!🙌🎉
This is MASSIVE - over 300 million farmed animals will be cage-free in the very near future. We cannot thank everyone who's campaigned to make this happen enough.💚
More details to follow!
HUGE NEWS: New Zealand bans live exports! 🙌🇳🇿 Massive congratulations to
@SAFEnewzealand
for campaigning to make this happen.
@DefraGovUK
you must deliver on your promise and urgently pass legislation to
#BanLiveExports
Together we’ve BANNED live exports!
Words can’t express how thankful we are to every single person who’s helped make this happen. 💚
You’ve saved countless animals from suffering unimaginable horrors, don’t ever forget that.
@DeborahMeaden
@PeterEgan6
@marcthevet
@philip_ciwf
Domestic, farmed or wild - no animal should ever be factory farmed. 🚫🐙
California has recently taken action to ban octopus farming and we must build on this momentum to scrap plans to open the world's first commercial octopus farm in Spain.
#StopOctopusFarming
Happy
#WorldOctopusDay
!
Octopus are incredible intelligent: they can use tools, have short & long term memory, collaborate with other species to hunt & have individual personalities. 🐙💚
After a gruelling legal battle
@scotgov
finally conceded the live export of Scottish calves was being conducted in breach of legislation on the protection of animals during transport.
Now to keep up the pressure to
#BanLiveExports
, once and for all. 💪
In loving memory of Pigcasso who has sadly passed away.
Rescued from a factory farm in South Africa, Pigcasso changed the hearts and minds of so many, encouraging them to reconsider how they saw farmed animals. She will leave a lasting legacy.
Video: Farm Sanctuary SA
With
@RSPCA_official
& KAALE we've taken over The White Cliffs of Dover!
Dover was the backdrop to so many live export shipments, now this is consigned to history.
In the first month of 2022 Germany enshrined a new law that will ban the culling of male chicks from 2024. 🙌🐥
Italy and France are also taking action to end this awful practice so momentum really is building. 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 More countries need to follow!
NEW ACTION: the UK Government has just abandoned the Bill that would have banned live exports from Britain.
It's a betrayal of farm animals and everyone who’s fought so hard to
#BanLiveExports
.
We mustn't give up. Please speak out now➡️
BREAKING: the EU Parliament have just voted to call for a ban of live animal exports to countries that don’t meet EU standards! 🙌
Thank you to everyone who campaigns to
#BanLiveExports
& has helped make this happen.
#StopLiveTransport
#Valentines
Octopus are fascinating, inquisitive, sentient creatures with individual personalities. 🐙 Despite this there are plans to confine them in factory farms.
We've released a new report revealing why octopus farming must be stopped:
#WorldOctopusDay
In case you missed it! In a recent letter to Peta, King Charles confirmed that foie gras will not be served in royal residences. Another blow to this horrendously cruel "delicacy". Foie gras is always indefensible.
"The horrific cruelty of live transport is really just beyond belief." -
@PeterEgan6
Thank you to our wonderful patron, Peter Egan, for joining us to deliver over 1 million signatures to
@DefraGovUK
and call for the end of live exports.
#StopLiveTransport
#Halloween18
Live exports cause enormous suffering - animals suffer exhaustion, dehydration, & stress.
Despite this, the Bill to
#BanLiveExports
hasn't been seen in UK Parliament in nearly a year. Sign this petition to help force a debate:
We’re delighted to announce that
@ChrisGPackham
has joined us as a Patron! Chris has spoken in depth about the damage factory farming causes to the environment, and we're thrilled to have his support. Welcome to
#TeamCompassion
Chris!
Read more:
URGENT: MPs will vote on trade deals tomorrow. ⏳
Please call on your MP to back an amendment that will prevent lower welfare imports ➡️
#StopCruelTradeDeals
The British public overwhelmingly want to see bans on fur and foie gras imports.
Both fur and foie gras farming are banned in the UK. We should not be importing this cruelty from overseas.
A huge congratulations to
@BornFreeFDN
's Virginia McKenna for being awarded a damehood for services to wildlife conservation and to wild animal welfare, in the New Year Honours.
This is so well deserved.
"It's bad for the factory farmed animals, it's bad for wildlife... its bad for the earth which becomes depleted, its bad for water"
Our wonderful Patron Joanna Lumley speaking at
#Extinction2023
.
Factory farming is bad full stop. We have to end it.
“Finally, finally, finally, we can celebrate the news that live farm animals will never again be exported on long, horrendous journeys from our shores”
Our Patron Dame Joanna Lumley speaking to
@veganfoodliving
🙌
"We're meant to be a nation of animal lovers"
@marcthevet
speaking out against the government's plans to drop the Kept Animals Bill on
@BBCSussex
.
Please join him in speaking out to save the live export ban:
#BanLiveExports
Octopus farming must be stopped! 🐙✋
27 organisations have joined us to call on
@theresecoffey
to ensure products from octopus farms are not permitted in the UK.
We need to be ending factory farming - not finding new animals to exploit. 🐙
Read more:
"The production of foie gras from ducks or geese using force feeding is abhorrent"
The majority of the British public back a ban on foie gras imports, now it's time for the UK Government to deliver on their pledge to end this awful trade.
Wishing a happy birthday to our Patron
@DeborahMeaden
- she provides such a strong voice for farmed animals all year round. 💚
Click here to join Deborah in taking action & respond to the UK Government's live export consultation:
🐙 AMAZING NEWS 🐙
In January the Farm was ordered to suspend activities after
@CompassionUSA
called out its cruel practices. Now it's closed for good!
Next step? Stop plans to start farming octopus in Spain. Watch this space!
BREAKING: the Dutch Parliament just voted to phase out cages for laying hens! 🙌
This won't automatically result in a ban, but to have the Parliament call for cages to be consigned to the history books is a big step forward.
@ciwfnl
will keep up the pressure to
#EndTheCageAge
.
BREAKING: The Bill to
#BanLiveExports
from Britain passes another stage in Parliament. We are so so close to ending this trade. 🙌🙌
This moment has been years in the making, and for those of you who have stuck with us, we cannot thank you enough. 💚
Happy birthday to our fantastic Patron,
@DeborahMeaden
! 💚
We're so thankful for her continued support for all of our campaigns - and with the Bill to
#BanLiveExports
making its way through Parliament we're hoping we'll have another reason to celebrate soon. 🤞
Octopuses are intelligent, sentient and fascinating creatures. They should not be confined in small barren tanks.
Sign our petition to end factory farming for octopuses and all animals:
BREAKING: Germany has finally banned sow stalls after years of their illegal use. It’s time for the UK Government to commit to supporting a ban on all cages
Take action 👉
#EndTheCageAge
#LasstDieSauRaus
GOOD NEWS: the Czech Republic will ban cages for hens! 🙌🐔
Back in September MPs voted to ban cages & now the Senate have voted to confirm their decision. It will become Czechia law and improve the lives of more than 4.5 million hens!
Together we will
#EndTheCageAge
.
It’s taken decades of relentless campaigning, but the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill to
#BanLiveExports
from Great Britain is progressing through Parliament.
2024 will be the year the UK ends live exports, once & for all.
BREAKING: the UK Government have extended the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, so it's set to include decapod crustaceans & cephalopod molluscs. 🦞️🦀🐙
This follows tireless campaigning from our friends at
@crab_welfare
. 👏👏 Read more:
FINALLY! Banning live exports is back on the political agenda.
The Government is planning to introduce the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill to end this cruel trade from Great Britain. More news to follow!
#BanLiveExports
We are on the cusp of banning live exports from Great Britain!
This would be a huge moment that would set an important precedent for other countries to follow.
@DefraGovUK
please do all you can to ensure this Bill completes its passage through Parliament ASAP.
#BanLiveExports
The Bill to finally
#BanLiveExports
is progressing through Parliament. We are so close to ending this cruel trade. Alongside
@ciwf
I’m calling on
@DefraGovUK
to ensure essential legislation passes quickly into law.
Today’s
@DefraGovUK
announcement that the Bill to
#BanLiveExports
has been dropped is disgraceful and very bad news for UK farmed animals.
Our Global CEO
@philip_ciwf
has written to
@theresecoffey
to express our outrage. We'll be sharing ways for you to add your voice very soon.
41 days at sea.
41 days of living in faeces.
41 days of horrendous suffering.
How anyone can look at these animals and think this awful trade is in any way acceptable is beyond us. We have to
#BanLiveExports
.
BREAKING: Parliament to debate
#EndTheCageAge
petition on 16 March.
Thank you to the 100,000+ people who signed, making this debate possible! We will be needing your help soon to encourage MPs to attend and speak up for farm animals so watch this space...
BREAKING: the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill passes its Second Reading! 🙌
Thank you to everyone who urged their MP to
#SupportSentience
, we're one step closer to animal sentience being back in UK law.
Next step: Committee stage, watch this space. 👀
FANTASTIC NEWS! The British Government will be introducing a Bill in parliament that will ensure the Government pay regard to animal sentience when formulating and implementing policy. A HUGE thank you to everyone who spoke up to protect the recognition of animal sentience!
In case you missed it, an amazing start to the year! 🙌
The last remaining foie gras producer in the region closed one year ahead of schedule. Read more:
After being heard in Parliament the Pig Husbandry (Farrowing) Bill is progressing to the next stage (2nd reading).
@DefraGovUK
please bring it, or similar, into law &
#EndTheCageAge
for sows.
Thanks to
@amessd_southend
for introducing the Bill & to Joanna Lumley for backing it.
Wishing a very happy birthday to our fantastic patron
@JaneGoodallInst
! Thank you for all you do for animals and our planet, you're an inspiration to so many.
It's all often overlooked, but life as we know it depends on soil - the incredible ecosystem that lives below our feet.
It's so important that we act now to
#SaveSoil
.
The complexity of the ecosystem we call Soil, its fragility & its resilience is beyond human understanding. But we do know if we destroy that which is the Source of Life on this planet, we will also destroy the planet & Life itself.
#SaveSoil
. -Sg
Ramming a cow is never "the right thing" to do.
We're thankful the calf is recovering & hope this awful incident encourages people to see farmed animals as individuals who deserve our respect. Too many are suffering behind closed doors on factory farms.