Shifting the restaurant industry
Progress in ending the worst cruelties for mother pigs
OUR MISSION
Animal Equality is an international organization working with society, governments, and companies to end cruelty to farmed animals.
OUR VALUES AND COMMITMENT
As an animal protection organization, we are guided by compassion, determination, and effectiveness.
We are committed to saving as many animals as possible and to reducing the enormous suffering animals endure on factory farms.
INTERNATIONAL
Animal Equality works in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, and India. Our teams of highly qualified professionals have years of experience in undercover investigations, campaigns, legal advocacy, and large-scale education programs.
WANT TO PROTECT ANIMALS?
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Our work
Animal Equality combines four strategies in its campaigns to help animals.
We go undercover to document and expose the cruel treatment of animals in factory farms and slaughterhouses. To this day, we have inspected over 900 factory farms and slaughterhouses in 13 countries.
We raise awareness and inform millions of people who watch our videos so they can see for themselves what the meat, egg, dairy, and fishing industries do to animals. We campaign to convince companies to update their policies that affect animals and our team of attorneys advocate for increased protections and animal rights.
When you witness the horror that really happens behind closed doors and slaughterhouses to farm animals all over the world, it’s impossible not to be affected by it and to realize that we have to do something drastic to stop it.
Joaquin Phoenix
Activist and actor
Nothing prepares you for looking into the eyes of a mother pig whose life is to be impregnated and left in a cage until she’s slaughtered. I can’t imagine how awful it must be to be literally trapped and crushing your own babies and not be able to do anything about it.
Rooney Mara
Activist and actor
News
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Denny’s ends 600-day standoff over cages for pregnant pigs
Denny’s has pledged to stop buying from suppliers that cage pigs for their entire pregnancies—a promise it quietly shelved for years. Update September 9, 2024: Denny’s has released a new policy stating it will no longer allow pigs to be caged for their entire pregnancies. The corporation also committed to sharing regular progress updates. Shortly…
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Consumer backlash grows over cages in Marriott’s egg supply
Marriott, the world’s largest hotel chain, pledged to eliminate cages from its global egg supply chain. With the deadline looming, advocates are asking: will it follow through?
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Shocks, chains, and early slaughter: Inside the dairy industry
What really happens behind closed farm doors? Investigators uncovered cows chained by their noses, shocked with electricity, and separated from their newborns moments after birth.
Blog
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Meet the team: Male Flores
What do animal protection and plant-based gorditas have in common? For Male, the answer is personal—and it starts with one life-changing question.
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Meet the team: Evan Lesmez
Evan is a software engineer with a deep passion for technology and its potential to drive change.
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No way out: The pregnant cow who was slaughtered anyway
A pregnant cow is slaughtered. Moments later, her calf is pulled out alive. Animal Equality’s Executive Director for Brazil shares the story behind the investigation.