Investigations

Investigators exposed horrific and unsanitary conditions in one of Germany’s biggest egg-producing facilities. The farm supplies eggs to the largest supermarket and discount grocery chains in the country. Footage shows a disturbing scene of sickness, filth, and death.

After an anonymous tip-off, Animal Equality investigators visited Fir Tree Farm, which is owned by one of Britain’s largest pig producers. We found that several workers repeatedly abused animals, including kicking pigs in the face and head, jabbing pigs with a fork and spraying paint directly up a pig’s nose.

For the first time in Mexico, Animal Equality's undercover investigators documented the entire process of chicken meat production, showing never-before-seen images of what these intelligent and sensitive birds endure, from the day they are born until they end up on the plates of consumers in Mexico.

Just days after Animal Equality released shocking scenes of suffering filmed on a Noble Foods farm, the company - which is the United Kingdom's biggest egg producer - committed to ending the sale of eggs from caged hens by 2025.

Once again, Animal Equality investigators showed the world a sad look inside an Italian rabbit slaughterhouse. This investigation revealed that oftentimes, the animals weren’t stunned as required by law, resulting in their prolonged suffering.

In collaboration with the Spanish TV program Salvados, Animal Equality investigated Hermanos Carrasco, a pig farm located in Spain’s Murcia region and supplier of the international meat company El Pozo which supplies major United Kingdom retailers. We discovered animals in shockingly cruel conditions, in violation of the law, suffering for days and weeks on end. Our investigation resulted in a petition asking UK retailers to stop selling meat from the supplier.

We released a series of images shot inside a sheep and goat slaughterhouse in Italy, which is one of the 200 Italian facilities that allows the ritual slaughter of animals without prior stunning, resulting in a painful and terrifying death for the sensitive animals.

Animal Equality exposed widespread cruelty in slaughterhouses across the Mexican state of Jalisco and introduced legislation aimed at holding animal abusers accountable under the law.

Investigators found distressing conditions on four pig farms in the United Kingdom, including one which had won a ‘National Pig Award’ in 2016 and 2017. Pigs were routinely tail-docked, a practice prohibited by UK law, and female pigs were confined in cramped stalls for at least five continuous days.

Animal Equality Italy published "100% Italian Chicken", an investigation that unveiled chilling behind-the-scenes slaughterhouse and factory farm footage of the country's chicken meat industry. The footage exposed a very different reality from what the Italian meat industry markets towards consumers.

Animal Equality's investigation into chicken farms in India exposed practices that still were going on despite violating the most basic animal welfare and food safety standards. Birds were transported for days without access to food or water, suffered for minutes during slaughter before dying, and their bodies were de-feathered in filthy conditions.