4 Quick & Easy Giving Tuesday Actions to Help Animals

From Animal Equality’s beginnings, we have been dedicated to exposing the suffering of animals inside factory farms through undercover investigations. The meat industry tries to hide animal abuse and cruelty happening on its farms and inside its slaughterhouses. These investigations are the only way to prove what happens behind their walls.

Very few people really know what happens to animals in factory farms. This is why Animal Equality is dedicated to exposing the reality through undercover investigations. Shocked by the cruelty they witness, people who watch our investigations often think that what we are documenting is illegal. However, many of the abusive practices that our investigations bring to light are actually legal.

Factory farming refers to a method of breeding and raising farmed animals for food with the goal of maximizing production and minimizing costs. But what does this mean in practice? In this article, you’ll find out everything you need to know about factory farming practices.

On Tuesday, October 11, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments regarding California’s Proposition 12 (“Prop 12”). This is in response to the National Pork Producers Council’s lawsuit challenging the law.  Prop 12, formally titled the “Prevention of Cruelty to Farm…

On September 15th, Animal Equality held an urgent public hearing at the State Assembly in São Paulo, Brazil, to oppose a new bill that threatens decades of regression for animals. It’s one of the most alarming bills for animals in Brazil’s history. Animal Equality's Executive Director in Brazil, Carla Lettieri, has a message she needs to share with you about how this bill will harm animals and public health.

Happy cows in lush fields, pigs playing in the mud, and chickens roaming freely under the sun on a green field...The meat industry projects an image of its business that is far from reality. At the time of slaughter, we are told these animals are killed ‘humanely’ with care and without pain. But farmed animals suffer greatly throughout their lives - while they are raised on farms, transported to slaughterhouses, and then ultimately killed for their meat.

Animal Equality has been working internationally to stop Brazil's 'Self-Control' Bill, which is causing animal welfare and public health concerns globally.