Fall 2026 Impact Report

Dear animal advocate,

This year, we faced powerful industries, broken promises, and enormous challenges. But we kept one thing at the center of everything we did: the animals.

Across the world, we exposed cruelty, fought for stronger laws to protect animals, and challenged some of the largest companies on the planet. When Ahold Delhaize failed to meet its promises to animals, we fought back—and helped secure changes that will spare millions of hens and pigs from cages every year.

But ending suffering also means changing how we treat animals in our daily lives. Through Love Veg, we are helping people around the world eat fewer animal products while making plant-based foods easier to choose.

None of this work is easy. Real change never is.

But every investigation, every campaign, every meal changed, and every animal spared from suffering moves us closer to the world we are fighting for.

And we will keep fighting until we get there.

Thank you for making this possible.

Sharon Núñez
President, Animal Equality

Love Veg, Animal Equality’s plant‑based program

You’re making compassionate eating easier than ever.

Celebrating plant-based cuisine

In Mexico, we launched Mexico Lindo y Vegano, published 18 new plant-based recipes, and brought our vegan taco tour to Las Colmenas, celebrating Mexican culinary traditions while promoting compassion for animals.

Expanding across South America

We launched Love Veg Argentina, expanding our plant-based advocacy to new audiences across South America and promoting plant-based eating as an accessible, compassionate choice.

Helping businesses serve more plant-based meals

In the UK, we launched Food Alliance UK, offering businesses and public sector caterers free expert support to create flavorful plant-based menus.

Bringing plant-based recipes to new audiences

In Germany, the Alexis Gauthier Cookbook recorded 642 downloads in its first month, inspiring more people to explore plant-based recipes.

Inspiring plant-based choices

In India, we partnered with public figures to promote our 21-day plant-powered challenge, hosted a plant-based culinary workshop for aspiring chefs in New Delhi, and reached 1,905 students in Pune with presentations on enjoying more plant-based food.

Every plant-based meal brings us closer to a kinder food system for animals.

End force-feeding

Produced by force-feeding ducks and geese through metal tubes, foie gras is facing growing opposition around the world.

A historic victory for animals

After six years of campaigning, we secured a historic victory in Brazil: President Lula signed legislation banning the production and sale of foie gras nationwide. Brazil became the second country in the world, after India, and the first in Latin America to adopt this ban through federal legislation.

The campaign combined investigations, advocacy, public actions, and more than 310,000 petition signatures. In the final days, our Brazil team met with Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and the Secretary-General of the Presidency, held symbolic actions in Brasília, and mobilized thousands of supporters, contributing to this landmark victory for animals.

Animal Equality raises concerns over Spain’s FAO candidate

As Spain’s Agriculture Minister seeks to lead the FAO, we submitted a letter to the selection committee raising concerns about his record on animal welfare, including what the organization describes as a failure to act on foie gras production and ensuring proper enforcement of EU animal welfare laws.

Urging action in the UK

In the UK, we escalated pressure on the Government to deliver its long-promised foie gras import ban through a banner drop opposite Parliament, 150 billboards across England, and an analysis in The Express exposing repeated ministerial delays. We also coordinated a European Parliament roundtable examining how UK-EU trade talks could threaten the ban.