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Animal Rising

Protecting animals. Restoring nature. Tackling the climate crisis.

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NEW FOOTAGE from inside Britain’s factory farms. This is just the beginning.

Behind the closed doors of Britain’s factory farms, there are stories that need to be seen.

Jeremy Clarkson is wrong about British farming... but that's not really the point.

When the cameras stop rolling, the reality of British farming is a long way from 'Diddly Squat'

Our biggest factory farm challenge yet

A new wave of factory farm planning applications could confine well over 10 million animals every year. Here's how we're fighting back.

We Took Our Fight to the Supreme Court — And We Won

What began as a nationwide campaign against the dairy industry in 2022 ended with a Supreme Court ruling that strengthens protections for peaceful protest, and reminds us why perseverance matters.

The System Won’t Act. So We Found Someone Who Will.

Laws to protect farmed animals exist. So why aren’t they being enforced?

24 hours left to unlock 75k and a shocking new investigation just dropped.

Britain's dairy industry has been expanding in the dark. We're about to shine a very bright light.

Everyday people will be the ones to end factory farming.

A longtime environmental and animal rights campaigner on building grassroots resistance to factory farming across the UK.

The Home Office Just Defended Animal Testing. Here’s Why They’re Wrong.

As pressure mounts to close the UK’s only dog-breeding facility for laboratories, the government is being forced to publicly defend an increasingly contested industry.

The Moral Obligation to Challenge Unjust Laws: A Reflection on the Beagles Rescue Trials

Dan reflects on why civil disobedience is sometimes the only honest response to a legal system designed to protect industrialised cruelty.

A jury found me guilty, but jury trials shouldn't be scrapped

Zuki reflects on painting a gun shop, facing Crown Court, and why the death of jury trials should scare all of us

1.3 Million Pigs a Year: The Slaughterhouse Expansion a Community Is Fighting to Stop

Pilgrim's UK wants to increase capacity at this slaughterhouse to 1.3 million pigs a year. Local residents are trying to stop it. They need your support.

The end of factory farming is inevitable and it will happen in my lifetime.

A guest post by Harley Brewer, a strategist with Animal Rising

The Grand National is back, but its time is running out

As the Grand National returns to Aintree, a new report reveals the scale of harm behind the spectacle - and why public opinion is turning.

Megafarms and Ministerial Lies

Lobbyists quietly rewrote our nation's planning rules and the government is still denying it.

The Heart of the Machine

This is the most strategically important factory farm planning application in the UK right now.

HUGE WIN. Thousands of Calves Spared. The System Is Breaking.

We’ve overturned three intensive farm approvals in a system designed to protect them and saved thousands of calves. Here’s how we did it.

The Final Beagle Rescue Trial Begins Tomorrow

In June 2022, Dan cut through the fences at MBR Acres and carried five dogs to freedom. Here he shares why he did it, the road to trial, and why he believes the facility's days are numbered.

The jury has been sent out. Now we wait.

The jury is now deliberating in the fourth trial over the rescue of beagles from MBR Acres. Rose, one of those on trial, explains why open rescue matters.

What the Jury Heard Today: Rose’s Testimony on the MBR Beagles

Today the jury retired after hearing evidence about the rescue of 18 beagles from MBR Acres. A verdict is expected tomorrow. Below is Rose’s closing statement to the court.

I Was Found Guilty. But I Don’t Feel It.

Finding strength, peace, and purpose on the other side of judgment.