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Our staff at World Animal Protection are at the forefront of the global animal protection movement. Every day they are moved by inspiring stories and the challenges they face in their work. Our international blog will bring you their views and opinions as we move the world to protect animals.

Life on a pig farm: Expectations vs. reality

Posted on 13 February 2019 by Jacqueline Mills

The very traits that make pigs such beautiful and intelligent creatures are stripped away when they are treated as cogs in a machine

Why less is more when it comes to eating meat

Posted on 16 November 2018 by Rachel de Thample

In the United Kingdom, Britons consume twice as much protein as they need, eating an average of 80kg of meat and 10.2kg of cheese each year

Enriching the barren lives of factory-farmed pigs

Posted on 18 October 2018 by Jacqueline Mills

Over 213,000 of you have signed up to help get mother pigs out of cages and into groups. Thank you! Ending confinement is vital but more is required to give all pigs better lives

Fiona the turtle: the plastic leatherback revealing the true cost of ocean pollution

Posted on 28 August 2018 by Ingrid Giskes

Fiona has been travelling all over the world on a mission to raise awareness of the deadly issue of ghost gear, which is ruining the lives of thousands of marine animals

There are no winners in the elephant tourism industry

Posted on 10 August 2018 by Nick Stewart

We know elephants are suffering at tourist attractions. But our new research reveals that their trainers and keepers – known as mahouts – are losing out too

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