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In 2018 we achieved staggering success for millions of animals – thanks to you

19 December 2018

From saving animals after a Guatemala disaster and ending circus elephants in Denmark, to vaccinating dogs in Kenya and moving a Chinese pork company to improve pig welfare – we did a lot this year

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Animals in communities

Animals in farming

Animals in disasters

Animals in the wild

Superbugs found in pork from Carrefour Spain and Walmart Brazil

12 December 2018

We found these superbugs – bacteria resistant to antibiotics most critically important to humans – in pork on supermarket shelves in Spain, Thailand, and Brazil. This is a result of the overuse of antibiotics in the cruel factory farming of pigs

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Animals in farming

Factory farming

Pangolin poaching: the brutal reality

03 December 2018

Video footage shows the horrifying moment a terrified pangolin is killed for its scales in Assam, India. Pangolin scales are sold on the black market for traditional Asian medicine

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Traditional medicine

Tesco, Lidl and Nestlé join fight against fishing gear left in our oceans

07 November 2018

We've moved supermarkets Tesco and Lidl, and the world’s biggest food company Nestlé, to tackle 'ghost gear'. The companies are joining our Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) to fight against this colossal threat to marine life

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Animals in the wild

Sea change campaign

Travel associations are ignoring animal cruelty at wildlife attractions

06 November 2018

A shockingly high number of the world’s travel trade associations are lagging in providing animal welfare guidelines to travel companies, our new research reveals. The majority are doing nothing to prevent wildlife cruelty in tourism

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Animals in the wild

Animals in entertainment

1.41 trillion cow burps and 23.7 billion cowpats damaging the planet daily

23 October 2018

Farm animals around the world are causing devastating damage to the environment by burping and farting out immense amounts of greenhouse gas. We must eat less meat to slow down global warming and improve animal welfare

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Animals in farming

Factory farming

Over half a million people demand KFC does better for chickens

16 October 2018

More than 500,000 people from over 10 countries have signed our petition calling on KFC to give its chickens a life worth living. We’re in Louisville, Kentucky showing the company how powerful our voices are

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Animals in farming

Factory farming

Animals still in urgent need after Indonesia earthquake

09 October 2018

Our disaster response team is on Sulawesi island working hard to help farm animals and pets survive. The magnitude 7.5 earthquake triggered a tsunami which wrecked everything in its path

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Animals in disasters

Why animals matter in a disaster

Disaster response team

Wild jaguars cruelly poached to fuel traditional Asian medicine trade

21 September 2018

Our shocking report reveals a deadly trade of jaguar body parts being trafficked illegally from the South American country of Suriname. We urge the government to protect these wild animals.

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Traditional medicine

Success! International Whaling Commission to protect whales from ghost gear entanglement

17 September 2018

This week we’re celebrating this incredible decision from the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Lost and abandoned fishing gear – ghost gear – is the biggest threat to whales and other marine life

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Animals in the wild

Sea change campaign

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In 2018 we achieved staggering success for millions of animals – thanks to you

Superbugs found in pork from Carrefour Spain and Walmart Brazil

Pangolin poaching: the brutal reality

Tesco, Lidl and Nestlé join fight against fishing gear left in our oceans

Travel associations are ignoring animal cruelty at wildlife attractions

1.41 trillion cow burps and 23.7 billion cowpats damaging the planet daily

Over half a million people demand KFC does better for chickens

Animals still in urgent need after Indonesia earthquake

Wild jaguars cruelly poached to fuel traditional Asian medicine trade

Success! International Whaling Commission to protect whales from ghost gear entanglement

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