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Factory farming

It's a common belief we inherit as children, that farms are happy, peaceful places. But for the millions of animals locked inside factory farms, there is no happiness, peace, or basic laws to protect them - or their babies - from suffering.

A cute piglet looking towards camera from a sow stall in a factory farm

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    VICTORY! Tasmania vows to ban battery cages!

    In a historic move, Tasmania has become the first Australian state to commit to a complete phase out of battery cages! The power of informed consumers is paving the way for a kinder world for animals...

    17 May 2012

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    Battery cages banned in Europe

    On the first of January this year a ban on the barren battery cage took effect across the whole European Union in what has been heralded as the greatest animal welfare advancement in our history.

    27 March 2012

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