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Update: In March 2026, Ahold Delhaize USA, the parent company of well-known grocery store chains, including Food Lion, Giant, Hannaford and Stop & Shop, has strengthened its cage-free egg policy by formally introducing steps toward reaching its goals, including a concrete action plan with public reporting. This dramatically improved accountability clearly shows a much stronger commitment toward 100% cage-free eggs, a goal the company says it will fully achieve by 2032 at the latest.

Our dynamic Farm Animal Protection team has been responsible for a seismic shift in how the country’s largest food companies address

HYDERABAD, India—In advance of World Hen Day on Oct. 10, Humane World for Animals celebrates the heart-warming story of a tiny chick called Tweety. She was left for dead on a trash pile at one of India’s largest egg farms but rescued just in the nick of time.  

In recent weeks, even as slaughterhouses have emerged as hotspots for the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has been quietly issuing

The year 2018 was a historic one for farm animals, with California passing the strongest law against farm animal confinement in the world.

Foxes are usually no cause for alarm, but if you have backyard chickens, you'll need to protect them. Here's what to do if you see a fox in your neighborhood.

It’s a gruesome topic that no one really likes to talk about but last week the methods for “depopulating”—killing—hundreds of thousands of pigs and chickens during a natural or manmade disaster, such as a pandemic like COVID-19, were front and center at a meeting of the Ameri

Moments ago, Michigan passed into law a ban on the production and sale of eggs from chickens locked in cruel cages. This is a remarkable and historic moment in our work to end the cage confinement of farm animals.

We're helping schools, hospitals, and institutions shift from meat and dairy to delicious plant‑based meals, improving health, sustainability and animal welfare worldwide.

One of the Oscars' most memorable moments this year came with Joaquin Phoenix’s heartfelt plea about the suffering of animals raised for food.

Over the last decade, dozens of corporations from Walmart to McDonald’s have promised to reduce animal suffering in their supply chains, including eliminating cages for egg-laying hens, ending the sourcing of pork from operations that use gestation crates, and mandating bette

It was clear something awful had been happening at a residence near Fort Wayne, Indiana, just by looking at the ground. As our team assisted law enforcement in a search of the area on Nov. 3, they saw carcasses and body parts of dead animals throughout the property.

We just hit another milestone in our work to improve the lives of farm animals: According to the latest statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 40% of hens used for eggs in the U.S. are now cage-free. We and our allies are transforming this massive $10 billion industry. Just 15 years ago, only 3% of hens used commercially were cage-free. This shift means that more than 100 million hens every year are spared from suffering in cages.

Devastating fires are raging across California, in a terrible scene that has gripped the attention of the entire nation. There are more than 80 people confirmed dead, and countless more missing and displaced from their homes.

When we say we want to change the world for animals, we mean it—and that’s why, so often, the stories I tell here are about fights to end animal cruelty on a massive scale. 

New federal data released this month shows the enormous progress we have made toward the goal of ending the cruel cage confinement of farm animals in the United States.

As a result of slaughterhouse closures during the pandemic, some producers have used a cruel method called “ventilation shutdown,” or VSD, to kill whole herds of pigs.

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