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Guinea pig housing requirements and bedding options
How big of an area does one or multiple pet guinea pigs need to feel comfortable, and what material works best to help them sleep?
Guinea pig feeding schedule and dietary needs
What food and when should guinea pigs eat? Plan out their diet and keep a schedule to keep these small pets healthy.
Would a guinea pig make a good pet for you?
Guinea pigs are a little higher maintenance than other small pets. Make sure you are ready for the commitment before adopting one of these gentle animals.
The little pig who could
Rescued in December 2024 from an alleged cruelty case, Sabine the pig finds her happily ever after at Black Beauty Ranch.
From crates to freedom: UK rescue gives former farm pigs a new life beyond farrowing crates
Humane World for Animals United Kingdom works with organizations to end the cruelest farming practices and promote a compassionate plant-based food system. Last summer, we rehomed two mother pigs when a farmer chose to give them to us rather than send them to slaughter.
Webinar showcases future of pig farming is crate-free
HANOI, Viet Nam—Leading international experts on pig farming, behavior and animal welfare will gather online on Nov. 22 and 29 for the “Group Housing of Sows—The Future of Pig Production in Viet Nam and Globally” webinar series.
New Ohio regulations signal progress for mother pigs in the pork industry
On Dec. 31, 2025, Ohio’s regulations limiting the use of extreme confinement for mother pigs in the pork industry will take effect.
Breaking news: USDA eliminates speed limits for killing pigs at slaughterhouses
By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson
Pigs are intelligent, emotional animals, and here’s what we’re doing to protect them
For decades, we have advocated on behalf of animals raised and killed for meat.
It’s clear: People do not want mother pigs caged in farrowing crates for weeks at a time
A new poll on farrowing crates, which confine and restrict mother pigs behind bars for up to five weeks around the time of giving birth, shows that more than two thirds of people in Britain reject such cruelty.
Pig producers, elected officials and animal advocates work together to save state ag laws and free markets
This press release was updated at 2:35 p.m. EST on May 23, 2024.
New polling reveals 69% of Brits reject the practice of caging mother pigs in farrowing crates for weeks at a time
LONDON—New polling commissioned by leading animal protection organisation Humane World for Animals UK (formerly Humane Society International UK) reveals that more than two thirds (69%) of the British public reject the use of farrowing crates—cages used on farms to confine mother pigs who have jus
British farmer saves two mother pigs from slaughter by rehoming them via animal charity HSI/UK in show of support for a ban on "barbaric” farrowing crates
LONDON—Two mother pigs, who have spent around a quarter of their adult lives confined in metal cages barely bigger than their bodies, have been rescued from slaughter and rehomed by leading animal protection charity Humane Society International/UK.
New poll shows less than one in five Brits support the use of farrowing crates on farms, as campaigners call for caging pigs to be banned
LONDON—New polling data shows that less than one in five people in Britain (19.8%) support the use of pig farrowing crates. Yet, every year on UK farms, over 200,000 mother pigs are confined for up to five weeks at a time in small cages in which they can’t even turn around.
One year later: a lone pig from a large-scale animal rescue operation is thriving at a Texas sanctuary, learning how to be a pig
While she needed time to acclimate and discover what it is like to be a pig, Sabine now shares a large pasture with five other pigs and has everything a pig requires.
Factory farms are baking pigs alive during the pandemic. Veterinarians call for changing guidance on this barbaric killing method
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.
You can help pigs and stop Big Pork’s power grab. Here’s how.
The U.S. House of Representatives is debating and voting on a huge legislative package, the Farm Bill, that could decide the basic quality of life for millions of pigs and other animals, and set dangerous limits on what state laws can do for animal welfare.
“It should be illegal”: Scottish public “shocked” by cruelty of caging mother pigs
EDINBURGH―Demonstrating local support for a ban on farrowing crates, public reactions filmed in Scotland by leading animal protection organisation Humane World for Animals UK (formerly Humane Society International) found people “sad” and “shocked” to learn how mother pigs can be tightly confined