Help us ban cruel pig cages
Humane World for Animals is going on tour in August 2025! We’re hitting the road with our Crate Britain Tour to raise awareness about cruel mother pig cages (known as farrowing crates), engaging MPs and communities in areas with high levels of pig farming.
Over 200,000 mother pigs in the UK are forced to endure up to five weeks of extreme confinement in cages around the time they give birth. This means they can spend almost a quarter of their lives trapped in a space so small they can’t even turn around. They suffer both physically and mentally while caged, unable to carry out many of their natural behaviours or properly interact with their piglets.
Our polling shows that almost three-quarters of the British public haven’t heard of farrowing crates or know very little about them, so our life-size replica animatronic mother pig, Penny—sadly trapped in her cruel cage—will help us to show people across the country the conditions that pigs are enduring on British farms.
Our goal is for thousands of people to take action and urge politicians to act quickly to end this totally unnecessary suffering. 40% of farms are already crate-free, our campaign aims to make that 100%!
Imogen Clemett/Humane World for Animals UK
Ask your MP to support a Crate-Free Britain!
Add your name in support of a ban on cruel crates for mother pigs.
Event details
We will be setting off from Westminster and then visiting the following towns and cities:
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Thetford – Pop-up stall
18th August, 1:30-3:30pm
King’s Street Square, Thetford IP24 2AP
Norwich – Evening event
18th August, 6-8pm
Cosy Club, 45-51 London St, Norwich NR2 1AG
Lincoln – Pop-up stall
19th August, 2-4pm
War Memorial, St Benedicts Square, Lincolnshire, LN5 7AR
York – Pop-up stall
21st August, 11-3pm
Lower Parliament Street, York YO1 8SG
York – Evening event
20th August, 6-8pm
Duke of York, 3-4 King's Sq, York YO1 8BH
Edinburgh – Pop-up stall
22nd August, 9-10:30am
Outside Scottish Parliament, Palace of Holyroodhouse, Canongate, Edinburgh EH8 8DX
Perth – Pop-up stall
22nd August, 2-5pm
116-128 High Street, Perth PH21 5UL
Glasgow – Pop-up stall
23rd August, 11-3pm
66 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G2 8AG
We look forward to meeting you on tour!
Please note that space is limited at our evening event venues and RSVPs will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. If you’d like to attend an evening event, kindly RSVP by contacting info@humaneworlduk.org. RSVP is not required for our pop-up events as space is not limited.
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Two mother pigs rescued from farrowing crates in the UK now live free in sanctuary, as advocates push to ban this cruel farming practice.
There is no reason for this cruelty to continue, especially when free-farrowing systems are available and are proven to provide better welfare outcomes for both sows and piglets.
Pigs in farrowing crates endure the most restrictive confinement of any farmed animals in the UK, and they suffer physically and mentally as a result.
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