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Workers at a dock are butchering a large whale laid out on the wet pavement.
Dame Judi Dench and stars urge end to Iceland's whale slaughter

LONDON― Dame Judi Dench and a host of other high-profile British stars have written a letter urging Iceland to ban whale hunting, expressing their "deep sadness" that 18 fin whales have been

Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) stock photos
Illegal glue traps still sold in shops and on Amazon ahead of Scotland ban

Cruel and illegal glue traps are still being sold in shops in England and by online retailers, including Amazon, ahead of Scotland’s ban coming into force on 1 July, according to new findings from

Mink fur farm in Dandong China November 2025
MPs urge UK Government to ban fur imports as horror exposé shows animals beaten to death on Chinese farms

Humane World for Animals UK (formerly called Humane Society International), the Fur Free Britain coalition, 50 Members of Parliament, veterinary experts and celebrities are strengthening calls on the

Pigs and cows on Helen Browning's organic (soil association accredited) farm
Sarah Dyke MP leads cross-party call for mandatory animal welfare labelling on meat products
Liberal Democrat MP and Environment spokesperson Sarah Dyke has led a cross‑party letter to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) calling on the Government to bring forward
Images from the Edinburgh stop of the Crate Britain Tour as part of Humane World for Animals UK campaign to ban farrowing crates.
Animatronic pig to tour Scotland exposing ‘pregnancy cage cruelty’ ahead of arrival in Holyrood

Humane World for Animals UK (formerly known as Humane Society International UK) will take its campaign against farrowing crates across Scotland from 11-14 April, bringing a life-size animatronic pig

Photos taken on two fur farms in Finland as part of an investigation into the cruelty of fur farming with Humane World for Animals and Finnish animal protection organisation Oikeutta Elaimille
Government’s Animal Welfare Committee condemns global fur trade, fur import ban is only credible option for UK Government says Humane World for Animals

LONDON—The Animal Welfare Committee, which advises the UK government, has published a damning report today condemning the animal suffering involved in the fur trade. Its report on ‘the responsible

Person petting pig's snout in a green field.
Humane World for Animals UK ‘applauds Government for ambitious plan’ on release of new Animal Welfare Strategy

LONDON—Humane World for Animals UK welcomes the UK Government’s publication of its new Animal Welfare Strategy, having met several times with ministers to provide extensive evidence and specific

Chickens
Consumers deserve the truth: UK Government must act on ‘pervasive misinformation’ on animal products

LONDON―Compassion in World Farming, Humane World for Animals UK and The Animal Law Foundation met with members of Parliament this morning, to call for mandatory labelling of meat products and for

Penny, the animatronic pig in a replica farrowing crate, outside the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh as part of Humane World for Animals UK's Crate Britain Tour, August 2025.
“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