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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Animal justice project - Caught on Camera

‘Outdoor-bred’ RSPCA Assured pigs found ‘suffering and lame’ in farm barns

Exclusive: ‘Springwatch’ star Iolo Williams says consumers should know ‘disconnect between language and reality’

The Independent UK · Feb 18

Tesco, Asda and Morrisons axe supplier after secret farm footage shows piglets beaten to death

Exclusive: Tesco, Asda and Morrisons suspend supplier and meat giant sacks four staff after hidden cameras capture cruelty

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2025

Viral Video Of Piglets Being Tortured Prompts Tesco, Asda, And More To Stop Supplies From Lincolnshire Pig Farm

Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons halt supplies from Somerby Top Farm after alleged pig abuse; Red Tractor suspends assurance as Cranswick apologises.

International Business Times UK · Aug 18, 2025

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Supermarkets halt supplies from Lincolnshire pig farm over animal abuse footage

Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons said they had ‘immediately’ suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm after piglets kicked by workers

The Guardian - UK · Aug 17, 2025

Supermarkets suspend supplies from pig farm after animal cruelty reports

Tesco and Asda said they had suspended supplies from Somerby Top Farm in Lincolnshire, which is run by British meat producer Cranswick.

Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2025

Two supermarket chains suspend supplies after pig cruelty reports

Somerby Top Farm faces scrutiny after the allegations emerged

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2025

Supermarkets suspend ties with pig farm over animal abuse claims

Meat producer’s shares have plunged after shocking video emerged

The Independent UK · May 12, 2025

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UK supermarkets suspend supplies from Lincolnshire pig farm over cruelty claims

Workers at farm owned by UK’s biggest pig meat producer Cranswick filmed killing piglets by banned ‘blunt force trauma’

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2025

Cows ‘beaten and left in squalid conditions’ at farm used by UK’s largest milk producer

Staff involved at Lowfields Farm no longer work at the dairy farm

The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2025

Pigs beaten with pitchforks at boar farm linked to supermarket bacon suppliers, footage reveals

Exclusive: First investigation of its kind at farm supplying semen to pigs reveals ‘violence for violence’s sake’ against animals

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2024

Advertising watchdog investigates RSPCA Assured adverts after complaints of ‘misleading’ claims

Exclusive: TV and online ads including video shortlisted for award being probed after string of revelations exposing cruelty at farms and abattoirs

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2024

Workers hit sick pigs at RSPCA-backed slaughterhouse supplying pork to Tesco and other supermarkets

Animals filmed with wounds and frothing at mouth in horrific sign of stress, say activists who shot undercover footage

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024

Ducks destined for Tesco and other supermarkets swung by necks and slammed into drawers in harrowing video

Exclusive: Secret footage of intensively reared birds at Red Tractor farm for Gressingham reveals repeated cruelty

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2023

Inside grim lives of farmed pigs forced to live in squalor and left for hours to die

Animal Justice Project filmed for three months at Bickmarsh Hall mega-farm in Warwickshire, where 8,000 pigs are housed in 46 sheds. Some staff were seen kicking and slapping pigs when moving around

Daily Mirror · Mar 11, 2023

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The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Bird flu pandemic warning as taxpayers shell out £42m to compensate farmers

Exclusive: Activists blame factory farming for UK’s worst outbreak as owners paid average of £165,000 each

Evening Standard · Dec 15, 2022

Three arrested after protesters scale DEFRA building in central London

Three people have been arrested after animal rights protesters scaled the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) building in central London, on Thursday morning, as they sought to draw attention to the bird flu crisis and intensive farming practices.

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022

Piglets at RSPCA-backed farms ‘kicked, thrown and electrocuted’

Exclusive: Animal welfare charity suspends members of its Assured scheme after secret footage reveals cruelty

The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2022

Goats ‘shoved and neglected’ at show farm that supplies M&S, Ocado, Asda and Morrisons

Exclusive: Secret cameras caught lame animals ‘unable to get up to reach water’ as workers killed kids ‘of no value’

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Chronicle Live · May 28, 2022

Animal rights activists hold rooftop protest at Darlington meat expo

The stunt, which began in the early hours of Saturday, is said to have seen one demonstrator taken to hospital

Wales Online · May 28, 2022

Animal rights protestors cause chaos by scaling roof of major meat industry event

Protesters scaled the Darlington Farmers Auction Mart in the early hours with huge banners condemning farming and agriculture

The Independent UK · May 28, 2022

Animal rights activists ‘sprayed with manure’ at beef event confrontation

One demonstrator is said to have been taken to hospital after the incident at a venue in Darlington.

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