RSPCA slams violent attacks on cows at Cathedral City cheese farms Dairy firm warns farmers against strangers after men caught on film jabbing animals with sharp objects and punching and kicking them The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2025
Watchdog rules Red Tractor exaggerated its environmental standards The Advertising Standards Authority agrees with River Action that the food safety body’s 2023 advert misled the public The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025
Red Tractor ad banned following complaint about ‘farmed with care’ claim River Action said the ad exaggerated the benefits of Red Tractor endorsement because some farms had not met environmental standards. Evening Standard · Oct 14, 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
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
Devon farm footage prompts calls to ban restrictive pens for pregnant pigs Welfare of sows confined to farrowing crates was compromised and they displayed signs of extreme stress, experts say The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2025
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
Premature death of 80m chickens raises concerns over UK’s fast-growing breeds Welfare groups urge swap to slow-growing birds in face of record deaths last year The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2023
Co-op under fire as footage shows ‘sick and suffering’ chickens at supply farms Secretly recorded footage shows workers empptying bags loaded with chicken corpses into bins The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2023
Secret footage reveals chickens collapsing ‘in agony’ at farms supplying ‘ethical’ supermarket Co-op Exclusive: Members angry as hidden cameras show grossly overweight birds ‘near death and unable to walk or drink’ The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2023
Protesters outside Bristol Lidl as part of 'Frankenchickens' campaign Lidl says it takes animal welfare 'extremely seriously' Bristol Post · Jun 30, 2023
Chickens 'crushed to death by machinery' on farm which supplies British supermarkets WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: A farm supplying chicken meat to British supermarkets Asda, Co-Op, Aldi and Tesco suffered severe injuries as a whistleblower claimed "retailers are hiding the truth" from the public Daily Mirror · Jun 19, 2023
Daily Mirror · Mar 11, 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
Bristol Post · Mar 7, 2023 Vegan activists to stage protest outside Costa Coffee shops this weekend "We’ll be having judgement-free, positive conversations"
Manchester Evening News · Mar 6, 2023 Vegan activists to stage mass protests outside Costa Coffee shops this weekend - including in Manchester The protests will take place on Saturday (March 11)
Salon · Feb 25, 2023 England's farmers go back to nature The UK government's environment improvement plan pledges to restore 1.2 million acres of wildlife-rich habitat
The Independent UK · Jan 5, 2023 Undercover video finds cows on dairy giant farm that supplies Iceland and Costa Coffee ‘in filthy conditions’ Exclusive: One cow ‘hit in the udder’ and others struggled to walk, footage shows
The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022 Two-thirds of cattle farms in north Devon cause river pollution Nearly nine in 10 farms inspected failed to comply with regulations, according to a report from the Environment Agency
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’
The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022 Potentially deadly superbug found in British supermarket pork Tests found more than 10% of sampled products resistant to antibiotic used to treat serious illnesses in humans
Bristol Post · May 1, 2022 Morrisons: Protesters with "Frankenchickens" images storm supermarket Undercover filming led by the charity alleged it found "monstrous and deformed chickens collapsing in their own waste" on four farms supplying Morrisons
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2022 Red Tractor ‘failing to regulate’ pesticide use for UK supermarket products Survey finds UK’s biggest farm and food assurance scheme ineffective in helping farmers reduce harmful chemicals use