‘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
‘Delicious, affordable everyday eating’: the best supermarket free-range eggs, tasted and rated A cracking selection of eggs with welfare well considered, but which are golden and which are ‘unremarkable’? The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2025
RSPCA ad campaign cleared following complaints by campaigners Adfree Cities said the ads misleadingly represented the welfare standards afforded to animals farmed under the RSPCA Assured scheme. The Independent UK · May 6, 2025
Chris Packham and Caroline Lucas resign from RSPCA amid investigation Wildlife TV presenter and conservationist Chris Packham has resigned as president of the RSPCA after an investigation made allegations of animal… The National (Scotland) · Dec 23, 2024
Packham resigns as RSPCA president after animal cruelty claims at approved farms Former Green Party leader Caroline Lucas has also resigned as vice president of the animal welfare organisation. Evening Standard · Dec 21, 2024
Salmon farm records largest mass die-off in Scotland in a decade THE largest mass die-off of farmed salmon in Scotland in more than a decade has occurred, with more than a million fish dying in just a year and a… The National (Scotland) · Oct 22, 2024
More than 1m farmed salmon die at supplier to leading UK retailers Mowi Scotland, which supplies Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s, blames a rise in sea temperatures for the deaths, while campaigners say expanding farms will make things worse The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2024
Brian May announces ‘painful decision’ to resign as RSPCA vice president May has been the RSPCA vice president since 2012 but is leaving after being made aware of the ‘conditions in some farms’ The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2024
Ricky Gervais, Moby and Joanna Lumley call on RSPCA to axe ‘misleading’ meat endorsement scheme Exclusive: Ex-vice-chair of charity joins celebrities, professors and others in claiming Assured stamp ‘welfare-washes animal cruelty’ The Independent UK · Sep 26, 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
Cows on farms supplying M&S and Muller kicked, punched, hit with chains and sworn at in shocking footage Exclusive: Angry workers yell expletives at frightened animals and bash them with poles, secret filming shows The Independent UK · Sep 14, 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
Why animal ethics matters for tackling climate change The world’s oldest animal welfare charity, Britain’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), is under fire from non-human rights activists Animal Rising. The Conversation · Jun 20, 2024
RSPCA Assured: animal welfare labels are a hollow money-maker for supermarkets The 200-year-old Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the oldest such charity in the world, is under fire for endorsing welfare standards on RSPCA Assured farms investigated by Animal Rising activists. More than 40 of these farms, the group alleges, contain dead or dying animals existing in… The Conversation · Jun 20, 2024
Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2024 Who are Animal Rising? King Charles' portrait vandalised by activists in protest against RSPCA The organisation released a statement defending their choice to target the monarch’s portrait
The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023 Chris Packham calls for halt to ‘catastrophic’ expansion of Scottish salmon farms Broadcaster and RSPCA president says moratorium needed as mortality rates jump, while activists question charity’s role in certifying farms
Daily Record · May 30, 2023 'Gruesome' conditions at salmon farm linked to M&S slammed as images show skips full of dead fish EXCLUSIVE: Graphic video and images obtained by the Record highlight the scale of death and disease at the Shuna Point facility near Oban, whose Norwegian owners supply M&S.
Nottingham Post · Mar 1, 2023 Protestors in Nottingham Sainsburys' store stage sit-in on egg aisle Similar actions have also taken place in London, Manchester and Exeter, with Sainsbury’s stores being targeted as the group claim Sainsbury’s sell more than 50% of all RSPCA-assured products in the UK.
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