NEWS: A new book by Compassion in World Farming CEO Philip Lymbery has revealed that the number of US-style mega-farms in the UK has ballooned to 1,099, trapping millions of birds and thousands of pigs and cows in these huge industrial systems.

NEWS: The Scrap Factory Farming (SFF) campaign has filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to hold the UK government accountable for its failure to protect the public from climate change and the risk of future pandemics posed by factory farming.

VOICES: Andy Parkinson tells us why he, along with fellow award-winning photographers Neil Aldridge and Matt Maran, set out with their new book FOX: Neighbour Villain Icon to shed light on the truth about one of Britain’s best-known predators and dispel the myths that malign society’s attitudes towards these enigmatic animals.

NOT IF BUT WHEN: Animal farming threatens public health by spreading infectious diseases that can jump between species. But getting people to quit meat is just too hard, so let’s just try to slightly reduce this risk by intensifying animal farming, right? Wrong, writes Claire Hamlett.

Among the Ukrainians required to stay and fight in the war against Russia rather than evacuate, many vegans are among the soldiers to be drafted. But with vegan products scarce among the Armed Forces, who supports the country’s vegan fighters? Tamara Human of vegan organisation Every Animal explains.

SPECIAL REPORT: At the start of the year, Proposition 12 came into effect in the state of California banning the use of gestation crates for farmed pigs, a law supported by 63 per cent of voters. So why is President Biden now siding against Prop 12, a democratic move, and with pork producers? Claire Hamlett reports.

VOICES: Mike Francis reviews the scientific research conducted into the biology of slaughter to put paid to the misguided belief that there can ever be such a thing as the humane killing of farmed animals.

BREAKING NEWS: Animal rights activists have this morning scaled the roof of a livestock auction in Darlington, UK, the venue for today’s flagship National Beef Association 2022 Expo.

SPECIAL REPORT: As if animal agriculture wasn’t rife enough with animal exploitation, a report by the Guardian has placed a spotlight on a little-known link between farms across Europe and the UK and so-called “blood farms” where horse hormones are harvested. Claire Hamlett discusses.

DEEP DIVE: Britain’s exit from the European Union presented both threats and promises to animal justice in the UK. But since coming into effect in 2020, what - if anything - has actually changed? Devon Docherty writes.

SPECIAL REPORT: Released on World Health Day, new research by World Animal Protection into the negative public health and cost implications of cheap meat, fish and dairy has proved to be a damning indictment of the industries responsible. Claire Hamlett reports.

Following multiple investigations into Britain's biggest duck producer, Gressingham Foods, Animal Justice Project has launched a new campaign with one aim - to bring an end to duck farming in the UK. Ayrton Cooper, Campaigns Manager at AJP, tells us how they’ll be putting extra pressure on an already dwindling industry.