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21/08/2026

Food labels and marketing aren't always telling the full story about animal welfare

Here are 5 reasons you should care

1. What you see isn't what you get
Even though all British supermarket websites depict animals outdoors, around 85% of UK farmed animals are actually reared indoors in intensive systems.
2. Consumers are being misled
Many shoppers wrongly but understandably think labels like ""welfare assured"" mean animals weren't caged or subjected to painful practices.
3. The public wants truth on labels
99% of respondents to the Government's Fairer Food Labelling consultation backed mandatory method of production labelling.
4. Millions of animals could benefit
Defra estimates mandatory labelling could improve welfare for 111 million animals every year.
5. It would be fairer for farmers too.
Clear labelling would help shoppers support higher-welfare farming and stop farmers who invest in better standards from being undercut by lower-welfare products.

We know from egg labelling laws that if consumers can see how animals were really raised, they can make informed choices that reflect their values. Those choices help eliminate the cruellest farming practices, like keeping animals confined in cages.

If you want clear, consistent labelling to stop animal suffering being hidden behind a veil of deceptive marketing, then you can tell the government to introduce a law for honest meat labelling here: https://action.humaneworld.org/page/186625/action/1?ea.tracking.id=web_petition&_gl=1*vnq7y0*_up*MQ..*_ga*ODIwMDk4NjMxLjE3ODU3NjQwMjI.*_ga_DGPX92WLR5*czE3ODU3NjQwMjEkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODU3NjQzNDgkajUyJGwwJGgxNzE0NDc5ODA0

20/08/2026

A cheese sandwich? Problematic.
A lion's head? Apparently not.

Unbelievable but true: it’s easier to bring hunting trophies into the UK than a cheese sandwich.

Watch our new film starring Daniel Foxx and Evanna Lynch, where a spoof airport customs check encounter shines a light on the UK's hunting trophy import rules.

Shocked by what you see? Sign the e-action and help end hunting trophy imports: https://action.humaneworld.org/page/198733/petition/1

FOUR PAWS, Born Free Foundation

18/08/2026

Ever wondered what the passenger sitting next to you on a flight might be bringing home?
After this Thursday, you’ll wish you hadn’t.

Ahead of a major new campaign, Nick and Arthur explain how animals are still being hunted and killed so they can be bought home as hunting trophies.

Full launch coming 20 August.

FOUR PAWS, Born Free Foundation

14/08/2026

Lions, elephants and leopards. Born to be wild and with so much potential to live

🦁 A wild lion can live into his mid-teens - long enough to lead a pride and teach younger males how to survive.
🐘 An elephant could live 60 to 70 years - long enough to mother three or four calves and teach future generations.
🐆 A leopard might live 12 to 15 years - long enough to raise cubs who stay at her side for two full years, learning every skill they'll need to survive alone.

But then a British trophy hunter takes aim and steals all of that away from them.

And the UK Government is issuing licenses so that hunters can bring their sick souvenirs home.

Find out more and take action to end trophy hunting here: https://www.humaneworld.org/en/campaign/end-trophy-hunting-uk

13/08/2026

Pigs can't sweat.

When a heatwave hits, they rely entirely on their surroundings to cool down:
- The shed they're in
- The lorry they're on
- Whether there's shade and water within reach.

They have no choice in any of it.

Right now, pigs, chickens and other farmed animals are suffering out of sight.

The risk is especially acute in poorly ventilated sheds, during transport, or where animals can't access shade, water or effective cooling. Industry guidance acknowledges that heat stress in pigs can lead to collapse and, in the worst cases, death.

Here's what troubles us most: nobody is counting.

The UK issues heat-health alerts for people and tracks the human impact of extreme heat, yet there's no equivalent for millions of farmed animals.

There is no clear national system to monitor heat-related deaths or welfare incidents. Current government advice tells farmers to plan ahead and contact authorities in an emergency, but that isn't enough when a heatwave hits many farms at once, particularly where local authorities lack the capacity or specialist animal welfare expertise to respond at scale.

If we don't know how many animals are suffering, collapsing or dying, we can't know whether the protections they do have are working at all.

We're calling on the government to publish clear, species-specific guidance, close the data gap, and treat farmed animals as sentient beings not economic units.

Read our full statement here: https://www.humaneworld.org/en/news/government-heatwave-monitoring-farmed-animals

12/08/2026

To celebrate our new Forward Food Plant-Based Desserts Training for professional chefs, we're giving away a copy of Chef Danielle Maupertuis' new cookbook, "Veganissima: Vegan and gluten-free afternoon teas".

To enter, make sure you're following Humane World for Animals UK share this post to your stories, and tag a friend in the comments below who you'd enjoy a plant-based scone and a cup of tea with.

Winners will be selected at random and contacted ONLY by Humane World for Animals UK. If you’re unsure if it’s us, drop us a message from our profile page.

P.S. You can order a copy of Veganissima by visiting freefromdesserts.com/veganissima-cookbook

11/08/2026

We're delighted to welcome Danielle Maupertuis to our Forward Food team!

Together with Chef Danielle, we've already trained 14 university chefs to create plant-based desserts that taste amazing, put animals first, and are better for the planet. By switching to dairy- and egg-free puddings three times a week, they're saving an incredible 19 million litres of water a year that would otherwise be used in farming.

We think that's a pretty good reason to eat more cake 🙂

Sign the EatKind Pledge! https://action.humaneworld.org/page/163990/petition/

06/08/2026

Russian sable fur has been carved out of EU sanctions.

The European Commission has exempted sable pelts from the measures designed to restrict Russia's ability to fund its war in Ukraine — following lobbying from Italy and Greece, the bloc's main buyers of Russian sable.

Our senior director of public affairs for Europe, Dr Joanna Swabe, called it "a frivolous status symbol produced through cruelty to animals."

Not an essential.
Not a civilian necessity.

Sanctions exemptions are meant to cover things like food and medicine - the justification offered here was protecting the supply chain for a high-value niche product.

Meanwhile, 1.5 million citizens signed the European Citizens' Initiative for a Fur Free Europe. The Commission's formal response to them is five months overdue.

The destination hasn't changed: an EU-wide end to fur farming and the fur trade.

Read more in the Express: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2234720/eu-accused-outrageous-double-standard?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button -readmore-target

05/08/2026

Greyhound racing is being rejected around the world.

New Zealand has announced a ban. Scotland and Wales have acted with a stand against suffering. Now Westminster must follow.

Greyhound racing is not a fun day out for dogs, it’s literally gambling with their lives. 161 dogs died on UK tracks in 2025, and over 3,600 dogs were reported injured.

The evidence is clear: greyhounds suffer injuries, deaths, confinement and neglect as part of an industry that treats them as disposable.

We stand in solidarity with the campaigners across the UK working to end greyhound racing once and for all.

04/08/2026

Another step forward for wildlife. 🐘✈️

We welcome TUI Airlines' decision to officially prohibit the transport of hunting trophies in its air cargo operations.

This announcement is more than a single company policy, it reflects a growing global movement. More transport companies are recognising the important role they can play in protecting wildlife by refusing to carry hunting trophies.

Today, 52 transport companies across 26 countries have adopted hunting trophy transport restrictions, and nearly 80% of them prohibit the transport of all hunting trophies.

We congratulate TUI Airlines on this important commitment and look forward to seeing more transport providers join the movement for wildlife.

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