BREAKING: Animal Rebellion activists have occupied the national headquarters of RSPCA, demanding that the charity join the movement to bring about a plant-based food system for the animals and the environment.

INTERVIEW: How does someone go from witnessing the horrors of a West Yorkshire hatchery to championing the rights of animals through powerful storytelling? We spoke to author and international campaigner Susan Hargreaves about reaching young minds and her graphic novel launch tour.

EXPOSED: With the suffering of cows receiving so much attention, it’s easy to forget about the other animals whose milk we steal. But thanks to the work of campaign NGO Animal Justice Project, abuse and neglect of goats has been uncovered at a farm supplying the UK’s leading ‘high welfare’ supermarkets.

NEWS: Money spent on developing plant-based meat alternatives results in far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than if the same investment was made in any other eco-initiatives, said Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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.

ANIMALS IN FASHION: SLAY - a feature-length documentary three years in the making that follows filmmaker Rebecca Cappelli as she travels to investigate the fashion world - has extended its fundraising target in an effort to cause a greater impact on one of the world’s most exploitative industries.

MILKED - available to watch free on Waterbear now - follows the story of activist Chris Huriwai as he ventures deep into the land of dairy, taking on the giants of New Zealand’s most powerful industry to expose the looming sustainability crisis and the dangerous denial of impending agricultural disruption. We spoke to director and producer Amy Taylor about the issues raised in this bold new documentary.

NEWS: Luxury fashion brand Burberry is to stop using exotic animal skins in its future collections building on its previous commitment to go fur-free, its chief operating officer confirmed this week.

BLOG: Experts are warning that more of Britain’s dogs and other companion animals may be abandoned in the months to come as the cost-of-living crisis places further financial pressure on families. How is it that animals are always the victims of our human crises?

WEEKEND READ: Surge co-director Ed Winters recently debated the director of NFU Scotland on STV on the negative impacts of animal agriculture. Aside from Kennedy’s bare-faced lies about welfare, he made a curious claim that trees make methane too. Is this the ‘gotcha’ against rewilding he hoped it would be?

NEWS: First VR slaughterhouse robots, now methane masks to capture cow burps receive funding from the Prince of Wales. It’s yet another bizarre day in the weird world of meat industry technology.

TERRIFYING TECH: In a bid to make slaughterhouses and other meat processing facilities safer for workers, researchers are looking into ways to combine virtual reality and factory robotics to do some of the work remotely.