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Press releases & updates.

The latest from our campaigns, investigations, and courtrooms. For media enquiries contact press@animalrising.org.

  • Beagle Rescuers In Court After Taking Puppies From Animal Testing

    • 18 Animal Rising supporters attended Cambridge Magistrates Court yesterday [25/07/24], pleading not guilty to burglary charges. • The charges relate to the rescue of 20 beagle puppies on 20 December 2022 from MBR Acres, a Cambridgeshire breeding facility that supplies up to 2000 beagle puppies a year to the animal testing industry. Two of the 20 puppies were captured and returned by the police while 18 went to safe homes for life.[1] • Animal Rising has said they intend for the upcoming court

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  • 18 Charged With Burglary After Animal Rising Rescue Puppies From Animal Testing

    • After the rescue of 20 beagle puppies (two of whom were subsequently captured by police) in December 2022, 18 people have been charged with burglary and will appear for a plea hearing at Cambridge Magistrates Court on 25/7/24 [1]. • The action drew widespread support, with Will Young, Meg McCubbin, Peter Egan, and Roxy Shahidi commenting at the time [2]. • Animal Rising has said that this trial will “put the eyes of the nation on animal testing, forcing the industry to defend itself in front

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  • Banksy Artworks Redecorated to highlight RSPCA and McDonald’s Links

    • Around 11:00 today (26/6/24) four Animal Rising supporters redecorated Banksy’s “Girl with Balloon” in London and “Kissing Coppers” in Brighton on the protective plexiglass of the artworks, underscoring the RSPCA’s failure to protect animals on farms. • The action has highlighted industry collusion between the RSPCA and McDonald’s, with Animal Rising calling it “absurd” that the RSPCA is approving McDonald’s factory farms. • This is Animal Rising’s second high-profile redecoration of a public

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  • King’s Portrait Redecorator Rescues Chicken From RSPCA Farm

    • This morning, Animal Rising has revealed the rescue of a sick hen, named “Babs,” from an RSPCA Assured Farm. The rescue occurred in March 2024, with the group releasing full footage and story today. • The hen was rescued from an intensive egg farm in Kent by Rose Patterson, Animal Rising Co-Director, and Daniel Juniper, one of the individuals who redecorated a portrait of King Charles III with Wallace last week [1]. • Babs was in critical condition when the two rescuers reached her, with seve

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  • Runaway London Calf:15,500 People Call For Beau To Be Rehomed In Sanctuary

    • Over 15,000 people have now signed a petition in less than two days calling for Beau, the calf who escaped in Staines-Upon-Thames this past weekend - being hit multiple times by police,to be rehomed in a sanctuary [1]. • Animal Rising has secured a sanctuary space with acres of land and other cows and is ready to cooperate with the RSPCA and the farm where she lives to give the calf a happy ending. • Animal Rising has highlighted that, if Beau remains on the farm, she’ll inevitably end up in

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  • Runaway London Calf: Animal Rising Call For Sanctuary And Condemn Police Violence

    • Horrific footage has appeared overnight of police using a car to, twice, ram into a defenceless baby cow that had escaped onto streets in West London [1]. • Animal Rising is calling for the calf, which the group has named Beau, to be safely rehomed in a sanctuary where they will be able to live out their full life away from the threat of being killed in the animal farming industry. Animal Rising has launched a petition, encouraging the public to join their calls to ensure Beau’s safety [2]. •

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  • King Charles’ Portrait Redecorated: “No Cheese, Gromit!”

    • Around 12:00 today (11/6/24,) two supporters of Animal Rising entered the Philip Mould gallery and proceeded to affix posters onto the painting of King Charles III [1]. One poster overlaid the King’s face with Wallace, from the popular Aardman stop-motion, whilst another was a speech bubble reading “No Cheese Gromit. Look At All This Cruelty On RSPCA Farms!” • The action brought attention to Animal Rising’s damning investigation of 45 RSPCA Assured farms, described as “indefensible” by Chris

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  • RSPCA Ditches Meat Recipes from Assured Scheme Website

    • The RSPCA removed all recipes containing “RSPCA Assured” meat, eggs and dairy from its website yesterday (09/06/24). [1] • This follows the release yesterday of Animal Rising’s investigation into the RSPCA Assured scheme [2], with covert footage of 45 RSPCA farms unearthing shocking scenes of pigs left to die covered in slurry, dying chicks, and carcasses left to fester next to living animals. • Until yesterday the Assured website featured almost exclusively recipes which included meat, dairy

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  • RSPCA Scandal: Biggest Exposé Of Farm Cruelty In UK History

    • Today footage and a report from a huge investigation into the state of RSPCA Assured farms has been released, with 45 UK farms featured [1]. The RSPCA Assured scheme is one of the largest, so-called, animal welfare programs in the UK. • RSPCA President, Chris Packham, was sent the footage and has today called the footage “indefensible.” He also called for the suspension of the scheme [2]. Peter Egan, former RSPCA Vice-President condemned the footage too. • The scheme has been described as “ef

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  • Grand National Conviction for Motorway Blockade on the M57

    • Seven Animal Rising supporters have been found guilty of “wilful obstruction of a public highway” today at Liverpool Magistrates Court following a three-day trial. • An eighth defendant was due to be tried for the offence of stopping a vehicle on a motorway but this case was dropped on day one of the trial, 22/05/24. • The group closed down the M57 on 15/4/23 in protest of the Grand National, as other supporters scaled fences and entered the racecourse, delaying the race by around 15 minutes.

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