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Hens trapped in cages with little space

8 million hens in the UK deserve better

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We must free hens from cages

Shockingly, every year in the UK, 8 million egg-laying hens remain confined to cruel cages. Their eggs end up in everyday products like cakes and ready meals, but their suffering is hidden from view. These hens, treated as mere egg-laying machines, endure lives of misery. We must continue the fight to free them and end the cruelty inflicted on countless other farmed animals. Will you stand with us and donate today to help end their suffering?

Hens trapped in cages with little room to move

No chance to live a natural life

Despite the name, ‘enriched,’ cages still prevent egg laying hens from living as they should naturally. They can’t scratch in the dirt for food, fly up to high perches to feel safe, or even give their wings a good flap to get comfortable. They won’t see daylight from the moment they are put into their cage, until the day they are taken for slaughter at around just 18 months old. Will you help us stop the cruelty inflicted on these poor hens and all farmed animals by donating today?

Laying hens trapped in cages

Together we can achieve this

Here are rescued hens Holly and Miranda, saved from slaughter after their time in cages. Their feathers have re-grown, and they are healthy again. All hens should live natural lives, and we are fighting to make this happen. Our team is busy; ensuring media attention to keep farmed animal welfare in the public spotlight, undertaking research so we can show the hard evidence, and calling on Government and decision makers to bring about change. We are advocating for the UK to End the Cage Age for laying hens by 2028. A donation from you today will help fund this vital work – and fuel the fight to give all farmed animals a life worth living.

Two rescued hens outside in long grass displaying natural behaviours
Four piglets looking at the camera

Our successes

Happier sows

after we helped win a ban on sow stalls in the UK in 1999 and a partial ban in the EU in 2013.

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Our successes

Better lives for calves

after we helped win a ban on veal crates in the UK in 1990 and throughout the EU in 2007.

About us

For over 55 years, Compassion in World Farming has remained dedicated to reforming the world's broken food system, ending factory farming and introducing a more humane, fair, and sustainable one.

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We need you

Our promise to you is to use your gift in the most effective manner possible to end factory farming:

  • Save Animals. Factory farming is the bigget cause of animal cruelty on the planet.
  • Save Our Planet. Factory farming intensifies climate change.
  • Save Wildlife. Factory farming threatens the survival of many animals and plants.
  • Save Our Future. Factory farming wastes resources, giving little food energy in return.
  • Save Our Health. Factory farming breeds disease and causes antibiotic resistance.

The vision, involvement, and investment of Compassion's supporters will help the world move past cruelty and destruction, sparking a new era in agriculture and farmed animal welfare.

Together, we can pioneer abundant, sustainable food that is free from animal suffering, now and for generations to come.

 

Where your money goes

For every £1, 77p goes back into our work. The remainder is invested in fundraising to grow our campaigns and the global movement against the world’s biggest cause of animal cruelty.

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By post:
Send a cheque payable to "Compassion in World Farming International" to:
Compassion in World Farming (WA001),
River Court, Mill Lane, Godalming,
Surrey, GU7 1EZ

By phone:
UK – call us free on 0800 999 0101
From outside the UK, call +44(0)1483 521 953
Lines open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
As some of our team are working remotely, we would be most grateful if you are able to contact us using our email form. If you prefer to leave a message, we will be pleased to return your call at the earliest opportunity. We apologise in advance for any delay and thank you very much for your patience.

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Leaving a gift to Compassion in World Farming can be one of the most powerful ways to change the future for farmed animals, ensuring that your values, passion and commitment to ending factory farming will continue.

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