End cramped and cruel cages for farm animals

Every year across the UK, millions of farmed animals are kept in cages, unable to express their natural behaviours and experiencing an unimaginable amount of suffering. These inhumane systems cannot be the future of British farming.

During their lives many of the animals will never have the freedom to move properly. Their cramped, often dirty, cages barely leave them room to move, to spread their wings and stretch their legs.

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The future of farming is cruel - unless the UK Government acts now

The UK is letting farm animals down, also risking its joint global leader status for animal welfare if it doesn’t act now for animals.

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Farm animals cannot afford more delays, and we need your help to protect them. Together, we can end the misery of cages.

We need a ban on caging farmed animals!

In 2024 the Scottish Government launched a consultation to end the use of cages for laying hens and we believe the UK Government should follow suit (and include farrowing crates). We’d like to see the UK Government show its commitment to improving the welfare of farmed animals by launching a consultation to end the practice of using cages and close confinement systems in England within the first 6 months of parliament.

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Farm animals cannot afford more delays, and we need your help to protect them. Together, we can end the misery of cages.

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Farmed animals cannot afford more delays, and we need your help to protect them. Together, we can end the misery of cages.

Email your parliamentary candidate

Farm animals cannot afford more delays, and we need your help to protect them. Together, we can end the misery of cages.

73% of the british public oppose the use of cages for hens and 67% oppose the use of farrowing crates*

3 in 4 people surveyed think that farm animals should not be kept in a cage even if it’s not in the welfare interests of the animal

10 million laying hens in not so enriched conditions

In the UK, ‘enriched cages’ are still permitted, housing around 10 million egg laying hens. Enriched cages provide just 9% more usable space per bird than conventional battery cages. They provide an unacceptably restrictive amount of space per bird, with usable space equivalent to a single sheet of A4 paper per bird.

Millions of pigs in small crates

It is a heartbreaking fact that about 6 million pigs reared for slaughter are born each year in farrowing crates.

Pig farrowing crates are barred, often barren, metal crates within a pen where pregnant sows are placed one week before giving birth. In the weeks she will spend there, farrowing crates only allow her to stand up and lie down and completely prevent her from turning around or walking. with only a small amount of movement forwards and backwards permitted.

Over 200,000 sows (60%) are placed in farrowing crates before they give birth and remain for the entire duration of nursing their piglets. With multiple litters a year, she will spend 10-15 weeks a year in these crates.