BLOG: Prolific chicken abuser KFC recently paid off social media influencer ‘Niko’ and publisher JOE to give viewers an insight into conditions at a UK chicken farm as part of its ‘behind the bucket’ ad campaign. What we saw instead was a bucket of lies.

A group of restaurants and grocery stores in California has filed a lawsuit to block the implementation of ‘Proposition 12’ for fear it will cause shortages of pig products, proving that, in the end, profit matters more than the wellbeing of animals.

NEWS ROUND-UP: bringing you a digest of headlines you might have missed from the past week, covering animal agriculture, animal protection and environmental justice.

OPINION: The price of chickens in supermarkets has been steadily declining to the point where life is worth just a few pounds. But can there ever be an appropriate price, and is there a problem with our regard for life as reflected in recent media coverage? Claire Hamlett discusses.

A new report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has warned that gene editing could exacerbate “some unethical breeding practices”.

OPINION: The announcement by Nestlé of its new plant-based range was met with furious indignation from farmers who accused the food giant of ‘virtue signalling’. But where was their recognition of hypocrisy when dairy farming was linked to deforestation, asks Claire Hamlett.

The results of two government-commissioned studies into the number of dead badgers infected with bovine TB (bTB) have finally been released, confirming that badgers are being scapegoated for the spread of the disease.

The regret the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has expressed at the resignation of former Conservative MP Owen Paterson may go against public opinion but is no surprise at all, writes Claire Hamlett.

SANCTUARIES: Claire Hamlett explains why she chose to join the Pigoneer 2000 Club, a crowdfunding initiative with practical funding of sanctuary pigs at its heart.

NEWS: A farmer in Yorkshire, UK, has killed hundreds of piglets because slaughterhouses aren’t killing adults fast enough due to worker shortages, while other reports warn that 120,000 pigs could be culled to avoid an “acute welfare disaster”.

The meat industry isn’t only guilty of humane washing when it comes to its treatment of non-human animals, but as Claire Hamlett explains, the truth about what's happening to workers is also being glossed over.

Animal Rebellion activists dyed the iconic Queen Victoria Memorial fountain red yesterday, accusing the current queen of having ‘blood on her hands’. We take a look at the scandal that sparked this action plus the ways in which crown lands have either supported animal agriculture or turned a blind eye to hunting.