The bodies of 55,000 pigs including breeding sows and piglets are still being recovered three weeks after the fire at the Alt Tellin farm and biogas facility in northeastern Germany, with ensuing protests against plans to rebuild. But even before the tragedy of March 30, the site had long been the subject of legal controversies and demonstrations from both local interest groups and animal protection activists.

Animal protection law firm Advocates for Advocates is leading the way once again in the fight against the UK government’s controversial anti-protest bill, gathering together more than 30 animal justice groups including Surge in signing an open letter voicing our collective opposition. Here’s everything you need to know.

We spoke to Carl Valentin, Denmark’s first ever proudly vegan MP, about his political career, championing animal rights and environmentalism in the Danish political landscape, and how to ensure that the ban on mink farming for fur stays beyond Covid-19.

Progreso en Verde, a political party that champions the rights of animals in the Balearics, has called on EU institutions to end the exploitation of horses. In drawing attention to the ‘horse buggies’ that ferry tourists around Mallorca, we are reminded that this is not an isolated issue - horses the world over are being forced to endure terrible hardships.

Unless all the bad news over the past year has merged into one vague living nightmare, you will be aware that the government has proposed a new clampdown on the right to protest. These changes come in the form of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

Lyon’s city council has moved to take animal flesh off school menus, sparking a debate that touches on many issues ranging from the political to the environmental and of course the ethical. We take a look at the arguments and other examples of moves by schools to switch to more sustainable mealtimes.

Following on from our recent video on subsidies - Why a cheeseburger can cost less than fruit - Surge project manager Tatiana von Rheinbaben delves deeper into UK farming subsidies pre- and post-Brexit.