Investigation: Xmas Turkeys
An undercover investigation into three British intensive Red Tractor turkey farms reveals shocking scenes of suffering and abject animal cruelty, all for the sake of Christmas dinner
Viva! Animals launches dynamic campaigns to expose factory farming. Most animals spend their short lives in misery, imprisoned in squalor and exploited for human use. Their endless suffering is kept out of sight behind closed doors and so it falls to Viva! to expose the truth. We film and photograph the conditions on factory farms to show the public how animals really live and urge them to choose vegan. We take our undercover footage and run nationwide media campaigns, hitting the headlines with our shocking images. We take to the streets to show the British public where their food really comes from.
An undercover investigation into three British intensive Red Tractor turkey farms reveals shocking scenes of suffering and abject animal cruelty, all for the sake of Christmas dinner
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Factory farming is an intensive form of animal agriculture which prioritises profit above everything else. This means that animals are kept in cramped, overcrowded conditions with a lack of environmental enrichment, poor hygiene standards and low animal welfare.
In the UK around 90 per cent of turkeys are factory farmed. They’re selectively bred to grow quickly and often suffer from agonising leg disorders, joint degeneration and heart disease as a result.
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Read about our exposés, events and campaigns to save these bright beautiful animals.
Each day, you are bombarded with messages reassuring you that the UK has the highest welfare standards in the world. Through careful marketing and misleading labels, we are led to believe that farmed animals are well cared for and that eating meat is natural, normal and necessary. It’s time to uncover the truth.
In our latest undercover investigation into British pig farming we expose farms supplying meat to Morrisons. Take action now.
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