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Victory for Campaigners as Hogwood ‘Horror’ farm to Shut Down
Viva! is celebrating after planning documents reveal that Hogwood Farm will stop farming pigs from September 2026.
Viva! is celebrating after planning documents reveal that Hogwood Farm will stop farming pigs from September 2026.
Presenters Juliet Gellatley and Tony Wardle discuss the Viva! documentary Hogwood: a modern horror story.
Follow our intrepid group of undercover investigators as they expose shocking atrocities inside Hogwood farm.
HOGWOOD has won multiple awards and accolades from film festivals and critics. Today, it was awarded the Best Documentary Award at the Liverpool Underground Film Festival.
Hogwood Farm is a horror farm in Warwickshire housing 16,000 pigs. It is one of the largest pig farms Viva! has ever seen. Conditions there for pigs are so appalling we have launched a campaign urging supporters to TAKE ACTION and help us close the farm down. This campaign has attracted a huge amount of media attention.
Animal welfare group Viva! are celebrating their latest victory as supermarket giant Tesco drops Hogwood Farm as a supplier, following a third investigation by Viva! Earlier this week, Red Tractor suspended Hogwood’s certification in response to the hidden camera footage obtained by Viva!
Between 2017 and 2019, Viva! uncovered a catalogued of cruelty, deception and marketing lies at Hogwood pig farm – turning the story into a multi-award-winning Netflix documentary. In 2026, the farm shuts its doors for good.
