Jordi Casamitjana

5 days ago | veganfta.com | Jordi Casamitjana

We Animals Media has published a rare and revealing photo essay by Jo-Anne McArthur documenting the lives of rats and mice inside Latin American research laboratories. The project, undertaken in collaboration with the NGO Te Protejo,offers an unprecedented visual record of these rodents, often hidden from public view, demonstrating their intelligence, sentience, and capacity for social connection.

5 days ago | veganfta.com | Jordi Casamitjana

On the 9th of May 2025, Life With Pigs Farm Animal Sanctuary in Virginia, US, launched a compelling digital billboard and social media campaign encouraging the public to embrace dairy-free living for one month in honour of Jenna, a rescued calf whose story exemplifies the suffering endured by animals in the dairy industry. The Virginia-based sanctuary’s “Ditch Dairy for Jenna” campaign features a powerful digital billboard displaying Jenna’s rescue photograph alongside the message “She survived.

1 week ago | veganfta.com | Jordi Casamitjana

On the 21st of May 2025, campaigners celebrated the cancellation of the Todmorden Country Fair, in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. Todmorden Country Fair is a long-standing event that has long drawn criticism from animal protection groups for its use of nonhuman animals in entertainment. The news was welcomed by Freedom for Animals, which had been actively campaigning against the exploitation of animals at the fair.

1 week ago | veganfta.com | Jordi Casamitjana

On the 25th of March 2025, the European Parliament in Brussels became the stage for a powerful exhibition exposing the hidden suffering of animals exploited in factory farms across the EU. Organised by the European Institute for Animal Law & Policy and the European Environmental Bureau, the event featured large-scale photographs by renowned photojournalists, including Jo-Anne McArthur, whose images have long documented the realities of animal exploitation.

1 week ago | veganfta.com | Jordi Casamitjana

In April 2025, researchers from the University of British Columbia, Canada, unveiled the first open-source global map detailing the locations and ownership of fishmeal and fish oil factories — industries fuelling the rapid expansion of fish farms across the world. The study, published in Science Advances, identified 506 such factories operating in around 60 countries, with most sites situated along coastlines in industrial zones.