Animal Rising Press

After a four-day trial at Norwich Crown Court, Rose Patterson, Sarah Foy, and Rosa Sharkey have all been found guilty of theft after the rescue of three lambs from King Charles III’s Sandringham Estate in May 2023. Sentencing to follow today. Despite the verdict, Animal Rising claims that the rescue and subsequent trial have helped to put a spotlight on the reality behind animal farming in the UK, with over 10 million sheep being slaughtered yearly [1]. The controversial rescue made...

Animal Rising vows further factory farm exposés as group says three-week action marks beginning of long-term campaign to end factory farming. Animal Rising campaign lead Michelle Farnham has today (22 September) walked free from a pig farrowing crate in Trafalgar Square after spending 21 consecutive days and nights confined inside it, without leaving once. Michelle emerged from the crate at 11am, after first entering it at 7am on 1 September, completing an extraordinary physical and...

Six Animal Rising campaigners have today (22/09/26) been formally acquitted of all remaining charges relating to blockades of dairy giant Müller during the group’s 2022 ‘Stop the Supply’ campaign. The Crown Prosecution Service offered no evidence against them after an Animal Rising Supreme Court victory earlier this year which clarified how public nuisance law applies to campaigners on private land. The six had faced charges of public nuisance and conspiracy to commit criminal damage relating...