Animal Rising Press

Wildlife presenter and former RSPCA president Chris Packham joined Michelle Farnham inside a pig farrowing crate outside the National Gallery today, where she has been living for over a week to highlight suffering on British factory farms. Animal Rising campaign lead Michelle Farnham is living inside the crate 24 hours a day as part of a living art installation outside the National Gallery. She does not leave the crate at any point, day or night, from 1 to 22 September. [1] Farrowing crates...

This morning (01/09/26) Animal rights campaigner Michelle Farnham entered a pig farrowing crate outside the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square where she will remain for 21 days, as Animal Rising launches its campaign to end factory farming in Britain by 2040. The action coincides with the release today of never-before-seen footage following a month in the life of Luna, a sow confined in a farrowing crate on a British factory farm. Animal Rising are calling for the release of Luna from Red...

A Supreme Court ruling today (14/07/26) [1] upheld the acquittals of six anti-dairy campaigners who disrupted dairy giant Müller’s Droitwich site in 2022. Animal Rising argues the decision marks a crucial victory for protest rights in the UK, setting a precedent that public nuisance laws cannot be used sweepingly to prevent peaceful protest. [The defendants outside court in May 2025] In September 2022, Animal Rising (then Animal Rebellion) launched a two-week campaign of protest against dairy...