Hello everyone! Here you can find the March updates from Animal Equality in all the countries in which we operate. We hope that you find it helpful and inspiring. We will also include our current job openings, knowing that we can count on your support to share them with the people you think might be a perfect fit for the role!
Below you will find the updates:
Animal Equality - Mexico
Animal Equality joins the working group for the General Animal Protection Law
The formal process to create the General Animal Protection Law, following constitutional reforms last December, has begun in the Chamber of Deputies. A working group was organized to gather input from various sectors of society. We participated to ensure that farmed animals are included in this legislation. Join us in advocating for them by supporting our campaign here.
Love Veg begins 2025 plant-based cooking workshops
Love Veg and Las Colmenas, a government-run center for underserved communities in Guadalajara City, have signed an agreement to offer free plant-based cooking workshops throughout 2025. These workshops will teach families to prepare nutritious, affordable meals that promote health, sustainability, and compassion. Last year, we held 26 workshops; this year, we're planning to conduct over 60.
Eurogroup for Animals highlights the work of Animal Equality in Mexico
Eurogroup for Animals has released a report emphasizing the importance of including animals in EU-Mexico trade negotiations. It highlights the investigations and legislative efforts of Animal Equality in Mexico, which have successfully led to the creation of various animal protection laws in the country.
Animal Equality participated at the Effective Altruism Event in Mexico City
At the #EAGxCDMX event, Animal Equality connected with other organizations and activists to strengthen our movement for animal protection. We shared our experiences with a talk about "The Case of Mexico and the Constitutional Change" and learned about impactful initiatives from other groups.
Inspiring students to advocate for farmed animals
To encourage students to support animal protection, we visited the Autonomous Metropolitan University and hosted a talk about how various professions can influence animal advocacy. Additionally, we introduced students to iAnimal, our virtual reality experience that lets people view life from the perspective of farmed animals.
Hirings:
- Campaigns Associate (Full-time, remote in Mexico City; applications accepted on a rolling basis)
Animal Equality - Spain
Advocating for plant-based school meals in Spain
Animal Equality called on Spain's government to provide plant-based meal options in schools for students who request them. The proposal is part of a new national policy set to take effect in the 2025-2026 school year.
Calves stranded at port: Call to end live animal transport
Three trucks carrying calves were halted at the Port of Cartagena, Spain, for exceeding permitted driving hours. The calves endured over ten hours without food or water before being shipped to Libya for slaughter, where EU animal welfare standards aren't followed. This incident highlights the urgent need to end live animal exports outside the EU, as their welfare can't be assured during long journeys, and they aren't slaughtered according to international standards in regions like the Middle East and North Africa.
Animal Equality opposes delays in pig welfare improvements in Spain
Animal Equality has objected to a decree amendment that extends the deadline for the Spanish pig industry to meet EU animal welfare standards by an additional year. The delayed improvements include increasing space, creating isolation zones, and implementing stress-prevention measures to avoid routine tail-docking. Originally set for March 2025, the Agriculture Ministry now proposes extending the deadline to March 2026.
Hirings:
- Digital Marketing Coordinator (Full-time, hybrid; applications accepted on a rolling basis)
Animal Equality - Germany
Animal Protection must be included in the coalition agreement
Our campaign ‘Tierschutz ist nicht verhandelbar’ (‘Animal welfare is non-negotiable’) has entered the first hot phase: After the potential coalition parties started their negotiations to build the next federal government we launched a package of measures. We addressed social media actions, letters and personalized videos emphasizing the necessity for an enhanced animal protection to the responsible decision makers who take part in the coalition negotiations demanding the new government to include animal protection in the coalition agreement.
Protests against Ahold Delhaize
In Germany we joined the campaign against Ahold Delhaize after its broken promise to ban the use of cages in its US supply chains. We started both online and offline actions not only against Ahold Delhaize but also against other companies such as Pandora, Customs Support Group and Mobico that share Board Members with Ahold Delhaize. With three public protests and multiple online actions we and our Animal Defenders called for an end of cages for hens and mother pigs.
Hirings:
- Online Marketing Specialist (Full-time, remote in Germany; applications accepted on a rolling basis)
Animal Equality - UK
Labour voters demand foie gras import ban, poll shows
Animal Equality UK commissioned a YouGov poll revealing that 93% of Labour voters surveyed (excluding the ‘don’t know’ responses), believe the Government should fulfil its pledge to ban the importation of foie gras made by force-feeding, while 62% of UK citizens polled (excluding the ‘don’t know’ responses) stated that they do not trust the Government on the issue of animal welfare. The poll was released via the Express, alongside an opinion piece calling for a ban.
Animal Equality and environmental NGO, Feedback, peacefully protest onshore salmon farm with Baroness from House of Lords
Meeting with the community in Cleethorpes, Animal Equality and Feedback joined forces to peacefully protest with locals against a proposed on-land salmon mega-farm. Animal Equality currently has a judicial review underway, which has delayed the facility’s construction by a year and a half, after Planning Committee Members approved the proposed farm and failed to treat animal welfare as a potential material land use consideration. Community members shared with the NGOs and with Baroness Natalie Bennett their love of the land, its rare local wildlife, and their concerns over the animal welfare and environmental impacts of the onshore fish factory.
Holding Ahold Delhaize accountable
Animal Equality peacefully protested outside the offices of Bunzl and London’s central Pandora store, both of which are linked to Board Members of Ahold Delhaize. The global conglomerate committed to removing cages for mother pigs and hens from its supply chain and has failed to follow through on its promise; Animal Equality’s international team is publicly protesting this inaction and ensuring Ahold Delhaize’s key decision-makers use their influence to remove animals from cages.
Following years of exposés from Animal Equality and others, revealing soaring deaths on farms, record fish escapes, and a lack of adequate legal enforcement, the Scottish farmed salmon industry has been given a 12-month deadline to clean up its act, in what one MSP described as a “last chance saloon”. MSPs from the Scottish National Party, Labour, Green, and Conservative parties expressed concern over the Scottish farmed salmon industry’s operations, with several supporting a proposed halt to the industry’s expansion. In an impassioned speech one MSP said that Scottish salmon farming was leaving a “trail of pollution, suffering, and harm to our coastal communities” and that, with rising sea temperatures, the industry’s “days are numbered”. She concluded by stating that Scotland must “send a message to industry, to our export partners and to the people of Scotland: we will not sacrifice our seas for corporate profits”, posing the question to her peers: “will we be the ones remembered to be the ones who ignored the warnings or the ones who took action?”.
Hiring:
- Philanthropy Specialist (full-time, remote)
- Policy and Advocacy Specialist (full-time, remote)
Animal Equality - Brazil
Love Veg Brazil
On 20th March (World Meat-Free Day), Animal Equality's Love Veg initiative was featured in Brazilian media for the first time (link). The press release highlighted Brazil's rapidly growing plant-based market, which is expanding by approximately 40% annually, while introducing Love Veg's mission to increase accessibility to plant-based foods. Since its 2023 launch in Brazil, Love Veg has recorded over 150,000 website visits and more than 60,000 recipe downloads. The press release achieved an estimated media reach of six thousand people, effectively raising awareness about plant-based options in Brazil.
Campaign Hotels without Cruelty
As part of the tactics of the Campaign Hotels without Cruelty, Animal Equality Brazil team participated in an event for women leaders and questioned the CEO and founder of the Blue Tree Hotels, Chieko Aoki, what measures the brand would take to free hens from cages in their supply chain. This public questioning was positive since her response was “this is an issue that is being discussed in all Hotel Chains since you are doing a massive action". This respectful approach opened the door for restarting negotiations, while we continue with the campaign. (Instagram Post)
Animal Equality - India
Love Veg India
As a part of our Love Veg campaign, we reached out to 280 college students in Pune on why and how to enjoy more plant-based food.
Cage-free eggs transition
Animal Equality has been persuading egg producers to adopt a cage-free housing system for hens. In March we persuaded two egg producers to go cage-free, impacting 6000 hens annually.
Animal Equality - Italy
Animal Equality Italia joins the international campaign calling on Ahold Delhaize
We urge the company to keep its promise and eliminate cages for mother pigs and hens from its supply chain. Through public pressure, the organization is urging the company’s decision-makers to take responsibility and put an end to this cruelty.
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/animalequalityitalia/albums/72177720324560598/
Animal Equality Italia continues to pressure the government to enforce the ban on male chick culling
Animal Equality Italia held a peaceful protest calling on Minister Francesco Lollobrigida to enforce the 2022 law banning the killing of male chicks. The protest gained significant media attention, amplifying the call to end this cruelty.
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/animalequalityitalia/albums/72177720324630687/
Animal Equality - US
The U.S. is looking to ban horse slaughter for good
The SAFE Act was reintroduced in the Senate this February, aiming to stop the export of U.S. horses for slaughter abroad. While horse slaughter no longer takes place in the U.S., tens of thousands are still shipped to Mexico and Canada each year. Animal Equality is urging U.S. residents to contact their representatives and demand support for the SAFE Act.
Ahold Delhaize faces global backlash for links to animal cruelty
Ahold Delhaize—the global company behind Food Lion, Giant Food, Hannaford, and Stop & Shop—is under fire for failing to meet its animal protection commitments. The campaign against the grocery giant went international this past month, with protests erupting across Europe. Animal Equality is demanding Ahold Delhaize deliver clear plans to end cages for hens and pregnant pigs. Email Ahold Delhaize executives today and demand they stop delaying their promises.
Hiring:
- Undercover Investigator (Full-time, remote; exempt)
