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Petition for the RSPCA to Drop the Assured Scheme
The world's oldest and largest animal charity is covering up cruelty on an industrial scale. We investigated over 40 RSPCA Assured farms and slaughterhouses, and what we found was factory farming and severe animal cruelty across the board. Join Chris Packham, Brian May and thousands of others, in calling on the RSPCA to drop the Assured Scheme and start protecting all animals.
Add signatureFor 30 years, the RSPCA has endorsed animal products through their RSPCA Assured scheme, promoting an idealised image of happy, well-cared-for farm animals.
Over the past nine months, we investigated 37 RSPCA farms and 4 RSPCA slaughterhouses. What we found was widespread and systemic suffering, animal cruelty and factory farming. After seeing the footage of these investigations, RSPCA President Chris Packham has resigned, calling the Assured scheme "utterly indefensible".
Crown court judge and animal welfare barrister Ayesha Smart has also described the scheme as "effectively fraud." On the back of our investigations, RSPCA Vice President and Queen's lead guitarist Sir Brian May resigned, and over 60 animal welfare groups and prominent celebrities, including Ricky Gervais, Bryan Adams, and Joanna Lumley, signed an open letter calling for the RSPCA to drop the Assured scheme.
This exposé builds on a further 33 undercover investigations by 10 animal protection organisations over the last 16 years, showing similar levels of cruelty. This is not just "one bad apple"; This is a systemic cover-up of animal cruelty.
The RSPCA's false advertising extends from the supermarket aisles of M&S, Tesco, Sainsbury's, and Waitrose to McDonald's and even primary schools, where the scheme is promoted to children. Despite claiming to oppose intensive farming, the RSPCA continues to endorse factory farming practices.
The RSPCA was founded 200 years ago with the mission of preventing animal cruelty. Over the years, they have worked hard to care for cats and dogs, becoming a much-loved charity. Now, on their 200-year anniversary, it is time for the RSPCA to drop the Assured Scheme and restore trust, both with the general public and with the animals they claim to protect.
Please join us, Chris Packham and thousands of others in calling for the RSPCA leadership to drop the Assured Scheme and return to its original mission of protecting all animals.
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Petition to Send Beau the Calf to a Sanctuary
This past weekend, horrific scenes appeared on social media of Surrey Police deliberately running over a calf - twice -in Staines-Upon-Thames. No animal deserves to be violently abused and hurt, let alone a defenceless baby cow. Right now, Beau's future life and happiness are hanging in the balance - without massive public outcry and spotlight, who knows what could happen?Beau is currently nursing her injuries on a farm, but sadly, this is not the happy ending she deserves. Whether it's a matter of months or years, Beau will inevitably end up scared and alone on a slaughterhouse floor. The only thing that can stop this from happening is people pulling together to make sure she gets to the sanctuary space that The Retreat have waiting for her. The Retreat is ready to welcome Beau into an incredible space with lots of land and 18 other cows for Beau to bond with and live out the rest of her life.
This is where the animal-loving British Public comes in. You have the power to make a difference and show Kate and Rob, the farmers, that Beau deserves the happy ending to her story only a sanctuary can give.
Add signatureWe call on Kate and Rob to arrange for Beau's release so she can be transported to a safe sanctuary to live out her life in acres of fresh land, surrounded by friends. Just like all farmed animals, Beau is intelligent and full of life - help us make sure they get to live in security rather than being sent for slaughter.
We urgently need your help to provide this calf, Beau, with safety and peace of life in a sanctuary. Please sign and share this petition.We're working with The Retreat and have a sanctuary space waiting for Beau, please help us ensure that she gets provided with the best future possible.
We need to do this as quickly as possible to give Beau the life they deserve.
