Investigation

Investigation

UN Green Climate Fund Investing in Factory Farming, Report Finds

Development banks are scaling factory farming in the places already worst hit by climate change.

Climate•6 min read

Investigation

Misinformation on Climate and Meat Pushed by Russian-Backed Influencers in U.S.

One right wing influencer pushes meat and misinformation.

Climate•4 min read

Investigation

Why Rodeos Are Still Popular When Marine Parks and the Circus Are Declining

Some forms of animal entertainment are going out of style, but rodeos persist.

Justice•9 min read

Investigation

California’s Factory Farms Are Perilously Close to Your Produce, New Report Finds

More than 90 percent of the polluting facilities are located less than a mile from water used to irrigate fruits and vegetables.

Food•4 min read

Investigation

How Bacon for Breakfast Became an American Staple

Learning from the history of the meat industry’s PR influence.

Diet•6 min read

Investigation

Homesteading Is a Viral Trend, but ‘Butchery Gone Awry’ Is Its Dark Side

A growing number of backyard farmers confess they have no idea what they’re doing.

Food•6 min read

Investigation

Inside the Billion-Dollar Feed Industry’s Ploy to Greenwash Emissions

A new law would allow the livestock industry to fast-track federal review of feed additives.

Law & Justice•4 min read

Investigation

Breathing Wildfire Smoke as Babies Sickened These Monkeys for Decades

An early-life wildfire exposure sickened these monkeys for decades.

Climate•5 min read

Investigation

Prosciutto’s Secret Ingredient: Horse Blood

Inside the industry most consumers don’t realize they’re supporting.

Food•11 min read

Investigation

Australia Wants to Cull Crocodiles – But Farm Them for Leather, Too

Inside the crocodile farming industry’s dark calculations.

Investigations•6 min read

Investigation

Can You Trust a ‘Certified Humane’ Pet Food Brand?

We investigated the animal welfare claims on Open Farm’s pet food labels and found they don’t live up to the hype.

Food•6 min read

Investigation

On Organic Caviar Farms, Fish Still Suffer

A new investigation reveals fish cut open while still conscious.

Aquaculture•4 min read

Investigation

Farmed Bluefin Tuna Brands Claim to Be Sustainable. Here’s What Really Happens.

I hopped aboard a tuna tour to investigate what it takes to confine these majestic apex predators.

Aquaculture•10 min read

Investigation

Spy Cams Reveal Squalor and Suffering on Mega-Farm

Hidden footage captured at pork mega-farm Bickmarsh Hall reveals pigs living in filth and suffering from injuries.

Food•4 min read

Investigation

New: Undercover Footage Shows Lidl’s Cheap Chicken Makes Farmed Animals Pay the Price

A new video investigation documents Lidl's fast-growing chicken breeds suffering in factory farms.

Food•4 min read

Investigation

Hogwood Farm: A Modern Horror Story

After four years investigating one of Britain's largest and most contentious pig farms, the team at Viva! shows just how far the industry is willing to go to hide the…

Food•5 min read

Investigation

As Supreme Court Hears Prop 12 Arguments, a New Investigation Looks Into Gestation Crates

As the Supreme Court hears arguments in pork industry challenge to Proposition 12, a new investigation reveals cruelty of intensive animal confinement.

Food•4 min read

Investigation

What an Animal Investigator Learned From 50 Years of Undercover Work

Mike Huskisson spent 50 years as an undercover investigator documenting acts of animal cruelty that the public had never seen before.

Policy•11 min read

Investigation

Here’s What Happens Behind Closed Doors at an Intensive Goat Dairy

A new undercover investigation by Animal Justice Project shows how goats are treated on a large dairy farm.

Food•5 min read

Investigation

New Duck Farm Investigation Reveals Abuse, Gaps in Biosecurity Protocols

Viva!’s latest undercover investigation of a commercial duck egg facility reveals severe abuse and lapses in biosecurity protocols.

Food•6 min read

Investigation

Sentient Media Podcast: No One Wants to Work in a Slaughterhouse, with Undercover Investigator Pete Paxton

In this episode, Pete Paxton shares his experiences working in illegal slaughterhouses, the complex moral battles undercover investigators face, the corrupt world of puppy mills and more.

Podcast•47 min read

Investigation

Investigators Followed a Livestock Truck for 32 Hours. Here’s What They Found.

A new investigation from Animal Outlook documents what happens when animals are held in transport trucks for hours on end with no rest.

Food•5 min read

Investigation

America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick.

For years, a dangerous salmonella strain has sickened thousands and continues to spread through the chicken industry. The USDA knows about it. So do the companies. And yet, contaminated meat…

Food•41 min read

Investigation

Major Animal Pharma Industry Group Forced to Remove UN Logo from ‘Misleading’ Briefing on Livestock Climate Impact

United Nations distances itself from “distortive” and “biased” animal pharma livestock briefing that used UN sustainable food summit logo.

Food•10 min read

Investigation

New Slaughterhouse Investigation Reveals Critical Lapse in Federal Law

Fish are one of the few farmed animals not protected by the Humane Slaughter Act. Producers are aware of this loophole and regularly exploit it, investigators say.

Law & Justice•6 min read

Investigation

Crocodile Farming Investigation Exposes Hermès Supplier

The Farm Transparency Project just released footage from four intensive crocodile farms in Australia, exposing one of the darkest corners of the fashion industry.

Investigations•5 min read

Investigation

The Jungle, Revisited

More than a century has passed since Upton Sinclair’s tell-all novel, The Jungle, sparked public outrage at the corruption of the meatpacking industry. Not much has changed.

Food•9 min read

Investigation

Exposing the Secretive World of Animal Exploitation with Pete Paxton

Over the past two decades, Pete Paxton has dedicated his life to exposing animal abuse wherever it hides, earning him a spot among the most accomplished undercover investigators of all…

Food•6 min read

Investigation

This Kansas Farm Is Making Headlines—for All the Wrong Reasons

Many of the farmed animals were found "in a severe state of neglect." The USDA, which has already given the farm $160,000, refused to comment on whether or not it…

Food•6 min read

Investigation

Fish Farming Giant Faces Animal Abuse Allegations

Atlantic Sapphire, one of the largest fish farming companies in the world, is under fire after 800,000 fish died at its Florida facility. The company could face criminal charges.

Aquaculture•5 min read

Investigation

New Investigation Exposes One of the Darkest Corners of the Dairy Industry

The dairy industry works hard to convince consumers that its milk is cruelty-free. But a new investigation into the trade of days-old dairy calves tells a different story.

Food•6 min read

Investigation

Fish Are the Forgotten Victims of Factory Farming

Fish receive fewer legal protections than almost any other animal and are confined with even less understanding of their individual needs.

Aquaculture•5 min read

Investigation

New Film Gives Us a Rare Glimpse of Animals in Transport

Join renowned photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur as she climbs transport trucks in Turkey, documenting animals in their final moments on the way to slaughter.

Food•1 min read

Investigation

Imagine Living in a Cage Filled with Millions of Tiny Parasitic Sea Lice

A new investigation from Viva! brings us deep inside the lives of farmed fish, who suffer from overcrowding and pain on a daily basis.

Aquaculture•6 min read

Investigation

Open Cages Releases New Video from Inside a Mink Gas Chamber

Last week, new footage from a mink fur farm in Poland was published by Open Cages amidst calls for a ban on British fur sales.

Investigations•3 min read

Investigation

Pioneering Undercover Investigator Finally Emerges From Behind the Camera

As the pandemic forces Gem de Silva to take some time out, he reflects on 30 years of investigating factory farms and other industries exploiting animals.

Food•8 min read

Investigation

What a Secret Investigation into UK’s Largest Duck Slaughterhouse Reveals About the Industry

This isn't the first time the Crown-approved duck supplier has come under fire, and it certainly won't be the last. The industry is riddled with violence.

Food•7 min read

Investigation

Why We Need to Hold This California Dairy Farm Accountable

Footage from an investigation inside Dick Van Dam Dairy—a supplier of popular milk brands like Dairy Pure and TruMoo—is so graphic, actor Kate Mara warns, "You may need to look…

Food•3 min read

Investigation

How to Build an Investigative Story with Lee Fang of The Intercept

Watch the fourth installment of our new speaker series, Sentient Sessions, for valuable insights and advice from a veteran investigative journalist.

Investigations•3 min read

Investigation

I Went Undercover on a Factory Farm—This Is What I Learned

Scott David investigated three slaughterhouses during his time in the field—a chicken slaughterhouse, a pig processing plant, and the largest lamb slaughterhouse in the U.S. It never got any easier.

Food•6 min read

Investigation

Britain’s Largest Food Retailer Hides Behind High Welfare Claims

The problem is not that their animal welfare standards are too low, but that the language of welfare has no place in these standards at all.

Food•5 min read

Investigation

Despite Perdue’s High Welfare Standards, Some Chickens Can’t Survive 45 Days

Perdue is often touted as a leader in chicken welfare. But across the poultry industry, companies continue to leave their youngest and sickest birds behind.

Food•7 min read

Investigation

Does “Certified Humane” Mean Cruelty-Free?

Humane food labels are supposed to give consumers confidence that their products are responsibly sourced and farmers are held to higher welfare standards. But too often, they're proven wrong.

Food•8 min read

Investigation

New Mini-Doc Exposes Pork Industry’s “Unseen” Pandemic Risks

The mini-documentary chronicles pigs’ harrowing 700-mile journey across the American southwest, exposing widespread corporate misconduct that threatens public health.

Health•3 min read

Investigation

Hidden Video Reveals Gruesome Mass-Extermination Method for Iowa Pigs Amid Pandemic

This video includes graphic images some readers may find disturbing. Cruel and excruciating methods are being used to kill thousands of pigs that have become commercially worthless during the pandemic.

Food•2 min read

Investigation

“If the Industry Won’t Tell the Truth, We Will”: Animal Equality’s Fight Continues

Through corporate responsibility programs, media campaigns, and groundbreaking investigations, Animal Equality is making the choice to support animal rights an easy one.

Food•7 min read

Investigation

“This Is Horrific Abuse”: Rooney Mara Joins Shocking Investigation of Factory Farming

Relating her first-hand experiences in an investigation with Animal Equality, actor Rooney Mara exposes the reality of factory farming. "It's so much more awful than you can even imagine."

Food•3 min read

Investigation

VIDEO: Inside an Italian Pig Slaughterhouse

New footage from Animal Equality shows the disturbing reality inside an Italian pig slaughterhouse. The violence is savage, but not outside the norm.

Food•2 min read

Investigation

Ukraine’s Last Foie Gras Farm to Shut Down

Following an expose published by Open Cages, Ukrainian poultry company MHP will cease production at Ukraine's only foie gras farm.

Investigations•3 min read

Investigation

Activists Risk Going to Prison for Rescuing Animals

Activist Cassie King is currently facing seven felonies for helping animals trapped in factory farms. But the charges are not stopping her.

Investigations•2 min read