In my years as a vegan and an animal rights activist, I never imagined organizing an effort to deliver more than 1,300 plant-based meals in Newark, New Jersey. I started...

Our mission to create a compassionate food system requires exceptional leadership. We need leaders with ambition, passion, and wisdom on a scale that matches our massive goal. Today, we are...

In an analysis published in Science and Technology, a team of researchers concluded that farming octopus would harm both the environment and animals. As many of us have likely seen...

In June, Mercy For Animals committed to nine actions in support of racial justice. In line with our values and our ambition to be a more antiracist organization, a key...

Earlier this year Mercy For Animals outlined nine practices to move our organization’s racial justice work forward. We know that just opposing racial injustice and inequity isn’t enough. We are...

Since the pandemic began in March, tofu has been flying off the shelves! According to Nielsen, tofu sales in the first half of 2020 were a whopping 40 percent higher...

A recently released Mercy For Animals drone and undercover investigation video narrated by actress and animal rights activist Kristin Bauer reveals fish cut in half, shocked with electricity, and left...

Pigs are intelligent, affectionate animals. But at factory farms and slaughterhouses they are routinely subjected to horrific cruelty until the moment they’re killed. Some become too sick or injured to...

A new study reveals that more than eight out of 10 packages of chicken breasts sold in major grocery stores contain meat with fatty white stripes. These stripes run parallel...

Live-shackle slaughter—the predominant slaughter method for chickens in the United States—is one of the cruelest practices in the meat industry today. Designed to kill as many chickens as possible in...