170+ Investigations

25+ years of undercover investigations into RSPCA Assured farms and slaughterhouses have exposed the same thing: widespread abuse, cruelty and neglect.

Here are just some of the most recent investigations.

Person in a reflective safety vest operating machinery near hay bales.

1 x dairy farm, Gloucestershire

Released June 2026 (For All Animals)

A group of chickens and a chick in a metal cage, possibly being transported or kept in storage.

2 x ‘Happy Egg’ farms, Herefordshire

Released March 2026 (Viva!)

A fish on the ocean floor with a pink and white coloration near their head.

1 x salmon farm, Locharron, Scotland

Released March 2026 (Animal Equality)

A group of pigs lying together on a dark manure-covered floor inside a pigsty, with some resting and others possibly sleeping.

1 x pig farm, Herefordshire

An aerial view of a large fish farm with structures and equipment on the edges, including a blue object in the center, a large orange container, and various ships and vessels docked nearby.

Released Feb 2026 (Animal Justice Project)

1 x salmon farm, Skye, Scotland

A close-up of a fish with its mouth open as they swim underwater.

Released Jan 2026 (Green Britain Foundation)

1 x salmon farm, Locharron, Scotland

Released Dec 2025 (Animal Equality)

Close-up of a medical ventilator with a round dial and a protective metal grille.

1 x slaughterhouse, Essex

Released Dec 2025 (Joey Carbstrong)

Close-up of a fish with spots and an open mouth swimming in green water.

1 x salmon farm, Loch Torridon

Released Nov 2025 (Animal Equality)

The image appears to show a blurry view of a corridor or hallway with some workers or personnel in yellow vests, possibly involved in construction or maintenance, passing by or standing along the sides. There are various structural elements and equipment, but the image quality makes specific details unclear.

1 x slaughterhouse, Loch Ailort

Released Oct 2025 (Animal Equality)

Close-up of a farmed chicken

1 x slaughterhouse, Bradford

Released June 2025 (Joey Carbstrong)

A person in a yellow high-visibility jacket working with fishing nets on a fish farm.

1 x salmon farm, Skye, Scotland

Close-up of a fish with a speckled pattern and a pinkish area near their mouth, resting on dark green aquatic plants.

Released March 2025 (Green Britain Foundation)

2 x salmon farms, Scotland

Released Feb 2025 (WildFish)

A person in white clothes and a black cap working in a slaughterhouse, butchering an animal on a stainless steel table with blood on the surface.

4 x slaughterhouses, England

Released Dec 2024 (Animal Rising)

Workers with safety gear working on fish farming machinery outdoors, surrounded by equipment, cables, and containers.

3 x salmon farms, Scotland

Released Sept 2024 (Animal Equality)

A calf is dragged by a farm wroker

2 x dairy farms, England

Released Sept 2024 (Joey Carbstrong)

Several pigs, some lying down and some standing, inside a pen with dirt floor and a glass window in the background.

1 x slaughterhouse, Suffolk

Two fluffy yellow baby chicks lying on a bed of wood shavings.

Released Aug 2024 (Animal Justice Project)

40 x farms, England & Scotland

Released May 2024 (Animal Rising)

A large group of chickens densely packed together, most with reddish-brown feathers and pink combs.

7 x egg farms, England

Chicks on a blue conveyor belt in a chicken processing plant.

Released May 2024 (Animal Justice Project)

1 x chick hatchery, Lincolnshire

A long distance shot of a fish farm

Released March 2024 (Animal Justice Project)

1 x salmon farm, Loch Linnhe

Released Feb 2024 (Animal Equality)

Trailer filled with numerous piglets on a farm.

9 x pig farms and transport, England

Released 2022 (Animal Justice Project)