Activism & Animals Active Updated Sep 25, 2026

The fight to end UK farrowing crates

Where it stands, Sep 25, 2026 Animal Rising's Michelle Farnham walked out of a replica pig farrowing crate in Trafalgar Square after 21 consecutive days and nights inside it, emerging to about 100 supporters including former RSPCA president Chris Packham and Green Party MP Adrian Ramsay.

Animal Rising activist Michelle Farnham spent 21 days and nights inside a replica pig farrowing crate in London's Trafalgar Square to protest the cages that confine roughly 200,000 UK mother pigs a year across about 90% of indoor pig farms. The action opens a campaign pressing the UK government to commit to phasing out factory farming by 2040, with more farm investigations promised. The fight is whether sustained public pressure moves government policy on crate confinement and factory farming timelines.