At a Spanish egg production facility, Animal Equality activist María González Sola rescues a hen from one of the farm’s battery cages. Photo: Jo-Anne McArthur / Animal Equality / We Animals Media

National Geographic Features Open Rescue

Rescuing a dog from a hot car is a heroic act. Rescuing a sick pig from a factory farm is grounds for arrest and jail time. In 2011, Jo-Anne McArthur photographed María González Sola, an activist with Animal Equality, rescuing a distressed hen from a factory farm in Spain. Over a decade later, this photograph and others are featured in National Geographic’s article exploring open rescue.

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New Work: Death by Heat Exhaustion in India’s Poultry Farms

At an Indian egg production farm, hens are forced to balance on the cage's thin wire and compete for space. Almost all have patches of feathers missing from their backs and necks. Photo: S. Chakrabarti / We Animals Media

We Animals Media photojournalist S. Chakrabarti documented conditions inside India’s poultry farms during this year’s extreme summer heatwaves. Death by heat exhaustion is a regular occurrence for these animals.

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Interview with Animal Photojournalist Deniz Tapkan Cengiz

Deniz Tapkan Cengiz is a professional photographer and zoologist living in Istanbul, Türkiye. She has taken photos in more than 60 countries and cities of the world. Vegan since 2014, Deniz photographs and documents animal lives, combining her zoology background, vegan culture, and photography for animal welfare. Read our interview with Deniz about her fascinating journey into animal photojournalism.

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Photo of the Month: Behind Factory Walls

A weak and wet turkey poult stands closed-eyed amid thick firefighting foam that also covers his dead flockmates. Photo: Glass Walls / We Animals Media

At first glance, our photo of the month – a young bird in bubbles – may seem an innocent sight. But the true story etched in these delicate bubbles is dark. After detecting avian influenza in the turkey flock at this Israeli kibbutz, authorities used compressed firefighting foam to mass-suffocate the birds, claiming it the most efficient and humane method of extermination.

In this photograph, a tiny young bird struggles for his life. Taken from ground level, this picture confronts us with the final moments of this individual, yet also hints at the staggering, widespread suffering associated with this disease. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, since 2021 more than 272 million birds raised for meat and eggs have been culled by firefighting foam and other inhumane methods due to bird flu outbreaks. Heartbreaking and yet oddly ethereal, this picture both draws us in and haunts us.

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Activist Jan Sorgenfrei with newly rescued piglets at Farm Sanctuary's New York shelter. Photo: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media

The We Animals Masterclass series was developed to foster the next generation of animal photojournalists. Self-paced and online, this course teaches the basic foundations of animal photojournalism. It follows Jo-Anne McArthur as she covers the lessons she has learned from almost two decades in the field.

"Without having taken this Masterclass I would not be as confident, as prepared, and as determined with animal photojournalism as I am now." -Tom Wollard, Photojournalist

New Report on Bird Flu

A tractor carries a load of dead turkeys infected with H5N1 out from the shed where they were killed during a disposal operation at a farm with an avian influenza outbreak. Photo: Ed Shephard / Generation Vegan / We Animals Media

This week, Compassion in World Farming released a detailed report on the spread of bird flu around the globe and the role that industrial animal farming plays. With compelling visuals and insights from WAM photojournalists throughout, this report takes a deep dive into the hard-hitting facts of our food systems contribution to zoonotic disease risk and spread. CIWF is calling on governments and leading public health bodies to get strategic and introduce major reforms to help tackle bird flu.

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We Animals Media Legacy Society

Rescued ewes Brigitte and Corine with their lambs at Le Reve d'Aby Sanctuary. Photo: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media

Joining our Legacy Society is a generous way to sustain our work. A gift in your will to We Animals Media is your promise to keep telling animals’ stories into the future. There are several ways to make a legacy gift:

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No matter which gift you decide to leave in your will, your generosity will help change the lives of animals for generations to come.

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Meet the Team: Liisa

Metadata Manager, Liisa McGowan. Photo: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media

In our ‘Meet the Team’ Q&A series, we introduce you to the wonderful individuals running We Animals Media (WAM). This month we spoke with our kind and wonderfully organized Metadata Manager, Liisa McGowan.

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In Case You Missed It: Open Rescue

A short film about Animal Equality activists and their open rescue of five hens from a farm containing 160,000 animals.

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