Campaigning for a better life for farm animals that doesn't cost the earth
RTE Investigates exposed the Irish dairy industries dirty secret in July 2023. It highlighted the horrendous ordeal unweaned calves go through, mostly male dairy calves that are an unwanted by product of the industry. It featured a cruel veal farm … Continued
Almost all Irish pigs are reared in intensive systems, never getting to experience the outdoors or carry out natural behaviours. However, the good news is there are more and more free range pig farms popping up around the country and … Continued
Investigation into dairy calf export from Ireland to Europe On 20th March of this year EFI conducted another investigation into the export of unweaned calves from Ireland, with L214 and Eyes on Animals. We were also joined by RTE’s investigation … Continued
Hidden horror in the egg industry The egg industry hides a very dark secret. Farmers only keep the hens for around 12 months then they are sent to slaughter. This high turnaround means a lot of egg laying hens must … Continued
Miserable existence The majority of the 1.7 million pigs in Ireland endure miserable lives confined in an unnatural environment with no stimuli. There are very few free range farms and they are all small scale meaning it is generally not … Continued
We know there are huge welfare and environmental issues associated with the Irish dairy industry: widespread water pollution causing the collapse of ecosystems [i]; GHG emissions [ii]; and the less talked about issue of hundreds of thousands of male calves … Continued
2022 saw us coming out of the pandemic and things slowly started getting back to normal. Here is an overview of our activities and achievements across the year. January – March: Non-EU export grows, welfare breaches, and calf export investigation … Continued
In September 2022, Ethical Farming Ireland joined the Aquatic Animal Alliance, a coalition of more than one hundred animal welfare NGOs created by the Aquatic Life Institute (including Action for Dolphins, CIWF, L214, Sentient Media and Viva!) who have come … Continued
Animals International, Compassion in World Farming and Eyes on Animals have joined forces with Ethical Farming Ireland in an Open Letter to the Minister. In the letter we outline ongoing, serious concerns around the sea journeys to countries in North … Continued
EFI monitors calves at Rosslare Since EFI’s formation, our biggest campaigning effort has been against live export. We have focused on the export of unweaned calves because we believe it is being conducted unlawfully as feeding requirements cannot be met … Continued