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Miyoko Schinner

Miyoko Schinner

Investigation: Thai Fish Farms and Markets

Investigation: Thai Fish Farms and Markets

Miyoko Schinner

Miyoko Schinner

Yumin Chen

Yumin Chen

In the Field: Moving Animals

In the Field: Moving Animals

MONBIOT

MONBIOT

Animal Rescuers Provide Hope During Australian Wildfires

Animal Rescuers Provide Hope During Australian Wildfires

INVISIBLE

INVISIBLE

Disaster Response: How Australia Is Failing Its Wildlife

Disaster Response: How Australia Is Failing Its Wildlife

Live export: The Longest Journey

Live export: The Longest Journey

Rebellion: The Need to be Heard

Rebellion: The Need to be Heard

Prolonging Death: The Practice of Fish Tethering in Asia

Prolonging Death: The Practice of Fish Tethering in Asia

Elsie Herring

Elsie Herring

Wendy Valentine

Wendy Valentine

An Untold Story of Dairy Production

An Untold Story of Dairy Production

An Expose on Animal Clubbing at Thai Slaughterhouses

An Expose on Animal Clubbing at Thai Slaughterhouses

Inside Dakshinkali Temple

Inside Dakshinkali Temple

Abandoned Pig Farm

Abandoned Pig Farm

Activism in Australia

Activism in Australia

The Ballarat Saleyards

The Ballarat Saleyards

The Bears

The Bears

Empty Laws

Empty Laws

Family Dairy

Family Dairy

The Farm In My Backyard

The Farm In My Backyard

Gill Dalley

Gill Dalley

Gold Standard

Gold Standard

Lek Chailert

Lek Chailert

Promises

Promises

The Rhythm

The Rhythm

The Slaughterhouse

The Slaughterhouse

Rattlesnake Roundup

Rattlesnake Roundup

Undercover

Undercover

Unforgotten

Unforgotten

2018 Year In Review

2018 Year In Review

Anita Kranjc: 24 Hour Vigil

Anita Kranjc: 24 Hour Vigil

The Grim Truth about Animal Exports

The Grim Truth about Animal Exports

Documenting the aftermath for animals of Hurricane Florence

Documenting the aftermath for animals of Hurricane Florence

Steve – INTERVIEW WITH ANIMAL PHOTOJOURNALIST DENIZ TAPKAN CENGIZ

Steve – INTERVIEW WITH ANIMAL PHOTOJOURNALIST DENIZ TAPKAN CENGIZ

Our Top 10 Images For COP28: Animals & Environmental Disasters

Our Top 10 Images For COP28: Animals & Environmental Disasters

Meet The Team: Cindy Hughes – Marketing & Communications Associate

Meet The Team: Cindy Hughes – Marketing & Communications Associate

Best Online Photography Courses for Animal Photojournalists

Best Online Photography Courses for Animal Photojournalists

Editorial as PROJECT (correct header layout, post navigation wrong width, no dynamic categories)

Editorial as PROJECT (correct header layout, post navigation wrong width, no dynamic categories)

In late 2022, We Animals (WAM) Founder Jo-Anne McArthur visited sub-Saharan Africa in collaboration with an African not-for-profit organization to investigate the growth of industrial animal farming in the region. Here she shares her account from her time in the field.

Miyoko Schinner

Miyoko Schinner

Miyoko Schinner is the founder of the animal sanctuary Rancho Compasión and of Miyoko’s Creamery, a multi-million dollar vegan cheese ...

Investigation: Thai Fish Farms and Markets

Investigation: Thai Fish Farms and Markets

A new investigation by Sinergia Animal and We Animals has revealed intense suffering in the Thai fish industry, with footage exposing the reality of how fish are farmed, killed and sold in Thailand.

Miyoko Schinner

Miyoko Schinner

Miyoko Schinner, vegetarian since the age of twelve and vegan since the mid-1980s, has dedicated her life to advocating for animals. She is the founder of Rancho Compasión and of Miyoko's Creamery.

Yumin Chen

Yumin Chen

Yumin Chen is known by many as one of the most beloved and hard-working animal advocates in Taiwan. With over 25 years of experience, she is a long-time animal advocate and the Director of EAST.

In the Field: Moving Animals

In the Field: Moving Animals

“I’m not a photographer of animals, I’m a photographer for animals. I help animals through photography. Photographers are influential ...

MONBIOT

MONBIOT

Monbiot: Arresting the Truth is a powerful short film from BAFTA-winning filmmaker Alex Lockwood (Lockwood Film) and We Animals, featuring George Monbiot.

Animal Rescuers Provide Hope During Australian Wildfires

Animal Rescuers Provide Hope During Australian Wildfires

A billion animals is not a billion animals. A billion animals is one individual, and then another, and then another, and again another. In fire-ravaged Australia these last several months, they are the kangaroo succumbing to billowing flames and smoke.

INVISIBLE

INVISIBLE

‘INVISIBLE’ follows two undercover investigators on a pig farm investigation in Europe, offering the viewer an unprecedented glimpse into a world that is deliberately and painstakingly covert.

Disaster Response: How Australia Is Failing Its Wildlife

Disaster Response: How Australia Is Failing Its Wildlife

This summer, Australia’s unprecedented bushfires have given rise to seemingly unprecedented goodwill. There is no shortage of experts or funding, so where are we falling short?

Live export: The Longest Journey

Live export: The Longest Journey

We Animals's Australian correspondent Anna Mackiewicz tracks live export from her homeland to the Middle East, and across borders worldwide.

Rebellion: The Need to be Heard

Rebellion: The Need to be Heard

In October 2019, tens of thousands of people took part in Extinction Rebellion and Animal Rebellion protests, which has now sparked a continuing global movement. Jo photographed the London demonstrations.

Prolonging Death: The Practice of Fish Tethering in Asia

Prolonging Death: The Practice of Fish Tethering in Asia

In spite of what we now know about animal sentience, our priorities continue to lie in finding ways to maximize profit at their expense.

Elsie Herring

Elsie Herring

Interview with Elsie Herring, the great-granddaughter of a freed slave who became an environmental activist after a hog CAFO (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) replaced the small family farm next door to her family’s property.

Wendy Valentine

Wendy Valentine

Wendy Valentine has dedicated her life to helping animals. In 1995, with just 20 acres of land, she founded Hillside Animal Sanctuary, after witnessing firsthand the plight of the battery hen.

An Untold Story of Dairy Production

An Untold Story of Dairy Production

For the past fifteen years, my work as an animal photojournalist has taken me through the world of dairy production, far beyond the marketing campaigns, and taught me an entirely different story about milk. 

An Expose on Animal Clubbing at Thai Slaughterhouses

An Expose on Animal Clubbing at Thai Slaughterhouses

We are disconnected from what we eat and who we eat, and from the extent of suffering that billions of animals are subjected to.

Inside Dakshinkali Temple

Inside Dakshinkali Temple

Twice a week the Hindu temple Dakshinkali, located outside of Kathmandu in Nepal, is opened to people wishing to make offerings to the goddess Kali, which often takes the form of animal sacrifice.

Abandoned Pig Farm

Abandoned Pig Farm

Jo-Anne McArthur meditates on her experience of documenting two pig farms in a single day - one operational, and one long abandoned.

Activism in Australia

Activism in Australia

In March of 2017, Jo-Anne spent three weeks documenting the work of animal rights activists in Australia. From sanctuaries to slaughterhouses, what she saw was a movement thriving, driven by tireless compassion and dedication to making the world a kinder place.

The Ballarat Saleyards

The Ballarat Saleyards

On a busy day 32,000 sheep will be brought to the Ballarat Saleyards in Victoria, Australia, to be auctioned and sold for their meat, wool, or as live exports.

The Bears

The Bears

This short film documents the bear bile industry in Southeast Asia and highlights the wonderful organizations working to expose and end their cruelty.

Empty Laws

Empty Laws

Empty Laws, was created as a visual accompaniment to a USDA petition urging regulators to enforce the long-ignored psychological wellbeing laws mandated by the Animal Welfare Act.

Family Dairy

Family Dairy

"Family Dairy" unfolds at a small farm outside Barcelona, Spain, over the course of a single day. We Animals teamed up with Animal Equality to launch an investigation into what are widely considered the most humane practices in farming dairy cows.

The Farm In My Backyard

The Farm In My Backyard

In many countries around the world, markets for fur are closing down as demand wanes. But in the tiny Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the government is putting its own citizens' wellbeing second to this controversial industry, doubling down on its support for the fur industry despite its devastating impacts on the environment, animals, and the local residents pleading for change.

Gill Dalley

Gill Dalley

In 2003, after moving to Thailand to retire, Gill Dalley and her husband John were overwhelmed by the number of street dogs they saw living without proper care.

Gold Standard

Gold Standard

Gold Standard Turned to Rust: To mark World Day for Animals in Laboratories, we teamed up with the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) to create a series of short films portraying the impact of weak laws on animals suffering in the name of science and the new alternatives that might hold the key to ending animal testing for good.

Lek Chailert

Lek Chailert

Saengduaen "Lek" Chailert, the founder of Elephant Nature Park outside Chiang Mai, Thailand, is world renowned for her work to protect elephants from the cruelty of the tourism and logging industries across Asia.

Promises

Promises

Join Jo-Anne McArthur on an investigation into the industrial farming of chickens. Gain a deeper understanding of the burden that all investigators must carry with them: leaving the animals behind.

The Rhythm

The Rhythm

This is a film about rabbits, but it is also not a film about rabbits; really, this is a film about the cold, mechanical rationale of the kill line.

The Slaughterhouse

The Slaughterhouse

We Animals founder and photojournalist, Jo-Anne McArthur recounts a day of filming at a remote slaughterhouse in Tanzania. A short film by Kelly Guerin.

Rattlesnake Roundup

Rattlesnake Roundup

In collaboration with the organization Advocates for Snake Preservation, Jo-Anne McArthur went to the Sweetwater Roundup in 2015 to document the treatment of these animals, and try to understand and expose the fallacies that lead us to the mass killing of these maligned creatures.

Undercover

Undercover

Narrated by former undercover investigator Geoff Regier, we are invited into his world of work at chicken slaughterhouses, to hear his personal account of what it's like to take part in the kill line as an outlier over the course of weeks and, eventually, years. 

Unforgotten

Unforgotten

In collaboration with the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS), Jo-Anne McArthur spent a year documenting the lives of animals rescued from research. These are a few of their stories. 

2018 Year In Review

2018 Year In Review

2018 marked the 20th anniversary of the first We Animals photo and a year of tremendous achievement in the world of animal photojournalism.

Anita Kranjc: 24 Hour Vigil

Anita Kranjc: 24 Hour Vigil

This film tells the story of bearing witness and animal advocacy at slaughterhouses in Toronto during a 24-hour vigil in 2015, wherein amidst the horror, a small miracle took place.

The Grim Truth about Animal Exports

The Grim Truth about Animal Exports

Hundreds of thousands of live animals are transported each year on ships from Australia and Europe to the Middle East.

Documenting the aftermath for animals of Hurricane Florence

Documenting the aftermath for animals of Hurricane Florence

What could we learn from this tragedy if we focused, instead, on the millions of animals that had been excluded from the death toll and the massive farming systems that had kept them there? That was the question we came to ask.