Petition for the RSPCA to Drop the Assured Scheme

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The world's oldest and largest animal charity is covering up cruelty on an industrial scale. We investigated over 40 RSPCA Assured farms and slaughterhouses, and what we found was factory farming and severe animal cruelty across the board. Join Chris Packham, Brian May and thousands of others, in calling on the RSPCA to drop the Assured Scheme and start protecting all animals.

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20,000 signatures

For 30 years, the RSPCA has endorsed animal products through their RSPCA Assured scheme, promoting an idealised image of happy, well-cared-for farm animals.

Over the past nine months, we investigated 37 RSPCA farms and 4 RSPCA slaughterhouses. What we found was widespread and systemic suffering, animal cruelty and factory farming. After seeing the footage of these investigations, RSPCA President Chris Packham has resigned, calling the Assured scheme "utterly indefensible".

Crown court judge and animal welfare barrister Ayesha Smart has also described the scheme as "effectively fraud." On the back of our investigations, RSPCA Vice President and Queen's lead guitarist Sir Brian May resigned, and over 60 animal welfare groups and prominent celebrities, including Ricky Gervais, Bryan Adams, and Joanna Lumley, signed an open letter calling for the RSPCA to drop the Assured scheme.

This exposé builds on a further 33 undercover investigations by 10 animal protection organisations over the last 16 years, showing similar levels of cruelty. This is not just "one bad apple"; This is a systemic cover-up of animal cruelty.

The RSPCA's false advertising extends from the supermarket aisles of M&S, Tesco, Sainsbury's, and Waitrose to McDonald's and even primary schools, where the scheme is promoted to children. Despite claiming to oppose intensive farming, the RSPCA continues to endorse factory farming practices.

The RSPCA was founded 200 years ago with the mission of preventing animal cruelty. Over the years, they have worked hard to care for cats and dogs, becoming a much-loved charity. Now, on their 200-year anniversary, it is time for the RSPCA to drop the Assured Scheme and restore trust, both with the general public and with the animals they claim to protect.

Please join us, Chris Packham and thousands of others in calling for the RSPCA leadership to drop the Assured Scheme and return to its original mission of protecting all animals.

  • Valerie Saunders
    signed 2024-12-14 03:14:51 +0000
    This cruelty has to stop!!
  • Sheila Greenwood
    signed 2024-12-14 03:12:25 +0000
  • Janet Brownrigg
    signed 2024-12-14 02:47:38 +0000
  • Elizabeth McCloskey
    signed 2024-12-14 01:55:01 +0000
  • Alison Easom
    signed 2024-12-14 01:41:32 +0000
  • Lynn Hancock
    signed via 2024-12-14 01:33:59 +0000
  • laura lytton
    signed via 2024-12-14 01:27:55 +0000
  • Barbara Croft
    signed 2024-12-14 01:08:30 +0000
    Why are they still allowed the title Royal…do the Royal family approve of them still?
  • Diane Molloy
    signed 2024-12-14 01:07:33 +0000
  • Paula Whiston
    signed 2024-12-14 00:24:44 +0000
    This has to stop it’s gone on for too long it’s unacceptable and barbaric and RSPCA should be ashamed for turning a blind eye to this suffering..they are hypocritical to what they are supposed to be about.
  • Catherine Halliday
    signed 2024-12-14 00:24:37 +0000
  • Donna Hedge
    signed 2024-12-14 00:22:40 +0000
  • Vanessa Treadway
    signed via 2024-12-14 00:20:57 +0000
  • Tammy Stevenson
    signed 2024-12-14 00:19:46 +0000
  • Susan Hughes
    signed via 2024-12-14 00:18:51 +0000
  • Rupert Cheek
    signed 2024-12-14 00:15:57 +0000
  • Tilly Davenport
    signed 2024-12-14 00:10:14 +0000
  • Sarah Wrenn
    signed via 2024-12-14 00:04:14 +0000
  • Alex Ure
    signed 2024-12-14 00:00:10 +0000
    Bloody disgrace get yursel sorted bloody hypocrites
  • Simon Lynch
    signed 2024-12-13 23:56:37 +0000
  • Jenny Bowles
    signed 2024-12-13 23:51:10 +0000
  • Heather Kinloch
    signed 2024-12-13 23:44:55 +0000
  • Patricia Callaghan
    signed 2024-12-13 23:41:21 +0000
    They want exposing for all the cruelty
  • Pat Bashford
    signed via 2024-12-13 23:40:51 +0000
  • Shari Dencher-Rasmussen
    signed 2024-12-13 23:38:59 +0000
    I have had a lot of doubts about the Assured Scheme (formerly Freedom Foods) for some years now and as far as I’m concerned, it means nothing. I am not a vegan, or even vegetarian, but I do care a lot about the welfare of the animals I eat and I’m afraid I haven’t paid any attention to the red tractor or whatever the brand mark is for the RSPCA scheme in years as it just has no real meaning in terms of animal welfare. I make my decisions on meat purchase in other ways, or have none at all. It really is time that the RSPCA ends this scheme if it wants to retain any credibility. The RSPCA does a lot of really good work, but I don’t feel that I can donate to it when this scheme is still continuing. I am deeply suspicious of it and I really do wonder who is being paid as this looks very, very bad – and I’ve not even read Animal Rising’s investigation yet, this is just from information I’ve come across previously when looking into this. I’m so glad that AR are doing this petition. Thank you.
  • Lorraine fox
    signed 2024-12-13 23:34:21 +0000
  • Joan ilott
    signed 2024-12-13 23:33:19 +0000
    RSPCA lost their way a long time ago.
  • Chlooe Mcgregor
    signed 2024-12-13 23:12:58 +0000
    Cruel and unneccesary
  • Gaynor Jalowiecki
    signed 2024-12-13 23:10:12 +0000
  • Essy Fanshawe
    signed 2024-12-13 23:06:34 +0000