Effective Animal ActionWays to help animals, ranked by impact.
AI collects bills, petitions, and campaigns from 10 leading animal organizations, and then ranks them by the difference you can make.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · 30 actions taken so far
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Respond to Defra's consultation to ban CO₂ slaughter for pigs
Compassion in World FarmingNearly 10 million UK pigs a year are put into cages and pits filled with CO₂ gas.
270points - 2
Email your MP to press Defra on enforcing farm animal welfare laws
Animal EqualityDairy cows are repeatedly made pregnant, have their calves taken within hours of birth, and about a third may be lame at any time.
180points - 3
Email your MP to urge the Farming Minister to protect farmed fish at slaughter
Animal EqualityFarmed fish can be killed by suffocating in air or ice while fully conscious, and UK law has no requirement to prevent it.
180points - 4
Send a postcard to the Defra Secretary to ban boiling crustaceans alive
Crustacean CompassionCrabs, lobsters and prawns are tossed into scalding water and can stay conscious for up to three minutes before they die.
180points - 5
Sign the petition to end chick culling in the egg industry
Mercy For AnimalsAbout 7 billion male chicks are killed each year worldwide, mostly within hours of hatching, because they cannot lay eggs.
90points - 6
Email Defra to publish the results of its hen cage consultation
Compassion in World FarmingAround 5 million UK laying hens a year are kept in enriched cages that give them little more space than a sheet of A4 paper.
80points - 7
Email your MP to urge the government to ban foie gras imports
Animal EqualityDucks and geese are force-fed grain several times a day through a metal pipe inserted into their throats, which makes their livers swell to around ten times their natural size.
60points - 8
Message the Defra Secretary to ask England to ban glue trap sales
Humane World for AnimalsRodent glue traps are still sold in hundreds of local shops and hardware stores in England, for as little as £1, even though public use was banned.
60points - 9
Send Unilever a message to honour its pledge to end hen cages
The Humane LeagueUnilever promised to stop keeping hens in cruel cages, then abandoned that commitment.
60points - 10
Email your MP to invite them to a farrowing crate drop-in event
Compassion in World FarmingAround 150,000 mother pigs a year are locked in narrow metal farrowing crates for weeks on end.
40points - 11
Sign the petition asking Pret's CEO to publish a plan to end Frankenchickens
Animal EqualityFrankenchickens are bred to reach a massive size in just over a month, which causes lameness, broken bones and heart failure.
40points - 12
Sign the petition asking the government to ban fur sales and imports
Humane World for AnimalsFur farming was banned in the UK in 2000 because keeping wild animals in tiny cages is never humane, but fur is still imported and sold.
40points - 13
Email your MP to press the Home Office to protect crabs in labs
Crustacean CompassionCrabs, lobsters and prawns are recognised as sentient under UK law but are not covered by the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.
40points - 14
Email your MP to sign Early Day Motion 780 on replacing animal tests
Cruelty Free InternationalAbout 2.6 million procedures are carried out on animals in UK research each year, and procedures can cause pain, distress and lasting harm.
40points - 15
Email your MP asking the government to act on flat-faced breeding
RSPCAFlat-faced dogs often struggle to breathe, especially in heat or during exercise, and can face complications during birth.
40points - 16
Sign the petition to include crustaceans in the Animal Welfare Act
Crustacean CompassionCrabs and lobsters can be boiled alive and may stay conscious for up to three minutes.
30points - 17
Sign the petition asking CJ Group to end cages in its egg supply chain
Open Wing Alliance
CJ Group, the Korean conglomerate behind Bibigo, Red Baron, Freschetta and Tous les Jours, sources eggs from hens kept in barren cages the campaign describes as no bigger than a microwave.
30points - 18
Ask the government to introduce a law requiring honest meat welfare labels
Humane World for AnimalsSupermarket labels such as 'welfare assured' and 'from trusted British farms' can hide the intensive systems in which most farmed animals in the UK are kept.
30points - 19
Sign the open letter asking 18 restaurant chains to recommit to the Better Chicken Commitment
RSPCAOver 90% of the one billion-plus broiler chickens farmed each year in the UK are bred to grow fast, which causes leg problems, heart failure and early death.
30points - 20
Sign the petition to end the use of Frankenchicken breeds
The Humane LeagueFast-growing chicken breeds are bred to grow unnaturally fast, and this causes organ failure, lameness, burns from lying in their own waste and white striping in their muscles.
30points - 21
Ask the government to introduce a bill banning hunting trophy imports
Humane World for AnimalsHunting trophies from lions, elephants, brown bears, leopards, hippos and cheetahs are shipped to the UK every year.
20points - 22
Sign the petition to end live sales of crabs and lobsters
Crustacean CompassionLive crabs, lobsters and prawns are packed together in tanks with their claws banded, often out of water or on ice.
20points - 23
Email Dell's board about Kevin Brown, a Kroger director behind its cage-free retreat
Animal EqualityKroger abandoned its pledge to source only cage-free eggs, leaving millions of hens in cages with little room to move.
20points