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Assignment: Inside Canada’s Cattle Feedlots

Assignment: Inside Canada’s Cattle Feedlots

July 19, 2022 | Our Food Systems
Quebec has the most cattle feedlots of any Canadian province. Last month, We Animals Founder Jo-Anne McArthur toured rural Quebec with a local investigator to document the lives of these animals.
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In Photos: The Leather Industry with Christian Faesecke

In Photos: The Leather Industry with Christian Faesecke

May 30, 2022 | Our Fashion Industries
Answering where leather comes from is a complex, international story across a 4,000 km border. We Animals contributor Christian Faesecke documents how cows are trafficked from India to Bangladesh where they are killed for leather.
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Assignment: Bird Flu (H5N1) Spreads Across the US, Canada and Europe

Assignment: Bird Flu (H5N1) Spreads Across the US, Canada and Europe

May 25, 2022 | Global Health Issues, Our Food Systems
As we continue to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the highly pathogenic bird flu (H5N1) is affecting millions of wild and domesticated bird populations in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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Visit our stock site to explore the latest content in our growing collection of 40,000+ high-quality visuals of animal issues around the globe.

Top 100 Downloads in 2025

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Dairy Farming in Sweden

In 2025, Djurrättsalliansen, a Swedish animal rights organization, documented Sweden’s dairy industry with photojournalist Noah Marsten. Explore these visuals.

Factory Farming in Canada

We Animals Fellow, Ira Moon documented the experiences of human labourers and farmed animals inside Canada's factory farms. These visuals offer a holistic glance at an industry that is failing everyone. Explore visuals from Ira's Fellowship project.

The Global Egg Industry

In collaboration with The Open Wing Alliance and Reporters for Animals, We Animals has released the largest-ever investigation into industrialized egg farms. Explore visuals.

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100 Photographers Bringing You Animal Stories

100 Photographers Bringing You Animal Stories

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