Help farmed insects

The UK Government is currently consulting on allowing processed insects to be fed to chickens and pigs. This is worrying as the government explicitly says changes would “enable investment in the insect protein sector”. Given the likely sentience of insects (see this summary of recent research) and that median predictions estimate 3.9 trillion insects killed annually by 2030, we think it’s crucial to try to limit this huge source of animal suffering. 

Given that we secured 30% of published responses to the Scottish Government consultation on this topic with 2 days' notice, we believe we can get at least 50% of the responses to this consultation to talk positively about insect sentience and welfare.