Lady Freethinker

Lady Freethinker is a non-profit that campaigns against cruelty to animals and other sentient beings, combining investigations, public pressure and grassroots rescue.

Cruelty to animals takes countless forms, from neglected companion animals and exploited wildlife to the suffering hidden inside factory farms. Increasingly it also plays out online, where Lady Freethinker has documented vast audiences for videos of animal torture, staged rescues and organised fighting. The organisation exists to confront this abuse and to challenge the norms and rules that allow it to continue.

It works through four main channels. Investigative reporting brings hidden cruelty into the open, citizen petitions turn public concern into pressure on decision-makers, partnerships with rescuers and activists deliver help on the ground, and a grants programme channels funding to welfare and rescue work around the world.