2020: Our supporters helped draw attention to the horrors of live exports to millions of people in London. Compassion launched a high-profile ad campaign for a week, calling out the UK Government to end the trade.

2020: Taking the Scottish Government to court, Compassion launched Judicial Review proceedings challenging the unlawfulness of calves being exported on long journeys, and kept without food on trucks for more than 8 hours. In turn, the Scottish Government stopped live calf exports.

2020: The social media hashtag #BanLiveExports was trending on Twitter, with 13 million views. Led by Compassion, it unified the support of 100 NGOs in 36 different countries.

2021: On 8th June, the UK Government published its new Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill marking an important milestone for farmed animals.

2022: On 14th March, Compassion published digital ads in the London Underground calling on the UK Government to keep its promise and deliver the live export ban in Britain, without delay.

2022: On 15th June, Compassion hosted the annual Ban Live Exports day at Parliament Square, London. Hundreds of Compassion supporters attended the rally, demanding a ban once and for all. We heard from our high-profile supporters Evanna Lynch, Peter Egan, Emma Milne, Marc Abraham OBE who also joined us on the day.

2023: After eighteen months of delay, Government Ministers announced in May that the Bill was being dropped.

2023: On 20th September, Compassion handed in more than 95,000 supporter signatures on the Ban Live Exports petition directly to the Prime Minister at No. 10 Downing Street.

2023: The UK Government announced, on 7th November, their intention to introduce the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill to ban live exports.

2023-2024: Throughout December and January, Compassion supporters continue to pressurise Members of Parliament to pass the Bill into law.

2024: The Bill passed its last stage in parliament and will be enshrined into law. The practice of live exports is finally banned from Great Britain once and for all!