Have your say for the future of animals
Animals’ futures are in our hands. Get involved in The Big Conversation to tell us about the future you want for animals.
What is Animal Futures: The Big Conversation?
It takes everyone to create a better world for every animal. Animal Futures: The Big Conversation is a chance to share your vision of a better world for every kind, and explore how we can create it together.
Between 23 January and 28 February, we invited people across England and Wales to share their views. We asked how we treat animals now and what changes are needed to improve their lives in the future.
The topics covered:
- How we use animals (e.g. in sport, entertainment and as pets)
- Animals and technology
- Farmed animals and food
- Animals in the wild
Shape a better future for animals
Now, we want you to share your ideas for a better future for animals - from personal actions to societal changes. For example, what laws could improve animal lives? What changes could we make in schools, communities, workplaces, or our own lives? Big or small, we want to hear them all.
These online conversations will inform more in-depth discussions by a citizens' assembly in mid-2025, representing different views across England and Wales.
At the end of the project, we'll publish a report. We'll use these outcomes to drive our campaigning work and push the Government to take action. We'll also encourage everyone to help build a better world for every animal - one where they're treated with kindness and respect.
Host a Conversation for Animals
It’ll take all of us to create a better world for animals. Hosting a Conversation for Animals is a great place to start. Whether it’s at your monthly book club, over a coffee or after a religious service, get together for a chat about the world you want to see for animals. Then share your thoughts with us via our online form by 6 April 2025. Our toolkit contains all the information you need to run the conversation.
The next generation
Involve the young people in your life
We would love to include young people’s experiences and ideas in Animal Futures: The Big Conversation. While our online platform is for over 18s only, you can use the educational ethics activities (linked to on this page) to explore these topics with the young people in your life. Any thoughts they share by 6 April 2025, through the activity submission forms, will be included in our analysis.