Factory Farm Playset

Made:
2021 in London
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Toy, factory farm playset and box, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

The Factor Farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Details

Category:
Environmental Science & Technology
Object Number:
2025-51
Materials:
cardboard and plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
Game assembled: 240 mm x 500 mm x 500 mm,
Box (closed with game inside): 80 mm x 330 mm x 100 mm,
type:
toy
credit:
World Animal Protection

Parts

A toy large L shaped roof panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy large L shaped roof panel part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy large L shaped roof panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/1
type:
toy
A toy medium roof panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy medium roof panel part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy medium roof panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/2
type:
toy
A toy small dark roof panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy small dark roof panel part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy small dark roof panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/3
type:
toy
A toy small dark roof panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy small dark roof panel part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy small dark roof panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/4
type:
toy
A toy shed, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy shed part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy shed, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/5
type:
toy
A toy small grey door, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy small grey door part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy small grey door, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/6
type:
toy
A toy small light door, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy small light door part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy small light door, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/7
type:
toy
A toy medium grey pen door, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy medium grey pen door part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy medium grey pen door, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/8
type:
toy
A toy medium striped door, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy medium striped door part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy medium striped door, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/9
type:
toy
A toy front door, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy front door part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy front door, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/10
type:
toy
A toy large dark striped panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy large dark striped panel part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy large dark striped panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/11
type:
toy
A toy medium dark striped panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy medium dark striped panel part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy medium dark striped panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/12
type:
toy
A toy arched interior panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy arched interior panel part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy arched interior panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/13
type:
toy
A toy square panel with door hole, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy square panel with door hole part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy square panel with door hole, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/14
type:
toy
A toy rectangle panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy rectangle panel part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy rectangle panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/15
type:
toy
A toy rectangle panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy rectangle panel part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy rectangle panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/16
type:
toy
A toy 2 doors cut out panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy 2 doors cut out panel part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy 2 doors cut out panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/17
type:
toy
A toy square panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy square panel part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy square panel, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/18
type:
toy
A toy large panel with window and 2 doors cut out, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy large panel with window and 2 doors cut out part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy large panel with window and 2 doors cut out, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/19
type:
toy
A toy base, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy base part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy base, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/20
type:
toy
A toy rectangular pen, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy rectangular pen part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy rectangular pen, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/21
type:
toy
A toy rectangular pen, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy rectangular pen part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy rectangular pen, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/22
type:
toy
A toy rounded pen, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy rounded pen part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy rounded pen, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/23
type:
toy
A toy rounded pen, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy rounded pen part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy rounded pen, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/24
type:
toy
A toy farmer figurine with arms crossed, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy farmer figurine with arms crossed part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy farmer figurine with arms crossed, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/25
type:
toy
A toy farmer figurine with arms straight, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy farmer figurine with arms straight part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy farmer figurine with arms straight, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/26
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine with three patches part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine with three patches part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine with three patches, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/27
type:
toy
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The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
A toy cow figurine with three patches, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine with three patches part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine with three patches, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/28
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine with three patches, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine with three patches part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine with three patches, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/29
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine with spots, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine with spots part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine with spots, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/30
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine with spots, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine with spots part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine with spots, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/31
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine with spots, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine with spots part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine with spots, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/32
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine bending down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/33
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine bending down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/34
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine bending down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/35
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine bending down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/36
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine large spots bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine large spots bending down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine large spots bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/37
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine large spots bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine large spots bending down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine large spots bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/38
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine large spots bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine large spots bending down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine large spots bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/39
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine large spots bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine large spots bending down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine large spots bending down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/40
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine with horns, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine with horns part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine with horns, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/41
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine with horns, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine with horns part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine with horns, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/42
type:
toy
A toy cow figurine with horns, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cow figurine with horns part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cow figurine with horns, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/43
type:
toy
A toy dark cow figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy dark cow figurine part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy dark cow figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/44
type:
toy
A toy dark cow figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy dark cow figurine part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy dark cow figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/45
type:
toy
A toy dark cow figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy dark cow figurine part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy dark cow figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/46
type:
toy
A toy piglet figurine with spot part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy piglet figurine with spot part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy piglet figurine with spot, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/47
type:
toy
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
A toy piglet figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy piglet figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy piglet figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/48
type:
toy
A toy piglet figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy piglet figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy piglet figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/49
type:
toy
A toy piglet figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy piglet figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy piglet figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/50
type:
toy
A toy piglet figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy piglet figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy piglet figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/51
type:
toy
A toy piglet figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy piglet figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy piglet figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/52
type:
toy
A toy piglet figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy piglet figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy piglet figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/53
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head down spots part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head down spots part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head down spots, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/54
type:
toy
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
A toy pig figurine light colour nose, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine light colour nose part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine light colour nose, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/55
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine light colour nose head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine light colour nose head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine light colour nose head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/56
type:
toy
A toy pig light colour nose head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig light colour nose head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig light colour nose head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/57
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/58
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/59
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/60
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/61
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/62
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/63
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/64
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/65
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/66
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/67
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/68
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/69
type:
toy
A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy pig figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy pig figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/70
type:
toy
A toy chicken feeder, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken feeder part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken feeder, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/71
type:
toy
A toy chicken feeder, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken feeder part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken feeder, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/72
type:
toy
A toy white chicken figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy white chicken figurine part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy white chicken figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/73
type:
toy
A toy unsprayed chicken figurine part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy unsprayed chicken figurine part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy unsprayed chicken figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/74
type:
toy
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
A toy fully sprayed chicken figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy fully sprayed chicken figurine part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy fully sprayed chicken figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/75
type:
toy
A toy cockerel figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cockerel figurine part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cockerel figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/76
type:
toy
A toy cockerel figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cockerel figurine part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cockerel figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/77
type:
toy
A toy cockerel figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy cockerel figurine part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy cockerel figurine, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/78
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/79
type:
toy
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
A toy chicken figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/80
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/81
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/82
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/83
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head up part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head up, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/84
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/85
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/86
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/87
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/88
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/89
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/90
type:
toy
A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

A toy chicken figurine head down part of Factory Farm Playset

A toy chicken figurine head down, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Object Number:
2025-51/91
type:
toy
Grazing field panel, with a muddy section and a tree on one side, and stones on the other, from a factory farm playset, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

Grazing field panel, part of Factory Farm Playset

Grazing field panel, with a muddy section and a tree on one side, and stones on the other, from a factory farm playset, made by This is Cow for World Animal Protection, London, 2021.

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Factory farm playset made by This Is Cow for the charity World Animal Protection (WAP) in 2021 (England). This playset was used in a WAP campaign to put the animal welfare and environmental issues associated with factory farming on the media agenda during COP26, aiming to continue highlighting the issue beyond the summit. Factory farming is the dominant form of meat and dairy production across Western countries. These industrial, intensive models of production involve keeping animals in close confinement. They require carbon-intensive inputs, such as corn and soy feed, largely grown from deforested areas in South America, laced with antibiotics to prevent the animals getting sick from this diet. Their waste streams are also an environmental issue, with run off a major cause of river pollution.

The factory farm playset captures this industrial system of food production using cows, chicken and pigs, represented by many figurines of these animals and the caged infrastructure they are kept in. It also features farmers in hazmat suits, another feature of this system needed to prevent disease, which spreads rapidly in such close-confined fragile monocultures of animals in poor states of health.

The playset was used in a social experiment by This Is Cow to demonstrate how children react to the cramped and unsanitary conditions, and how they would fix it.

Object Number:
2025-51/100
type:
toy