In a world where animal sufering is frequently hidden away from the public eye, Moving Animals seeks to use strong visuals to bring attention to it. Amy Jones and Paul Healey let their UK lives behind to document animal abuse around the world. The passionate pair chats to us about why their work is so important, and divulge some of their most memorable photography encounters.
In 2018, we decided that we wanted to leave our busy London lifestyles to go travelling. It was a hard decision, because we both loved our jobs working at PETA UK (peta.org.uk), but then we had this idea that perhaps we could combine animal advocacy with travel. We realised that we could join our skills and professional experiences to help animals, and so Moving Animals was born. We wrote up a detailed plan and applied for a grant from the Culture and Animals Foundation (cultureandanimals.org) to help kick-start the project, as we needed funds for the website and editing sotware. Incredibly, we were successful!
“From seeking out slaughterhouses and documenting undercover, to visiting fish markets in the middle of the night, the project has taken over our travels”