The RSPCA 3% Challenge

How to reduce consumption of animal products

You don't have to change your whole diet to improve the lives of farmed animals.

The RSPCA's 3% Challenge, inspired by University of Lincoln research, helps you discover simple, realistic ways to reduce the amount of animal products you eat, at a pace that suits your lifestyle.

Answer a few quick questions about what you eat and we'll suggest a personalised annual goal, along with practical ideas to help you achieve it.

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Food Impact Calculator - Take the 3% Challenge

Discover how small, realistic changes to the animal products you eat could improve the lives of millions of farmed animals. We'll create a plan based on your eating habits, helping you:

  • Find your personalised 3% goal
  • Explore practical swaps that suit your lifestyle
  • See how small changes can add up to a big difference

Your support will help rescue animals today and ensure that the RSPCA are there for all animals all year round. We promise to keep in touch by sharing our rescue stories, with news of the work we do, campaigning and appeals.

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Small changes really do add up

When millions of people make small changes, they can have an enormous impact.

New research from the University of Lincoln shows that if we collectively reduced the animal products we consume by just 3% each year, by 2050 we could help:

  • Improve the lives of nearly one billion farmed animals
  • Spare up to three billion wild-caught fish from being turned into animal feed
  • Free up millions of hectares of land for nature
  • Reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

Together, a little less can mean a lot more.

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