About Compassion Over Killing (COK)
“Compassion Over Killing demonstrates that you do not need to be big to have an impact. A classic example
of David trying to bring down Goliath is seen with the efforts of Compassion Over Killing…. The
organization may be short on staff but has effectively gotten the public’s attention….”
—Egg Industry magazine
Founded in 1995 as an extracurricular high school group, COK has been rich in passion, dedication and
innovation from the beginning. Our campaigns, investigations, advertising and outreach provide a powerful
voice for farmed animals. By exposing the routine cruelties and abuses endured by the victims of agribusiness,
we educate millions of consumers about the suffering involved for us to eat meat, eggs, and dairy products,
and we empower them to make more compassionate choices.
Despite our small staff and limited budget, COK’s innovative, cost-effective campaigns are having a
tremendous impact. Just look at what we’ve accomplished since 1995!
2009: A Year of Action in Review
Your support is so crucial to our work on behalf of farmed animals, which is why we’re thrilled to share our 2009 Year in Review video highlighting our efforts this past year—from our successful national campaign announcing that BOCA foods is removing eggs from all of its products by the end of 2009 to the DC VegFest which was celebrated by more than 2,500 people in the nation’s capital.
Read more about watch our 2009 year-in-review video!
2008: Another Year of Compassionate Action for Animals
In 2008, COK pulled back the curtains on animal agribusiness with undercover footage exposing the hidden horrors forced upon animals in the egg and foie gras industries. Our positive outreach efforts—from our hard-hitting ads on MTV to our 30-day egg-free pledge to our campaign urging Dunkin’ Donuts to serve soy milk—continue to empower others to stand up for animals every time they sit down to eat. And corporations are taking notice: after corresponding with Lightlife Foods about the growing demand for animal-friendly foods, the company committed to significantly reduce its use of eggs and introduce several new vegan options in early 2009!
Read more about watch our 2008 year-in-review video!
2007: COK Putting Compassion into Action
With your help, our efforts throughout 2007 to expose the miseries
endured by farmed animals and promote the concept of not eating
them reached new heights—from our first ever "Best Vegetarian
Restaurant" contest on VegDC.com
that generated a phenomenal
news story on Washington, D.C.'s NBC-4
to our Morningstar
Farms campaign victory in which the Kellogg subsidiary announced
it will reduce its use of eggs by at least one million in 2008 and
it will also create new vegan products!
Read more about our work
in 2007 and watch our year-in-review video.
2006: A Year in Review
2006 has been a monumental year for COK. We’ve grown to a full-time staff of six, our undercover
investigation inside a Pennsylvania egg factory farm led to a precedent-setting case of criminal cruelty
to animals, we exposed shocking abuse inside a North Carolina turkey hatchery that supplies Butterball,
our MTV pro-vegetarian commercial campaign went national and so much more…
Learn more about our work in 2006, and watch our 7-minute video highlighting
our efforts throughout the year.
Highlights from Our First Ten Years
COK Timeline from 1995 to 2005
Please accept our most heartfelt gratitude for enabling us to accomplish so much for animals in the past decade,
and we look forward to another decade of COK advocacy!
Learn more about our work over the last decade, and watch our 10-minute video.
Employment Opportunities at COK
COK does not have any paid staff positions available at this time. However,
if you would like to submit a cover letter and resume for consideration
should something open up in the near future, please send this to
info--at--cok.net?subject=Employment Opportunities at COK or
Compassion Over Killing
Attn: Human Resources
P.O. Box 9773
Washington, DC 20016
Internship Opportunities at COK
COK is currently accepting applications for full-and part-time internships.
Learn more about our internship program.
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