AUGUST COMPASSIONATE WORLD ROUNDUP BLOG
For all the up to date news from the horror of foie gras production and the importance of making peace with nature, to what our roads tell us about biodiversity loss and our campaign to stop Octopus farming, plus a whole lot more…
Opinion Articles
Why our food choices can make all the difference in saving endangered elephants from extinction
The use of palm products to feed industrial animal agriculture is pushing the Sumatran elephant to the brink of extinction
Outrage over cruel foie gras at Olympics must prompt swift action from UK
Like so many top sporting events, this year’s Paris Olympic Games has had plenty of highs and lows.
Why humanity’s assault on nature is making pandemics more likely
Humanity’s destruction of the natural world is bringing us into contact with new species – and new viruses
Why absence of dead insects on windscreens is sign of staggering changes to nature since 1970s
The current rate of extinction of species is up to 1,000 times higher than the average for the past ten million years
Read scientists’ warnings on climate change to realise the need to make peace with nature
Deep into election season and we’ve all been inundated with messages from politicians of every persuasion trying to woo our vote. Big issues include the cost of living, health, and the economy.
Blogs
Social Media: Top 3 X Tweets
The Top tweet:
Why absence of dead insects on windscreens is sign of staggering changes to nature since 1970s – Philip Lymbery @TheScotsman
The tragedy is that our biodiversity is declining faster than it has at any other time in human history#PlanetaryCrisis@ciwfhttps://t.co/gOlFWn27ga
— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) July 12, 2024
with 136,600 impressions, over 700 shares and 1,200 likes
Next:
The world’s first intensive octopus #factoryfarm is not only harmful to these incredible sentient creatures but is also a real risk to public health, wildlife & the environment ???? @Act4AnimalsEU
Stop all #FactoryFarming #CompassionNotCruelty
Pls read: https://t.co/Hu2oGUQ7Xn pic.twitter.com/Y9uuHvPt2i— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) July 14, 2024
with 76,000 impressions, 570 shares and 964 likes
And thirdly:
‘Consider that animals, like us, have one life. It is their life, their only life, and as important to them as our own life is to us”
– Jill Robinson ❤️ pic.twitter.com/m4MakeFMb6— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) August 18, 2024
with 37,000 impressions, over 300 shares and 1,100 likes.
Upcoming Speaker Events
- 1-3rd Oct: Eurogroup Conference in Brussels, Philip will be hosting in his role as President.
- 4th Oct: The Eastbourne Food Partnership Summit, Philip will be the keynote speaker
- 21st Oct: Good Farm Animal Awards in Paris
- 19th Oct: Caring Farmers Congress at Utrecht University in Netherlands, Philip will deliver the keynote
- 22-23rd Nov: Sustainable Food Conference in Somerset: Philip will be delivering the keynote