31 Mar Big Table Round Up | March 2021
Following Philip’s appointment this past month as a United Nations Food Systems Champion for the world’s first Food Systems Summit, we talk fish and travel the globe from the USA to the UK and from the Artic to Asia, to understand how our world is being impacted by humanity and how it has never been more urgent to call for systemic change.
OP-ED
Factory farming with all its cruelty is still dominant. And tragically, one area where our treatment of animals has changed very little, is with fish – Fish are complex, emotional and intelligent beings and yet we treat them so cruelly. If only they had fur
BLOGS
- There is nothing welfare-friendly or sustainable about confining wild, migratory species like salmon on intensive fish farms. It is yet another aspect of factory farming which needs to end for our health, for our animals and our environment – https://philiplymbery.com/if-fish-had-fur/
- Why the UN Food Systems Summit is Crucial for Animals, People and the Planet – https://wfa.org/a-new-future-for-food/
- It’s not a natural connection to make, but it’s vital to understand how animal welfare and water quality are so closely linked on #WorldWaterDay – https://philiplymbery.com/water-and-welfare/
- In this age of pandemic, climate and biodiversity emergency, Philip explores how it has never been more important to raise awareness of the role wild animals and plants play in the life support systems of our planet – https://philiplymbery.com/for-the-love-of-life/
- A review about how these magnificent animals whose plight has drawn the world’s attention to the threat of climate change – https://philiplymbery.com/why-pigs-and-polar-bears-dont-mix/
- On #WorldPangolinDay2021, Philip explores how it would be hard to find another mammal more persecuted, or more bewitching, than the pangolin – https://philiplymbery.com/pangolins-and-pandemics/
SOCIAL MEDIA
The sheer #heartbreak of the cattle and calves on the #KarimAllah #LiveExport ship that spent 3 horrific months at sea
#Heartbreaking news
Animals on the #KarimAllah #LiveTransport ship that spent 3 horrific months at sea have been unloaded and killed
We urge @EU_Commission to urgently investigate #AnimalWelfare breaches involved and circumstances re the 2nd ship
We MUST #EndLiveTransport @ciwf pic.twitter.com/qKiWKWwx1E— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) March 9, 2021
There is no place for fur in the UK or anywhere else in the world
“The sale of fur is simply not aligned with the ethical trajectory of the vast majority of retailers, designers & businesses that make up the British fashion retail industry”
There is no place for fur in Britain or anywhere in this world @BorisJohnson https://t.co/Btest7kjDC
— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) March 15, 2021
Thinking of the inhumanity of the treatment of dairy cows on Mother’s Day
We have to end #factoryfarming of sentient beings
Humanity will look back & be rightly ashamed of the cruel way we treated billions of creatures on this planet for our own misguided needs & for the many years we let it endure#CompassionNeverCruelty@ciwf https://t.co/Zy6B8j2Pax— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) March 15, 2021
GUEST PODCAST
The Scottish salmon farming industry is rife with fish welfare issues and serious environmental problems. At current production levels sea lice infestation and disease are out of control, causing fish suffering on an alarming scale and threatening wild fish populations. Compassion in World Farming has launched an open letter to the Scottish government, urgently calling for a moratorium on the expansion of the industry, with a view to phasing out intensive salmon farming.
Now We’re Here…How Do We Get Out?
Listen to Peter Egan and his guest Philip, talk about why fish matter