Today, 2nd October, 2020 is World Farm Animals Day, and today is also the day the European Commission (EU) receives the successful European Citizens’ Initiative 'End the Cage Age' which calls on the EU to phase out the use of cages for farmed animals. It's a...
I am so pleased to announce that, having spent months defending the inhumane transport of unweaned calves from Scotland to Europe in the face of our campaign, the Scottish Government has finally conceded that this trade was in breach of the legislation and has stopped...
Over the past few months there has been much in the news about serious outbreaks of Covid-19 affecting workers in meat plants and slaughterhouses in several countries, including the UK....
To celebrate International Day of Charity, I’m privileged to share information on the wonderful work of South Africa’s Humane Education Trust of which I’ve recently become a patron. I’m honoured to introduce this guest article by its founder, Louise van der Merwe....
The annual British Birdwatching Fair or ‘Birdfair’, described as ‘the birder's Glastonbury’, has gone virtual this year due to Covid-19, running from 18th-21st August. I was delighted to be interviewed by actor, Born Free patron and wildlife enthusiast, Dan Richardson, about what’s gone wrong for wildlife in...
August 12th this year marks World Elephant Day, when many will celebrate these wonderful creatures but also express concern at how these magnificent creatures are becoming increasingly threatened. A world without elephants would be tragic....
Can Genome Editing and Agroecology co-exist in the sustainable food and farming mix? Industrial agriculture increases the “risk of future pandemics and needs to be tackled” as a global priority...
“Industrial agriculture increases the ‘risk of future pandemics and needs to be tackled”, according to the EU’s ruling Council in Brussels, which calls for action to be taken on a global basis...
Shoppers looking to well-known fish certification labels for higher standards of animal welfare are likely to be disappointed, according to the findings of a new investigation carried out by my team here at Compassion....
As the world braces itself at the news that a new virus with ‘pandemic potential’ has been discovered in pigs, the role of factory farming as a breeding ground for disease comes back into sharp focus....