Your Health Means the World
As the sun rises on another World Health Day this Saturday, we often choose to look within and focus on the small changes we can make to improve our own health and wellbeing. We give ourselves goals, ‘I must go
Sainsbury’s backtracks on chicken welfare
Compassion withdraws Sainsbury’s Good Chicken Award for breaking its promise.
This Easter, spare a thought for the reality of almost 1 billion rabbits
The Easter Bunny is an age-old imaginary character. A construct when, more often than not, an adult dresses up as a (much) larger than life rabbit, to hide Easter eggs. It brings a sense of fun and colour to Easter,
OBITUARY. SIR RICHARD BODY (1927-2018)
All of us at Compassion are hugely saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Richard Body. We are hugely indebted to Sir Richard for all he did to promote the cause of humane farming. He was a true friend to
Why all Mothers Matter
I often wonder in years to come, if future generations will look back on these times with despair and sadness when they see how we treated our fellow man and the animals who shared this planet with us.
Why Demand for Cheap Meat is Killing the Jaguar
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed today, 3 March 2018, as UN World Wildlife Day, the most important global annual event dedicated to wildlife in order to celebrate and raise awareness of the world's animals and indeed plants. This year,
A New Future for Food and Farming
Perhaps it is only fitting that on World NGO Day, I am able to share with you our new, challenging and dynamic five-year plan aimed at achieving game-changing impact for farm animal welfare. To my mind, it has never been so
For the Love of Animals
St. Valentine's Day is a special day to remember those we love. Love comes in many forms and we all express our love and fondness for one another in many different ways. Research tells us that animals help in allowing people
15,000 SCIENTISTS ISSUE DIRE WARNING TO HUMANITY: ‘TIME IS RUNNING OUT’
With every passing day, evidence of the need for change in the way we feed ourselves mounts. The latest warning comes from a letter signed by an unprecedented 15,000 scientists warning that humanity faces ‘vast’ misery if it doesn’t urgently
OUTCRY OVER MISGUIDED CHIEF VET’S DEFENCE OF CAGES
One day, in the not too distant future, we will look back on the practice of confining farm animals in cages and ask ourselves how society ever allowed that to happen – how did we ever permit such cruelty to