RSPCA and CIWF demand ban on CO2 stunning for pigs by 2024
The RSPCA and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) have joined forces to demand a total ban on the use of carbon dioxide stunning for pigs in the next five years.
‘Bringing home the bacon has never been crueller’
British consumers buying 'higher welfare' pork products have been misled for more than a decade after the Government failed to act on urgent advice given 15 years ago
CO2 shortage a chance to move away from ‘cruel, archaic’ use of gas to slaughter farm animals, say campaigners
Britain’s carbon-dioxide crisis is an opportunity to introduce more humane slaughter methods, according to experts in animal farming.
CO2 pig slaughter is the real crisis, not a gas shortage
Letter to The Grocer concerning the slaughter of pigs using carbon dioxide.
Time to take fish welfare more seriously
Fish are often seen to be at the bottom of the pile when it comes to how we view animals. The general assumption is that fish are not furry and pettable, and therefore, they fall outside citizens’ scope of moral
Free-range eggs laid by ‘mutilated’ hens
Secret footage shows chicks being debeaked, a process used by Britain’s leading high-welfare egg producer - Sunday Times
Why Michael Gove’s proposed ban on exporting live animals won’t “take back control” of animal rights
The debate around live animal exports suggests the government’s post-Brexit vision of animal welfare is driven as much by self-interest as compassion. - New Statesman
Other Supermarkets Must Follow Iceland And Palm Off Palm Oil
It is fantastic to see that Iceland has announced that palm oil will be banned from all their own brand products by the end of the year. - Huff Post
Where the Wild Things Were
The industrial farming of animals for cheap food is driving our wonderful wildlife and iconic animal species to extinction - First News
Charity launches five-year farm plan
Compassion in World Farming's strategy calls for a wholesale shift from industrial agriculture to transformative and regenerative food and farming.