Eight highlights (and lowlights) about our relationship with animals from 2024
Considerable progress on animal welfare was made in 2024 but there is still much to do
Slaughterhouse workers singing ‘merry Christmas’ to petrified turkey should make everyone think twice
The majority of turkeys, an estimated 90 per cent, are reared intensively, with many in appalling conditions
River pollution: ‘Muck Map’ reveals which parts of Scotland have a manure problem
More than 33,000 tonnes of manure are produced in the UK every day by intensive pig and poultry farms – enough to fill 2,500 double-decker buses
Dragon’s Den star ‘names and fames’ the high street giants saving 500 million animals from misery
Walking into a windowless warehouse, I was overwhelmed.
WL Op-Ed: Extinction or Regeneration
It was early morning, and a tractor was pulling a plough. Back and forth it went, ploughing its lonely furrow.
How supermarkets help the spread of deadly antibiotic-resistant diseases
Some supermarkets are failing to check whether imported food they sell has been produced with routine antibiotic use – a major factor in the growing global crisis of antibiotic-resistant superbugs
From William Wallace to Cairngorm farmers: How one word can change the world
‘Enough is enough’ is a powerful phrase used by many to protest against situations they find intolerable
How biggest animal welfare reform in history will free 300 million from cages
Extraordinary coming together of farmers, campaigners, food industry figures and experts in the EU should result in around 300 million pigs, laying hens, calves, geese, ducks and quail no longer being kept in cages every year
Why climate change is an ‘existential threat to sport’
Rising temperatures are reducing the number of places where the Winter Olympics can be held, while making the summer games dangerously hot for athletes
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