June Compassionate World Blog Round Up
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From news on Octopus farming, Ban Live Export Awareness Day, Danish fishermen and Puffins, to why cheap supermarket meat is killing the rainforest, plus a whole lot more…
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Opinion Articles
- Will our children heal the world, and will we allow them to?Sitting on a child’s bed are rows of brightly coloured animals. A blue lizard. A golden lion alongside a purple monkey.
- Penguins Are Key Indicators of the Ocean’s HealthIn Betty’s Bay, South Africa, one of the world’s wildlife celebrities, an African penguin, was busy shaking herself free from the sea.
- How we make food is insane — a conversation with animal advocate and author Philip LymberyFor Philip Lymbery, the author of ‘Farmageddon’, ‘The Dead Zone’ and ‘Sixty Harvests Left’, we have two choices: change how we feed ourselves or prepare for extinction.
- Danish fishermen are posing a new threat to Scotland’s dwindling population of puffinsA ban on commercial fishing for sandeels – on which puffins depend – is being challenged by the European Union
- As My Octopus Teacher showed, these creatures are too intelligent to be farmedThe mind of an octopus can be compared to a three-year-old child’s. Are we really going to trap them in barren tanks of water while they await slaughter for food?
- Cheap supermarket meat is killing the rainforest & driving people like Osvalinda from their homesSmallholders like the late Osvalinda Pereira face a campaign of deadly threats and harassment from big companies that produce feed for animals in Europe and China
Blogs
- THE PLANETARY HEALTH DIETLike on Social: How our food choices can protect health, restore nature and shape a fairer future What if the way we eat could help heal the planet, improve our health and ensure future generations thrive? That’s the bold promise… Read more: THE PLANETARY HEALTH DIET
- IF WE DIDN’T HAVE THE UNITED NATIONS, HERE’S WHY WE’D HAVE TO INVENT ITLike on Social: Even Under Fire, the UN Remains Our Best Hope Imagine a world without the United Nations. No global forum for diplomacy, no coordinated response to humanitarian crises, no shared commitment to peace, human rights, or sustainable development.… Read more: IF WE DIDN’T HAVE THE UNITED NATIONS, HERE’S WHY WE’D HAVE TO INVENT IT
- GHOST’S FINAL GIFT: A CALL TO KEEP OCTOPUSES WILD28 Like on Social: Why octopus farming threatens animal welfare and ocean health Ghost came from the waters of British Columbia weighing only three pounds. Since then, this extraordinary giant Pacific octopus has been captive in the Aquarium of the… Read more: GHOST’S FINAL GIFT: A CALL TO KEEP OCTOPUSES WILD
- Look What’s Possible When We Give Nature Space to Thrive4 Like on Social: The Butterfly that feasts on decay – and dazzles us all Did you know there’s a butterfly that prefers cowpats, rotting animal corpses and dirty nappies to flowers? Surely with preferences like that they must be… Read more: Look What’s Possible When We Give Nature Space to Thrive
Social Media Top Three Tweets –
The Top tweet was ‘Calf rammed repeatedly by police’
Next it was ‘Please support Ban Live Exports Awareness Day’
And thirdly, ‘End this horror – sea in Faroe Islands turns red as 138 pilot whales slaughtered’