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
- Deborah Meaden Champions a Cage-Free Future: Celebrating Global Leaders in Animal Welfare5 Like on Social: Walking into a windowless warehouse, I was overwhelmed. Row after row of cages were stacked on top of each other. The noise was deafening. Through the gloom, I could make out the frantic heads of hens… Read more: Deborah Meaden Champions a Cage-Free Future: Celebrating Global Leaders in Animal Welfare
- From Battlefield Wounds to Superbug Threat: The Urgency of Tackling Antibiotic ResistanceIt was a harrowing story. A soldier from the Ukrainian battlefield had his leg amputated by the NHS because antibiotics could not treat his infection.
- Businesses Paving the Way to a Better FutureYesterday in Paris, we proudly hosted our Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards, recognising 49 winners from around the globe for their leadership in farmed animal welfare
- Enough is Enough: How One Word Can Change the World3 Like on Social: There comes a time in everyone’s life where you have to put your foot down and say, “enough is enough”. I remember that moment well. I was left shattered and shaking inside. I couldn’t believe what… Read more: Enough is Enough: How One Word Can Change the World
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’