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…
For all the animal, farming, food and environment news from May and June, please use this great update
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 Health
In 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 Lymbery
For 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 puffins
A 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 farmed
The 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 homes
Smallholders 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 TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF ANIMALS
Why our connection with animals matters more than ever - AI Surveillance in the Barn – what does it mean for Animal Welfare?
6 Like on Social: As many of you know, Leah Garcés recently returned to Compassion in World Farming as our Global Ambassador. Formerly our first executive director in the US and more recently, CEO at Mercy for Animals, we have… Read more: AI Surveillance in the Barn – what does it mean for Animal Welfare? - THE FARMER WHO UNLEARNED ‘MODERN’ AGRICULTURE
2 Like on Social: Why one farmer’s decision to keep cows and calves together changed everything Rain hammered down outside as a black-and-white calf entered the world. He lay on a bed of straw while his mother licked him clean,… Read more: THE FARMER WHO UNLEARNED ‘MODERN’ AGRICULTURE - My life on a legendary soap
I’ve known Graham Harvey for many years and long admired his gift for spotting pioneers long before others do
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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’
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