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 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
- A RIVER’S RIGHT TO BE A RIVER AND WHY IT MATTERS TO US ALL
15 Like on Social: From animal sentience to nature’s rights, a new idea is taking hold On a sunny Sunday, a crowd gathered on the banks of the River Wye to witness an extraordinary spectacle. A towering puppet Goddess of… Read more: A RIVER’S RIGHT TO BE A RIVER AND WHY IT MATTERS TO US ALL - THE END OF THE CAGE AGE IS NOW FINALLY IN SIGHT
Like on Social: A million voices, years of persistence, and a promise that may finally be kept Imagine a world where you didn’t have to think about whether something on a supermarket shelf is okay or not. Where the only… Read more: THE END OF THE CAGE AGE IS NOW FINALLY IN SIGHT - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FARMING AND FACTORY FARMING
25 Like on Social: The debate sparked by Chris Packham’s recent TV remarks has shone a light on a distinction that often gets lost: the difference between industrial factory farming and the many farmers working with nature, animals and the… Read more: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FARMING AND FACTORY FARMING - ENDING FACTORY FARMING BY 2040: WHY IT’S ESSENTIAL AND HOW WE GET THERE
Why the food system that fed the past is now threatening the future and why business as usual is no longer an option.
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’