March Compassionate World Blog Round Up
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On love, hope and healing and the magical power of animals, why we should care about nature, what food labels really tell us, plus lots more news and stories.
Opinion Articles
- Food labelling can be confusing for ethical consumers. Here’s what to do
Shoppers, farmers and animals all need clearer food labelling - How Huckle the rescued hen taught me that caged birds long to be free
A cage-free future would mean better lives for millions of animals and a farming system aligned with our values - How humanity’s Garden of Eden has been trashed within a lifetime
A long-delayed government report confirms that nature’s collapse is a threat to national security - Why it’s wrong to blame wild birds for devastating avian flu outbreaks
Too often, wild birds are used as scapegoats for avian flu outbreaks as if they alone conjured this virus and delivered it to our farms
Blogs
- ENDING FACTORY FARMING: THE NEW NATIONAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE
1 Like on Social: Why our food system has become a hidden threat to global stability What’s the one thing the war in Iran has shown us? – it’s that things happening in faraway places can have a big effect… Read more: ENDING FACTORY FARMING: THE NEW NATIONAL SECURITY IMPERATIVE - Why We Should Care About Nature: A Distinguished Panel at Oxford
Last weekend, BBC wildlife presenter and animal activist Chris Packham CBE, children’s author and Farms for City Children charity founder Sir Michael Morpurgo, author - Chris Packham is ‘Wild for Life’ in Oxford
It was a real honour recently to welcome wildlife presenter, environmentalist, animal activist and Compassion Patron, Chris Packham CBE - WHAT FOOD LABELS REALLY TELL US – AND WHAT THEY DON’T
Why Shoppers, Farmers and Animals All Need Clearer, More Honest Food Labelling - WALKING ON THE WILD SIDE
A special guest blog from beloved Compassion Patron, poet and author Sir Michael Morpurgo - WHY ENDING CAGES MATTERS – FOR ANIMALS, FOR US, AND FOR OUR FUTURE
20 Like on Social: What a Rescued Hen Taught Me About Our Food System Every now and then, something small and feathered arrives in your life and reminds you what progress really looks like. For me, that reminder came more… Read more: WHY ENDING CAGES MATTERS – FOR ANIMALS, FOR US, AND FOR OUR FUTURE - NATURE’S DECLINE ISN’T AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE – IT’S A SECURITY CRISIS
A long delayed Government report now confirms what scientists – and many of us – have warned for years: nature’s collapse threatens national safety. - Love, Hope and Healing: the Magical Power of Animals
358 Like on Social: When I think about the importance of love, my mind turns to a most unlikely doctor – a gentle healer who moves quietly through the palliative care hospital in Calais, France. Staff simply call him “Doctor… Read more: Love, Hope and Healing: the Magical Power of Animals
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