France and Germany to ban controversial practice of slaughtering male chicks in 2021
France and Germany are to ban the notoriously cruel culling of male chickens, which animal rights activists hope will be also be adopted in Britain...
2020 Sustainable Food and Farming Award now open for nominations
Compassion in World Farming invites entries to its 2020 Sustainable Food and Farming Award which recognises producers and businesses taking steps to farm in ways that protect, improve and restore wildlife and the environment....
BBC One Documentary Shows The Catastrophic Effects Of Eating Meat
Last night’s BBC’s hard-hitting documentary ‘Meat: A threat to our Planet’ showed poignantly how our hunger for meat is killing our planet....
Fear the Fever: what can be done to tackle the African swine fever pandemic?
African swine fever has already claimed half the pigs in China. Now the ‘biggest animal disease outbreak ever’ has arrived in Europe...
5 ways veganism could save the planet
The #vegan has reached 85.8 million posts on Instagram, perhaps the most millennial marker of a lifestyle choice gone mainstream. Here, Vogue guides you through five ways veganism can make a positive impact on the environment...
Pigs ‘burn from the inside out’ in gas chambers
Every bacon butty or ham sandwich comes at a price: the horrific and hidden suffering of the pigs – animals said to be more intelligent and sociable than dogs...
#EndTheCageAge – NGOs, MEPs and EU citizens unite
Compassion in World Farming and representatives of other Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) were joined by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and EU Citizens to celebrate the closing of the End the Cage Age...
100 Extra Cities the Size of London
Imagine opening your morning newspaper to read the headline, “Government agrees to building a hundred new cities the size of London.”...
It’s time for honest labelling…
The bucolic scenes and reassuring phrases on meat and dairy packaging are often a world away from the reality. ...
Food for Thought
One man's mission to transform the way we see the meat on our plate....
Thousands of chickens die in heatwave at farm supplying major UK supermarkets
Thousands of chickens died in last week’s heatwave at a Red Tractor-endorsed farm that supplies major supermarkets including Tesco and Sainsbury’s....
Boris Johnson: Environment Charities & Eco Activists React
Euronews: BoJo has been a polarising character for years. From Mayor of London, to leader of the Conservatives, to prime minister of the UK, many eco activists have derided his voting record on matters concerning climate change....
Please stop trucking farm animals to Europe for slaughter, urge Hyde park protestors
Live transport protesters gathered in Hyde Park on Friday to call for an end to trucking farm animals across the UK into Europe for slaughter....
Ammonia pollution damaging more than 60% of UK land
Study finds most sensitive plant and wildlife habitats are worst affected, yet government has no clear plans to monitor impact...
The Ferret ‘Sick’ salmon film prompts government probe into Scottish fish farm
Scottish Government inspectors have launched an investigation into video evidence of alleged animal cruelty at a salmon farm on the north west coast....
Chris Packham Urges People To Go Vegan – Or Reduce Meat And Dairy
The acclaimed wildlife naturalist and broadcaster, who has become a patron of the charity Compassion In World Farming, wants people to learn more about animal agriculture....
LONDON’S HISTORIC SAVOY HOTEL HOSTS ITS FIRST MAJOR VEGAN BANQUET
The iconic Savoy Hotel, a luxury hotel located in the Strand in London, just held its first vegan banquet. Hosted by industry networking organisation Women in Advertising and Communications in London (WACL), the banquet was not only a first for the hotel but expected to......
China sustains efforts to improve animal welfare
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations will continue cooperating with China on farm animal welfare to help improve animal health and food safety...
Navigating The Moral Maze of Milk
Ahead of the famous Ludlow Food Festival, Philip Lymbery talks to BBC presenter, Jim Hawkins about his forthcoming talk at Ludlow...
The White Stuff
Philip Lymbery wants to challenge popular conceptions about milk – Shropshire Weekly...
Animal welfare campaigners fear Michael Gove could backtrack on pledge to ban live exports after Brexit
Activists warn loophole – exports for fattening – should also be closed to put an end to ‘cruel and needless’ trade...
RSPCA and CIWF demand ban on CO2 stunning for pigs by 2024
The RSPCA and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) have joined forces to demand a total ban on the use of carbon dioxide stunning for pigs in the next five years....
‘Bringing home the bacon has never been crueller’
British consumers buying ‘higher welfare’ pork products have been misled for more than a decade after the Government failed to act on urgent advice given 15 years ago...
CO2 shortage a chance to move away from ‘cruel, archaic’ use of gas to slaughter farm animals, say campaigners
Britain’s carbon-dioxide crisis is an opportunity to introduce more humane slaughter methods, according to experts in animal farming....
CO2 pig slaughter is the real crisis, not a gas shortage
Letter to The Grocer concerning the slaughter of pigs using carbon dioxide....
Time to take fish welfare more seriously
Fish are often seen to be at the bottom of the pile when it comes to how we view animals. The general assumption is that fish are not furry and pettable, and therefore, they fall outside citizens’ scope of moral concern...
Free-range eggs laid by ‘mutilated’ hens
Secret footage shows chicks being debeaked, a process used by Britain’s leading high-welfare egg producer – Sunday Times...
Why Michael Gove’s proposed ban on exporting live animals won’t “take back control” of animal rights
The debate around live animal exports suggests the government’s post-Brexit vision of animal welfare is driven as much by self-interest as compassion. - New Statesman...
Other Supermarkets Must Follow Iceland And Palm Off Palm Oil
It is fantastic to see that Iceland has announced that palm oil will be banned from all their own brand products by the end of the year. - Huff Post...
Where the Wild Things Were
The industrial farming of animals for cheap food is driving our wonderful wildlife and iconic animal species to extinction – First News...
LATEST NEWS
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Next key Speaker Date – OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL – 28th March 2020
Philip will be speaking at a number of events as part of the Pasture to Plate series of lectures.
He will also be hosting the special Peter Roberts Compassion in World Farming Lecture where we are delighted to announce that Compassion Patron, Chris Packham CBE will be speaking.
Details of this unique event and how to buy tickets can be found here
Please book early to avoid disappointment