October Compassionate World Blog Round Up
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From up to date news on the horror of Octopus farming to the urgency of tackling antibiotic resistance plus a whole lot more…
Opinion Articles
- WL Op-Ed: Extinction or RegenerationIt was early morning, and a tractor was pulling a plough. Back and forth it went, ploughing its lonely furrow.
- How supermarkets help the spread of deadly antibiotic-resistant diseasesSome supermarkets are failing to check whether imported food they sell has been produced with routine antibiotic use – a major factor in the growing global crisis of antibiotic-resistant superbugs
- From William Wallace to Cairngorm farmers: How one word can change the world‘Enough is enough’ is a powerful phrase used by many to protest against situations they find intolerable
- How biggest animal welfare reform in history will free 300 million from cagesExtraordinary coming together of farmers, campaigners, food industry figures and experts in the EU should result in around 300 million pigs, laying hens, calves, geese, ducks and quail no longer being kept in cages every year
- Why climate change is an ‘existential threat to sport’Rising temperatures are reducing the number of places where the Winter Olympics can be held, while making the summer games dangerously hot for athletes
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
- The Misery of Merely Existing – the Scandal of Animal Factories114 Like on Social: If you only read one article today, 2nd October 2024, World Farm Animals Day, please make it this one. What is ‘quality of life’? What is a life worth living? And who decides? ‘Quality of Life’… Read more: The Misery of Merely Existing – the Scandal of Animal Factories
- Why Europe’s Newfound Consensus on Food and Farming Matters to YouBrussels Consensus Reached on the Need to Ban Confinement Cages in Animal Farming
- End of the Olympics? How Climate Change & Diets are Threatening the Future of SportLike on Social: With the Paris Olympics now done and dusted and the Paralympics hotting up to a climax, the big question is, could we be seeing the last of big sporting events? After all, the intense heat felt in… Read more: End of the Olympics? How Climate Change & Diets are Threatening the Future of Sport
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Upcoming Speaker Events
- 29th Oct: World Conference on Animal Welfare in the Sustainable Agri-food Systems (ICCAW) China
- 1st Nov: 8th Good Food Summit, China
- 22nd-23rd Nov: Sustainable Food Conference in Somerset
- 26th Nov: Green Business Form in Istanbul
- 31st Jan, 2025: Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, with Dame Joanna Lumley