CEO of Compassion in World Farming, Philip Lymbery has played leading roles in many major animal welfare reforms, including Europe-wide bans on veal crates for calves and barren battery cages for laying hens. Described as one of the food industry’s most influential people, he has spearheaded Compassion’s engagement work with over 1000 food companies worldwide, leading to real improvements in the lives of more than a billion farm animals every year.
His awards include Recipient of the ‘Outstanding Campaign’ award by Brussels based Eurogroup for Animals and the 2015 ‘International Golden Dove’ peace prize in Rome. His first book Farmageddon was listed as one of The Times Writers Books of the Year.
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latest #CompassionateWorld Blog
NATURE’S BREAKING POINT: HOW OUR DIETS ARE DEVOURING THE PLANET
From Factory Farms to Forest Loss: The Hidden Crisis Behind Our Food
START YOUR DAY RIGHT: THE JOY OF THE DAWN CHORUS
How Early Morning Birdsong Can Transform Your Mood and Mind First light and.#InternationalDawnChorusDay
— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) May 4, 2025
Turn the sound up and marvel at the beautiful bird song, cuckoo included
We don’t deserve this wonderful world#NaturesVoice#NatureBeauty pic.twitter.com/xXd5g1JnQ8
Latest Op-Eds
How fish farming is devastating marine life with a single salmon consuming up to 350 wild fish
Consumers should buy wild fish from sustainable stocks and, if buying farmed fish, ensure that it’s organic, if they want to help save our seas from an environmental catastrophe
100 years of refrigeration – why are animals still transported live?
Sometimes, it feels like we’ll never learn. That our mistakes of the past are just waiting to resurface
The causes of coral reef collapse – and how to save our ‘rainforests of the sea’
A living kaleidoscope of colours, shapes and textures that form inspiring underwater gardens and landscapes.
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How fish farming is devastating marine life with a single salmon consuming up to 350 wild fish
Consumers should buy wild fish from sustainable stocks and, if buying farmed
Почему промышленное животноводство
Пришло время миру осознать реальное влияние современного промышленного сельского хозяйства, говорит Филип
Sir Michael Morpurgo delivers the Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture at Spring Oxford Literary Festival
It was a real honour to welcome Sir Michael Morpurgo to the stage of the magnificent Sheldonian Theatre
Oxford Literary Festival
Deborah Meaden and Philip took to the stage of the Sheldonian in Oxford in September to mark the launch of ‘Sixty Harvests Left’. It was a great evening, please use this link if you’d like to watch it: Sixty Harvest Left event at the Oxford Literary Festival – YouTube
Joanna Lumley
Dame Joanna Lumley shared the stage with Philip on Saturday 2nd April, to deliver the 2022 Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture. She delivered an outstanding lecture on ‘The True Meaning of Compassion’. If you missed it, please use this link to view a film recording
latest from twitter
It starts today 🦋#BigButterflyCount 2023 @savebutterflies
— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) July 14, 2023
"Happiness is like a butterfly the more you chase it, the more it will elude but if you turn your attention to other things it will come & sit softly on your shoulder" Henry David Thoreau#NatureInspiration#WildForLife pic.twitter.com/zgLP4CuM6p
Loophole lets farmers pollute UK rivers with excess manure
— Philip Lymbery (@philip_ciwf) July 13, 2023
River Wye (the factory farming chicken capital of Wales) is very close to complete ecological collapse#WakeUp @DefraGovUK you should be policing this environment disaster not bending to lobbyinghttps://t.co/gcpxj56XOB