Why the Time is Right for Transformational Change
As the world braces itself at the news that a new virus with ‘pandemic potential’ has been discovered in pigs, the role of...
08 July, 2020
“If animal welfare is close to your heart, this blog from Compassion in World Farming CEO and animal advocate Philip Lymbery is shining a light on animal reform. Pow Wow aims to inform, educate and debate the future of food, taking a 360-view of all aspects of the meat industry – humanity, animals (farmed and wild) and the planet. A difficult, but important, subject, Philip himself warns that the content of the blog ‘won’t always be pretty, but it’ll give you the facts and make you think – it is for all those who want to hear about the here, the now and the future’.
For those who want to see a future still filled with animals free and out in the wild, Pow Wow is a must read” – Vuelio June 2020
Philip’s Pow Wow blog has been rated a Top 10 Green Blog by Vuelio for three consecutive years: 2018, 2019 and 2020
The Wisdom of Fathers
My father-in-law, the late Peter Roberts, Founder of Compassion in World Farming, was a deeply spiritual man. When Peter was once asked to...
17 June, 2020
Another shocking live shipment story, but hope for an end to exports
Last Sunday (14th June), was the fifth annual Ban Live Exports: International Awareness Day, initiated by Compassion in World Farming to signal global...
16 June, 2020
Enhancing Nature’s Food Basket for All
Earlier this week I was delighted to accept an invitation to participate in the Act #ForNature Global Online Forum. This was an International Consultation...
08 June, 2020
Covid-19: How factory farming fuels pandemics
As the world waged war with the Coronavirus, our invisible enemy, billions of lives were turned upside down. It forced us to hunker...
05 June, 2020
‘Our disrespect for wild animals and our disrespect for farmed animals, has created this situation’
This week, I had the huge privilege of introducing wildlife legend Jane Goodall, PHD, DBE, Founder – The Jane Goodall Institute and UN...
03 June, 2020
Why Ending Factory Farming is Key to Post-Covid Sustainability
This week, I had the great honour to share the stage with wildlife legend, leading conservationist and UN Messenger of Peace, Dr Jane...
02 June, 2020
Rebuilding the great plains
Wanuskewin heritage park in Saskatchewan, Canada and officials are toasting a new arrival: the first wild bison calf here for more than a...
18 May, 2020
Coronavirus: Seizing the moment to save the future
Protecting the health service by staying at home has been a key message throughout this crisis. And a key point of grateful celebration...
16 May, 2020
Humanity, Habitats and Hope
On Endangered Species Day (15th May), I reflect on the role of one of the major drivers of wildlife declines worldwide: factory farming....
15 May, 2020
Will goats (and other vegans) inherit the Earth?
Springtime in North Wales and the streets of the nation’s largest seaside resort are strangely silent, but for the sound of cloven hooves...
12 May, 2020
Why the true cost of cheap meat could be future pandemics
Just a few months ago, it would have seemed a stretch of the imagination; a pandemic from wildlife in a wet market in...
08 May, 2020
Coronavirus – why protecting public health means ending factory farming
With the world gripped by the worst pandemic in a lifetime, questions are starting to be asked about how our treatment of animals...
01 May, 2020
Stopping the abuse of sentient animals, farmed and wild
In early April whilst most of the world was coming to terms with the horror of the Covid-19 pandemic, Compassion in World Farming,...
29 April, 2020
Campaigning for Compassion: Be More Mosquito
On World Veterinary Day, Dr Marc Abraham BVM&S MRCVS, is my guest blogger. Here he shares his thoughts on campaigning and how we...
25 April, 2020
CORONAVIRUS: WHY PEOPLE AND ANIMALS ARE IN THIS TOGETHER
In the battle against the Coronavirus pandemic, the biggest global crisis in a lifetime, it has been wonderful to see our celebration of...
24 April, 2020
Earth Day: A Walk on the Wild Side
Covid-19 has turned everything upside down for us all. Today’s Earth Day, would have seen me in the United States on a long-planned...
22 April, 2020
An Easter like no other
As we head into the weekend, having experienced another week of warm spring sunshine, I’d like to take a moment to think about...
11 April, 2020
Covid-19: How are you?
Compassion was the word chosen by our founder over half a century ago to encapsulate the very best quality in humanity, a sentiment...
30 March, 2020
Why Protecting People Means Protecting Animals Too
I last wrote about the coronavirus at the end of January. At that time, news of the devastating Covid-19 outbreak had led to...
26 March, 2020
SILENT FIELDS AND EMPTY SKIES
Today, 3rd March 2020, is World Wildlife Day #WWD2020. A day to celebrate the wonders of nature. All the wondrous wild animals and...
03 March, 2020
The Magic of Loving Animals
For many of us, the love for animals or the friendship of a pet in the home is a hugely rewarding experience. A...
14 February, 2020
CORONA VIRUS: WHY PROTECTING PEOPLE MEANS PROTECTING ANIMALS TOO
News of the devastating coronavirus outbreak has led to swift action by the authorities in China in banning the trade in wildlife. According...
27 January, 2020
Helmut ‘Heli’ Dungler: 18th November 1963 – 5th January 2020
Twenty-twenty and a new decade dawned with shocking news that Helmut ‘Heli’ Dungler, founder and president of Four Paws, had passed away suddenly,...
25 January, 2020
Endangered Earth: Chris Packham CBE to speak out in Oxford
On Saturday 28th March, 2020 I am delighted to announce that our Patron, Chris Packham CBE will take to the stage for the...
17 January, 2020
Why Our Planet Needs Less Meat And More Extensive Farming
It is great to see the brilliant George Monbiot raising the dramatic impact of runaway meat consumption on the environment and future viability of...
08 January, 2020
Australia’s Bush Fires: What They Mean for the Future of the Planet
Who could fail to be moved by the human and ecological catastrophe unfolding in the wake of the Australian bush fires? We share...
06 January, 2020
DO WE LOVE OUR CHILDREN ENOUGH?
A new baby is a wonderful gift and the beginning of all things for a new family. A deep love, new experiences, wonder, joy...
01 January, 2020
‘FUTURE PROTEIN WILL BE PLANT-BASED’ SAYS FORMER UK CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ADVISER
Feeding the world in the face of climate chaos and rising animal disease outbreaks requires protein in the future to come mainly from...
09 December, 2019
Compassion at Christmas
As Christmas approaches, Joanna Lumley OBE is my guest blogger. BAFTA winning actress, comedian, former model, author, television producer and dedicated animal campaigner,...
06 December, 2019