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30 March, 2020
Pow Wow Blog
Philip’s Blog informs, educates and debates what’s going on with the future of our food and the impact on us all: humanity, animals, both farmed and wild, and on the planet. It’s a one-stop, interrogative and informative Blog that will get you thinking, get you talking and keep you ahead of the curve. It won’t always be pretty, but it’ll give you the facts and make you think. ‘Pow Wow’ is for all those who want to hear about, the here, the now and the future.
Rated a Top 10 Green Blog by Vuelio May 2018 and 2019
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
Factory Farming Threatening Our Planet
Last week the BBC’s documentary Meat: A Threat to Our Planet included presenter Liz Bonnin hoisting herself up a rope into one of the...
04 December, 2019
The Death Ships
Last Sunday (24th November), many of you will know that the livestock cargo ship, the QUEEN HIND with 14,600 sheep on board and...
28 November, 2019
OUR DEADLY DIET
Last night the BBC aired a powerful documentary 'Meat: A threat to our Planet' presented by Liz Bonnin who investigated everything from colossal...
26 November, 2019
IS GAS KILLING THE PIG INDUSTRY’S DARKEST SECRET?
Seventy leading animal welfare groups from across Europe have condemned the killing of pigs using carbon dioxide, a method that has left outraged...
11 November, 2019
If Pigs Were Pets
Empathy can be a powerful thing. Anyone who has a pet dog or cat gains fresh insight into their inner lives every day....
08 November, 2019
SEVEN WORLDS, ONE PLANET: WHY THE FUTURE IS ON OUR PLATE
Who could fail to be captivated by the brilliance of Sir David Attenborough’s latest series, Seven Worlds: One Planet? The title itself sums...
28 October, 2019
The Beginning Of A Hopeful Earth
On World Food Day, 16th October, the Head and Deputy Head boys and girls of Ditcham Park School in Petersfield, Hampshire are my...
16 October, 2019
A Landmark Day For Farm Animals
Yesterday I was thrilled to be in Brussels along with other NGO leaders, supporters and MEPs to celebrate achieving a record-breaking European Citizens’...
09 October, 2019
A Greener Plate For A Greener World
On this World Animal Day, it's key to understand that animal welfare is central to the overall battle to save our climate, wildlife,...
04 October, 2019
The Cruelty of Live Farm Animal Export
On World Farm Animal Day, Dr Emma Milne BVSc MRCVS, is my guest blogger. TV vet, author and animal welfare enthusiast, Emma is...
02 October, 2019
HORRIFIC FOOTAGE EXPOSES FACTORY SALMON FARMING
Damning footage of parasite-ridden salmon on a Scottish fish farm is some of the most shocking I have seen and has prompted Compassion...
03 September, 2019
Grilled: Turning Adversaries into Allies to Change the Chicken Industry
Grilled: Turning Adversaries into Allies to Change the Chicken Industry; Leah Garcés, Bloomsbury - This is the story of an American mom who...
02 September, 2019
THE NATURE OF HOPE
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about hope. In the face of fires devastating the 'lungs of the Earth’ in the Amazon, for...
29 August, 2019
A Very Personal Animal Journey
This article is based on my recent meeting with Compassion in World Farming Patron and well-known Downton Abbey actor, Peter Egan, for my...
28 August, 2019
WHY OUR PLANET NEEDS LESS MEAT AND MORE EXTENSIVE FARMING
Intensive Farming is Cruelly Short-sighted - The new IPCC (UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report on climate change and land makes a compelling...
23 August, 2019
Celebrity Line-up Debate ‘State Of The Earth’
Billed as the first public engagement since moving into 10 Downing Street for Carrie Symonds, the UK Prime Minister’s partner, this was going to...
17 August, 2019
Compassion’s Agenda for the New British Prime Minister
Compassion is entirely neutral politically: our agenda is simply to get the very best outcomes for farm animals, regardless of who is in...
19 July, 2019
Reform Farming to Avert Global Crisis
We have all ‘suffered alike’ Says Independent RSA Commission Our current industrialised food and farming system has become “one of the main drivers of...
16 July, 2019