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
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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
100 Extra Cities The Size Of London
On World Population Day, a stark reminder what our planetary crisis means for our future on planet Earth. Imagine opening your morning newspaper...
11 July, 2019
Celebrating Commitments for Farm Animals
Yesterday, I was delighted to be in Brussels in the majestic ballroom of the Concert Noble at one of the highlights in Compassion’s...
27 June, 2019
United for Animals
Last Friday 14th June, was our fourth annual international day of awareness initiated by Compassion in World Farming to demonstrate global opposition to...
19 June, 2019
Battle for the Planet: Why Ending Factory Farming is Key
Compassion at the heart of a new breed of ‘animal welfare environmentalists’ The world received a timely reminder of the perilous state of...
05 June, 2019
WILD FOR LIFE
I have always been entranced by Mother Nature ever since I was a very young boy and my mother brought me my first...
17 May, 2019
CHRIS PACKHAM ASKS ‘WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BIRDSONG STOPS?’
I was privileged to join legendary naturalist and broadcaster, Chris Packham in London’s Berkeley Square this week at a pop-up conservation event to...
10 May, 2019
A TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF ROSEMARY MARSHALL
ROSEMARY MARSHALL - August 29th 1941 - March 28th 2019 I first met Rosemary thirty years ago. She was a well-established area contact for Compassion...
07 May, 2019
Pigs, Poultry and Climate Change
In this guest blog Duncan Williamson, Head of International Policy for Compassion in World Farming reflects on report of the UK’s Committee on...
03 May, 2019
Spare A Thought for Mother Earth
This Easter Monday, 22nd April, we celebrate Earth Day. It is a hugely important day, a global event with more than 1 billion...
21 April, 2019
Not So Happy Easter Chicks
“God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages” This is a quote from Jacques Deval, the French...
18 April, 2019
Let’s ReCreate A Climate Friendly Landscape
Ahead of the famous Oxford Literary Festival this weekend, Graham Harvey, is my guest blogger for this week. Famed award winning writer of...
26 March, 2019
Conserve Water: Turn The Tap Off On Factory Farming
My research in California showed me that one of the biggest things we can do to preserve water, now and into the future,...
22 March, 2019
COMPASSION TAKES NEW VISION FOR FOOD TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Amongst the swirling flags, meetings and conversations that make up the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), I spent the last days delivering the...
15 March, 2019
MY MESSAGE TO THE UN
Why we need a Global Agreement on Food, Farming & Nature I have been at the United Nations in Nairobi, where I had the...
14 March, 2019
On The Road To The United Nations
I’m honoured to have been invited to be keynote speaker at the United Nations in Nairobi, contributing to crucial discussions about the future...
07 March, 2019