Tag: Compassion in World Farming

New Government strategy set to raise the bar for farmed animal welfare

Stuart Mitchell

The UK Government’s new Animal Welfare Strategy, released recently, marks an historic turning point for farmed animals across England. The strategy sets out the Government’s priorities and focuses on the changes and improvements it aims to achieve by 2030. Compassion in World Farming (Compassion) is thrilled to see a commitment to phase out cages for laying hens and farrowing crates for sows. For decades, cages have been the enduring symbol of intensive livestock farming, and Compassion has fought tirelessly to consign them to history. Today’s announcement represents one of the…

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Leading European food companies urge EU to End the Cage Age

Stuart Mitchell

More than 30 leading European food companies have urged the European Commission to end the use of cages in animal farming across Europe. Three statements signed by 17 companies, were submitted to the Commission, each focused on a key species: hens, sows, and rabbits. These statements were signed by companies, including Bompieri Group, Fumagalli Industria Alimentari, Coop UK, and Accor which have made voluntary commitments to remove cage systems from their supply chains for a specific species. Together, they call on the Commission to prioritise and enact strong legislation to…

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World’s biggest cause of food waste revealed on World Food Day – factory farming

Stuart Mitchell

An extra 16.5 million people in the UK – and two billion people worldwide – could be fed each year if governments prioritised food over feed, new Compassion in World Farming report reveals  An extra 16.5 million people in the UK – and two billion people globally – could be fed every year, if we stopped feeding grain to factory farmed animals, according to a new report released last month by Compassion in World Farming. In the UK, this equates to the land area of about Cambridgeshire and Norfolk combined,…

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New Social Media Campaign Urges DEFRA to Legislate Against Cages

Stuart Mitchell

On last months World Egg Day, Compassion in World Farming has launched a new social media advertising campaign, aimed at mobilising consumer pressure on DEFRA to legislate against caged systems for laying hens. Timed to start on this global awareness day celebrating eggs, the six-week campaign features a compelling animation that starkly contrasts the life of a caged hen with one that has more freedom to engage in natural behaviours like flapping, perching and dustbathing, once released from confinement. The initiative forms part of Compassion’s wider programme to end caged…

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Growing threat of octopus farming and carnivorous aquaculture expansion exposed

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming has released a new report to coincide with World Octopus Day. Entitled, The Growing Threat of Carnivorous Aquaculture it warns of the disastrous implications for the marine environment, animal welfare, and food security of octopus farming and the expansion of carnivorous aquaculture.  The world’s first octopus farm proposed by Spanish company Nueva Pescanova, could require up to 28,000 tonnes of wild-caught fish in its first year, whilst only producing 3,000 tonnes of octopus meat. This is the equivalent of two billion individual fish used for feed, growing to…

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