Tag: Compassion in World Farming

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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2025 Cage-Free Egg Commitment Deadline Looms: Time for Companies to Crack On

Stuart Mitchell

With just six months remaining until the 2025 cage-free egg commitment deadline, food companies are in the final stretch to transition their remaining egg supply. The pressure is on as the industry works to meet consumer expectations and honour long-standing animal welfare pledges. As of March 2025, 82 of the UK egg industry had already shifted to cage-free production, highlighting significant progress and aligning with public expectations. Across Europe, legislative momentum has also been building. Austria has banned enriched cages since 2020, with Germany, the Czech Republic, France, and Wallonia…

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Compassion Calls on Food Companies to Join the Better Chicken Business Network

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming is inviting food businesses across the global broiler chicken value chain to join its rapidly growing Better Chicken Business Network (BCBN). This initiative aims to support companies dedicated to progressing the transition towards adopting the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC) and to help those working to fulfil their pledges. Since launching the BCBN in October 2024, Compassion has welcomed over 160 members from over 110 different companies, in 17 different countries. Compassion is now urging even more businesses to join this collaborative network – whether they are…

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Actors Dame Joanna Lumley and Pauline McLynn join NGOs to condemn Brittany Ferries’ decision to resume inhumane live export trade

Stuart Mitchell

Actors Dame Joanna Lumley and Pauline McLynn have joined forces with Compassion in World Farming, and over 120 other high-profile individuals, experts and other NGOs to condemn a decision by Brittany Ferries to resume transporting live farmed animals from Ireland to France.  The news, reported in Agriland on 27 February, comes just weeks after the 30-year anniversary of Brittany Ferries’ widely celebrated decision to stop carrying farmed animals from Britain to mainland Europe, due to the suffering it causes.  This shocking reversal has prompted actors Pauline McLynn, Dame Joanna Lumley,…

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ChickenTrack 2024 Reveals Progress, but are Companies on Track to Meet the 2026 Better Chicken Commitment Deadline?

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming released its latest European ChickenTrack report, tracking companies’ progress toward meeting the higher welfare requirements of the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC).  ChickenTrack reports on compliance with the science-based criteria behind the BCC that, when met in full, will significantly improve the lives of millions of broiler chickens. While some companies have made progress, with improvements varying across different criteria, many still lag behind. With the 2026 deadline fast approaching, urgent action is needed for companies to fulfil their commitments. Over 380 companies have signed up to…

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