Tag: Compassion in World Farming

Major food businesses are driving change for a cage-free Europe but need legislators to support transition

Stuart Mitchell

Brexit presented the UK with a unique opportunity to lead the way in farm animal welfare, yet despite the previous UK Government promising consultations on caged farming, it failed to deliver on these.  With a new Secretary of State for Defra now in place, Compassion in World Farming is calling on the UK Government to publish its long overdue consultation on the use of cages for laying hens and take decisive action to ban all caged systems in animal farming. Compassion in World Farming launched its report ‘Food Businesses paving…

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Compassion celebrates historic new law after 50-year campaign to Ban Live Exports

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming recently expressed its delight that a ban on the cruel trade in live animal exports has passed its final stage in Parliament and will soon be enshrined in law, following more than 50 years of campaigning by the animal welfare and environmental charity. Once enacted, the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill will mean that farmed animals can no longer be exported from Great Britain for slaughter or fattening. This horrific, unnecessary and archaic trade, which for decades has seen millions of animals crammed into vehicles on…

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Compassion Launches ‘Better Chicken’ Identity to Raise Awareness of Broiler Welfare

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming has launched a new Better Chicken visual identity in response to food businesses who requested support in communication, recognition and understanding of the Better Chicken Commitment (BCC).  The result is an eye-catching chicken ‘face’ logo with the strapline, ‘Committed to Better Chicken, Raising Standards Together’ with supporting visual and animated assets.  The identity and accompanying assets were created by creative change agency, Born Ugly, and can be used by companies that have signed up to the BCC on their digital channels to talk about their journey…

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Compassion Demands Legislators Ban Cages to Underpin Industry Progress Outlined in EggTrack 2023

Stuart Mitchell

Compasson in World Farming has launched EggTrack 2023 which celebrates the continued progress made by food companies towards fulfilling their voluntary commitments on cage-free egg production for laying hens.  With leading food companies, consumer sentiment and robust scientific evidence supporting a cage-free future, Compassion urges policy makers to get on board and introduce legislation to underpin the end of cages. This plea is particularly pertinent to the EU where the European Commission is yet to deliver its promised ban on the use of cages for farmed animals, a measure supported by…

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Compassion in World Farming Launches Salmon Scorecard to Measure Welfare in Aquaculture

Stuart Mitchell

Compassion in World Farming has launched a new Salmon Welfare Scorecard, reporting the performance of eight major salmon producers against 13 key welfare parameters. Fish are sentient animals capable of feeling pain, stress and fear, as well as experiencing positive emotions, social bonds, and advanced intelligence. They are sensitive creatures and like many other animals, they explore, socialise, hunt and play. Yet many fish are intensively reared on farms where they are forced to live in conditions that fail to meet their basic welfare needs. In recent years, there has…

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