In this article, Peter Stevenson, Chief Policy Advisor, Compassion in World Farming, considers whether the WTO rules still constitute as strong an obstacle to animal welfare measures as is often ...

More than 50 billion chickens are reared annually as a source of food, for both their meat and their eggs.

A world without effective antibiotics is a terrifying but real prospect. When antibiotics are used and overused, the bacteria they are meant to kill can adapt and develop resistance, making these life ...

Collection of resources about pigs and how they are farmed. Find out about the life of a sow from birth to slaughter, welfare issues and key statistics. Buy free-range. If you can’t afford that look ...

Compassion in World Farming and OneKind have come together to analyse the standards of the major farm assurance schemes in England and Scotland. The report compares the schemes and what they really ...

Compassion’s investigations into slaughter reveal the treatment animals can face just prior to and at the time of death.

Compassion In World Farming campaigns peacefully to end factory farming and create sustainable food systems that benefit animals, people, and the planet. Why? We believe that everyone has the right to ...

The Paris Climate Agreement agreed to limit the rise in global temperatures to "well below 2°C" but stresses that the emission reductions pledged to date are insufficient to meet this crucial target.

Organic production can offer animals higher welfare. In the UK organic pigs are outdoor reared (with access to straw bedded huts or tents and large paddocks). Sows and boars are kept in outdoor ...

Octopuses are complex, intelligent, and sentient animals, very well known for their eight arms and their amazing cognitive abilities. Studies have shown that octopuses learn easily, can solve problems ...

Compassion believes that no animal should suffer for food production. A European Council Directive states: No animal shall be provided with food or liquid in a manner... which may cause unnecessary ...

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