History & Achievements
Compassion in World Farming was established in 1967 by British dairy farmer Peter Roberts. Peter and his wife Anna had become increasingly concerned with the animal welfare issues connected to the new systems of intensive farming that began to take hold in the 1960s.
Unfortunately, at the time, Peter couldn't convince any of the major animal welfare societies to campaign against factory farming, so he decided to do it himself and Compassion in World Farming was born.
Originally run from the Roberts' family house, Compassion in World Farming has grown into an organisation with offices in Ireland, France and Holland and representatives in seven more countries, including South Africa and Oceania.
40th Anniversary Film
Compassion in World Farming has achieved significant advances for farm animal welfare in the decades since our humble farmhouse origins.
Relying entirely on the generosity of our supporters, we have grown into a globally respected lobbying and campaigning organisation with a reputation for objective research.
Over the decades, our work has been extremely successful in improving farm animal welfare.
Here is a short list of some of the achievements we are most proud of >>