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Published 21/04/2016

Help put a stop to live exports

Eurogroup for Animals launch new campaign to end cruel long distance live transport

Published 15/04/2016

Urgent action needed on antibiotics

DEFRA’s shadow secretary has announced Labour will support targets for antibiotic reduction in farming, speaking at a vital conference on antibiotics

Clucking with joy over Defra deregulation U-turn

Published 08/04/2016

Clucking with joy over Defra deregulation U-turn

Government makes U-turn on poultry deregulation

Published 06/04/2016

Walmart to go cage-free

Compassion applauds Walmart’s cage-free commitment

Published 15/03/2016

The EU wants better farm animal welfare

A new survey has found that EU citizens care deeply about farm animals

Published 08/03/2016

Life behind bars: the plight of Europe's rabbits

Europe’s rabbits are in peril. Each year, hundreds of millions of these creatures are made to endure unbelievable suffering inside squalid factory farms. Sounds more like medieval torture than 21st-century farming, right? If only that were true.

Compassion explores the pros and cons of Brexit

Published 07/03/2016

Compassion explores the pros and cons of Brexit

Should we opt-in or opt-out for farm animal welfare?

Millions suffer in live export nightmare

Published 26/02/2016

Millions suffer in live export nightmare

A five year report reveals systematic breaches of animal welfare laws, causing immense animal suffering

Published 25/02/2016

Factory farming's dangerous drug habit

Without antibiotics, the world would be a much more hazardous place. Used to treat countless common illnesses and infections, these drugs revolutionised medicine in the last century, but now they're in peril. And factory farming's partly to…