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Ground-breaking agreement over UK male dairy calves
A new initiative has the potential to end the export of British calves and to ensure that they are reared in high welfare conditions in the UK.
Read moreTesco take significant step to reduce calf exports
The number of 'unwanted' dairy bull calves for export will now be reduced thanks to the UK's largest retailer, Tesco, announcing that calves from their dairy herds will not be allowed to be exported.
Read moreUS/EU divide on cloned animals
On January 15th 2008, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its Guidance on food from cloned animals, saying that meat and milk from cloned cattle, goats or pigs "is as safe to eat as that from their more conventionally-bred…
Read moreBBC Three's 'Kill It, Cook It, Eat It' focus on veal
As BBC Three's controversial 'Kill It, Cook It, Eat It' returned to our screens, Compassion in World Farming archive footage of calf rearing conditions shocked the audience into agreeing that British rose veal was the only ethical veal…
Read moreSainsbury's makes huge welfare commitment
Major UK supermarket, Sainsbury's, demonstrated their willingness to change following consumer demand by making a commitment which will improve the welfare of millions of hens and chickens.
Read moreNeglect of horses on farm in Buckinghamshire
Compassion in World Farming is appalled at the news of the neglect of horses on a farm in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, resulting in the death of 32 horses and the mistreatment of many ponies and donkeys.
Read more2012 EU battery cage ban will be upheld
Battery cages will be banned in 2012 as European Commission rejects farmers' call for postponement.
Read moreThe Co-operative to go cage-free on eggs
The Co-operative has announced an end to the sale of eggs from caged hens. The move means that over half a million hens, supplying the Co-operative with eggs each year, will be kept out of cages.
Read moreUndercover investigations - behind the scenes
Our recent investigation into intensive poultry production made front page news in The Independent newspaper. Here our investigator gives a behind the scenes account of the investigation and what we uncovered.
Read moreRevealed: Inside the UK's chicken sheds
A new investigation by Compassion in World Farming exposes the horrendous conditions of the UK's chicken sheds.
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