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Chicken welfare dominates Tesco AGM
On Friday 27 June, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall took his campaign for a free-range future to the heart of Tesco plc. Supported by Compassion in World Farming, Hugh recruited over 100 Tesco shareholders and submitted a resolution for Tesco's AGM.
Read moreTalk pushes alternatives to cuts and crates for pigs
In a series of workshops for the European Pig Producers Congress 2008, Phil Brooke, Welfare Development Manager for Compassion in World Farming argues that pig farming needs to move away from 'cuts and crates.'
Read moreConsumers at risk from "chemical chicken" imports
The Food Standards Agency must stop imports from US chickens now that three cases of an MRSA strain previously only found in farm animals have been identified in humans.
Read moreGovernment must address potential avian flu crisis
The latest outbreak of Avian Influenza in a poultry flock in Banbury, Oxford is an acute reminder that the threat of a major pandemic is not far away.
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