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Published 02/09/2009News
Published 02/09/2009
CIWF supports Animal Aid exposé of Slaughterhouses
The suffering exposed by the Animal Aid investigation filming (August 2009) is not confined to a few UK slaughterhouses. Serious deficiencies in slaughter practice have been documented in a number of EU countries.
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Published 26/08/2009
CAGE EGGS DECLARED 'EXTINCT'
Compassion in World Farming is celebrating the UK's leading grocery retail magazine - the Grocer - for listing eggs from cage hens as 'extinct.'
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Published 25/08/2009
It's time to face the facts:
Compassion in World Farming has long argued that factory farming of animals cannot feed the world. Programmes such as The Future of Food (BBC 2, August 09) echo our arguments. As the programme said: "The food chain is fit to break."
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Published 25/08/2009
UK GOVERNMENT TURNS ITS BACK ON CHICKENS
The UK Government is set to lower chicken welfare standards despite soaring sales of higher welfare, major shifts in retailer policies and high-profile chicken campaigning.
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Published 21/08/2009
Time magazine's great exposé on American food
On 21 August, we read a fantastic article in Time magazine headed 'America's Food Crisis and How to Fix It.' It shows how the current American farm and food system is contributing to human ill-health, devastating resources & causing animal…
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Published 05/08/2009
Chicken Out! launches 39 day campaign
Chicken Out! is taking its campaign to the next level. Led by River Cottage Chef, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the Chicken Out! campaign will tell the 39 day life story of an intensively reared meat chicken.
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Published 03/08/2009
Organic is better for the animals - and for you, too
A Food Standard Authority's study claims organic is not healthier than conventionally produced food, failing to take into account the huge benefits organic standards have for farm animals, the environment and people.
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Published 28/07/2009
Compassion slams decision to delay sheep mulesing ban
Compassion in World Farming is deeply disappointed by the decision of Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) to abandon its commitment to phase out mulesing by 2010.
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Published 22/07/2009
CIWF supports campaign against live piglet import
Compassion in World Farming welcomes the National Pig Association's campaign to prevent a trade in imported piglets which threatens to bring diseases such as MRSA from Belgium into the country.
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Published 17/07/2009
Pig Business on More4 WEBSITE
Tracy Worcester's documentary on intensive pig farming can still be seen here on the More4 website.
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