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Supermarket sticks to welfare despite credit crunch
Compassion in World Farming is pleased to see another retailer sticking to high standards of animal welfare despite the credit crunch.
Read moreEU Parliament votes "No!" to cloned animals for food
An overwhelming majority of Members of the European Parliament voted against the authorisation of food products from cloned animals and their offspring.
Read moreCompassion advert prompts re-think by Pig Farmers
Recent adverts run by Compassion in World Farming have prompted an encouraging response from the British pig industry. The farming magazine, 'Pig World' has launched a campaign to discourage the use of teeth clipping amongst British farmers.
Read moreEU supports universal declaration of animal welfare
The Ministers of Agriculture from the European Union's 27 countries have given their support to a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW).
Read moreCall on PM to tackle threat of antibiotics resistance
Compassion and the Soil Association have written to Gordon Brown, urging him to recognise the importance of the Chief Medical Officer's report on the problem of antimicrobial resistance being transferred from farm animals to humans.
Read moreSick as a pig
A new documentary, commissioned by the Soil Association, in conjunction with Compassion in World Farming, has been released to expose the rise of a new strain of MRSA in pigs and its link to the overuse of antibiotics on intensive farms.
Read moreEU Commissioner urged to stop the 'Forbidden Journeys'
Compassion in World Farming presented over 5,000 signatures to EU Commissioner for Health, Androulla Vassiliou, to stop live transport of unfit animals.
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