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Published 07/03/2014News
Published 07/03/2014
Canada to phase out sow stalls
This week, Canada voted to phase out the cruel and outdated practice of keeping pregnant pigs in stalls (called gestation crates in North America). This decision will improve the lives of 1.4million sows every year.
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Published 06/03/2014
President of BVA says stop slaughter without stunning
Compassion in World Farming agrees with John Blackwell, the President of the British Veterinary Association (BVA), that animals should be stunned before slaughter to prevent suffering.
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Published 05/03/2014
Co-op goes back on chicken welfare promise
Compassion has stripped The Co-op of its Good Chicken Award, after the supermarket went back on its promise to exclusively source higher welfare chicken meat for its indoor-reared chicken.
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Published 04/03/2014
New way to pay for organic
In an unlikely clash of technology and nature, the Internet currency known as the "bitcoin" is becoming a big hit with organic farmers, particularly those in the Americas.
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Published 26/02/2014
Industrial farming – when more is less
Compassion in World Farming Chief Executive and Farmageddon co-author, Philip Lymbery, was talking to a radio interviewer recently, who found it hard to accept that intensive high-input, high-output rearing of farm animals is inefficient.
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Published 25/02/2014
Horrifying slaughter of EU animals revealed
An investigation by Compassion in World Farming with Animals Australia has exposed horrifying slaughter conditions for European animals exported to Turkey and Middle Eastern countries.
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Published 19/02/2014
Averting Farmageddon: The role of the EU
EU countries should take drastic action to cut food waste, reduce meat consumption, and turn away from intensive farming, according to participants at a Brussels conference.
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Published 12/02/2014
Farmageddon garners widespread acclaim
Farmageddon, a book by Compassion in World Farming's CEO Philip Lymbery with political journalist Isabel Oakeshott, has received a fantastic reception in the media.
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Published 05/02/2014
Joanna Lumley hosts Farmageddon launch
Last night Joanna Lumley officially launched Philip Lymbery and Isabel Oakeshott's new book, Farmageddon, at Daunt Books in London.
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