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News Section Icon Published 31/07/2015

Gadhimai – a bloodbath no more

This week, animal sacrifices at Nepal’s Gadhimai festival were banned by religious leaders at the temple where the event is held. Here, we explore how – with your passion and support – the world's largest animal massacre has come to an end.

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News Section Icon Published 30/07/2015

Farewell Sir Peter O’Sullevan – Our Much-Loved Patron

Sir Peter O’Sullevan, who has died aged 97, spent his life in the racing world, as a renowned BBC commentator and writer. But behind the astute and kindly exterior was a dedicated campaigner for farm animal welfare.

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News Section Icon Published 29/07/2015

Success as animal sacrifice banned at Gadhimai Festival

The world’s largest animal sacrifice to be held in one place has been banned by the Temple’s own committee: the Gadhimai festival will no longer slaughter tens of thousands of animals.

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News Section Icon Published 17/07/2015

Dr. Bronner’s soap promotion cleans up for Compassion!

Dr. Bronner’s teamed up with us and raised £25,500 to support the fight against factory farming.

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News Section Icon Published 16/07/2015

New toy exposes hidden truth about factory farming

Each year, 50 billion farm animals are processed in “animal sweatshops” known as factory farms. But it’s not a well-known fact. So we've created YOUR FARM – The Honest Farm Toy to show what life is really like down on the farm. Here’s the…

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News Section Icon Published 14/07/2015

Bird Flu Confirmed in the UK

An outbreak of the H7N7 strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a poultry farm in Lancashire.

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News Section Icon Published 07/07/2015

300 million hens are still in cages

The EU battery cage ban has not protected hens as we had hoped

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News Section Icon Published 03/07/2015

The rise of "Ag TV"

Former JLS superstar JB Gill is set to launch a new farming show for CBeebies, which got us thinking about other farming shows on TV. It seems there's one for every audience. Here, we look at the rise of Ag TV – and what it so often fails to…

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News Section Icon Published 19/06/2015

Pope is calling for compassion towards animals

18th June, the Pope’s encyclical calls for compassion towards animals.

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News Section Icon Published 18/06/2015

MEPs don’t want animal cloning

MEP’s voted for a draft law banning cloned animals and their offspring in the EU

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