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Why we need to reduce consumption of livestock products by 50% by 2050
Compassion’s new briefing stresses the need to reduce global meat consumption by 50% by 2050. This is necessary to halt the destruction of wildlife habitats and to stop runaway…
Download (PDF 0.42MB)Why we need to reduce consumption of livestock products by 50% by 2050
Compassion’s new briefing stresses the need to reduce global meat consumption by 50% by 2050.
Read moreLong-distance Live Transport: Common problems and practical solutions
Over the last several years, investigations into long-distance EU live transport have identified frequently recurring – yet preventable - problems with very serious impacts on…
Download (PDF 0.75MB)Precision livestock farming: could it drive the livestock sector in the wrong direction?
A new Compassion paper delivered at a conference in 2017 explains why Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) could drive the livestock sector in the wrong direction.
Download (PDF 0.49MB)Precision livestock farming: could it drive the livestock sector in the wrong direction?
A new Compassion paper delivered at a conference in 2017 explains why Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) could drive the livestock sector in the wrong direction.
Read moreDeveloping criteria for the application of Directive 98/58 to welfare of dairy cows
There is no species-specific EU Directive on the welfare of dairy cows. However, the EU General Farm Animals Directive (Council Directive 98/58) applies to all farm animals.
Download (PPTX 1.11MB)Towards a healthy, sustainable, humane food and farming system
The harmful impacts of intensive animal agriculture on the environment, biodiversity, human health and food security are now well-known. Added to that is the suffering caused to…
Download (PDF 0.49MB)Paying the true costs of our meat, eggs and dairy
The bleak lives imposed on industrially farmed animals are justified by the assertion that this gives us cheap food. And indeed, industrially produced meat and milk are cheap at…
Download (PDF 0.55MB)Animal welfare and sustainable agriculture: Information
Resources on animal welfare and sustainable agriculture
Read moreFair Food and Farming: The Way Forward
Our policy briefing paper, Fair Food and Farming: The Way Forward, lays out our vision for sustainable agriculture.
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