| July 2008 |
Hellmann's UK now free-range
In a groundbreaking move, Hellmann's UK has gone free-range on all mayonnaise ...
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| June 2008 |
Take action following the Tesco AGM
As the UK's largest supermarket, Tesco policies hold the key to improving the lives of millions ...
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| June 2008 |
US experts say end factory farming in a decade
A landmark two-year study in the United States has found that factory farming poses serious risks for animal welfare, the environment and public health ...
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| June 2008 |
Consumers at risk from "chemical chicken" imports
The Food Standards Agency must stop imports from US chickens now that three cases of an MRSA strain previously only found in farm animals have been identified in humans ...
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| June 2008 |
Talk pushes alternatives to cuts and crates for pigs
In a series of workshops for the European Pig Producers Congress 2008, we argue that pig farming needs to move away from 'cuts and crates' ...
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| June 2008 |
Government must address potential avian flu crisis
This latest outbreak of Avian Influenza is a reminder that a major pandemic is not far away warns Compassion in World Farming ...
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| May 2008 |
Pressure keeps piling on Tesco
Things are really hotting-up for Tesco. Not only has Compassion in World Farming just launched a new phase of Tesco demos, but celebrity chef and chicken welfare champion Hugh ...
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| May 2008 |
Beef crisis sparks debate over calf exports
News from the beef industry that Britain may face a significant shortfall in beef has sparked welcome debate over the fate of male dairy calves ...
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| May 2008 |
Colorado bans the veal crate and the gestation crate
Colorado has introduced new legislation to phase-out the veal crate for calves and the gestation crate or sow stall for pregnant pigs ...
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| May 2008 |
Improving pig welfare could save British Farmers’ bacon
In a new report released by the National Pigs Association, Compassion in World Farming argues that improving pig welfare could help the British pig industry ...
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| May 2008 |
Defra's Milk Roadmap – we need a better route
The Milk Roadmap, published this month by Defra, presents a 'cradle to grave' assessment of the environmental impacts of UK liquid milk production ...
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| May 2008 |
UK egg producer supports a free-range future
Compassion in World Farming welcomes the decision from the UK's biggest egg supplier to support the free-range egg industry ...
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| Apr 2008 |
UK Good Egg Award winners announced
Top UK companies named 'Good Eggs' whilst 62 per cent of British hens remain in battery cages ...
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| Apr 2008 |
Joanna Lumley fronts egg campaign
Farm animal welfare campaigner and actress Joanna Lumley is fronting Compassion in World Farming's latest egg campaign ...
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| Apr 2008 |
British Government advisors slammed on support for cruel cages
UK government advisory body, the Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC), is under fire following a recent report where it gave credence to so-called 'enriched' cages ...
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| Apr 2008 |
Pressure mounts on TESCO (updated)
"Stop being rotten to chickens" is the message Compassion in World Farming is taking to Tesco stores across the UK ...
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| Apr 2008 |
UN Report on global food production urges radical change
Compassion in World Farming comments on the IAASTD Report ...
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| Apr 2008 |
Australia: Support for programme to end painful mulesing
The Australian Wool Industry has committed to end the practice of mulesing by the end of 2010, but meanwhile most Australian sheep may continue to be operated on before the deadline without anaesthetic ...
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| Mar 2008 |
Compassion in World Farming files complaint against pig ad
The British pig industry is using a new ad claiming that "British pig farms have very high welfare standards." We believe this is inaccurate and misleading ...
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| Mar 2008 |
Spanish transport complaint
Compassion in World Farming and Animals' Angels have logged a formal complaint to the European Commission after discovering ...
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| Mar 2008 |
Public auction of clone offspring cancelled
Famous dairy cows, Dundee Paradise and Dundee Paratrooper, were due to be sold at public auction ...
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| Mar 2008 |
Much ado about pigs
Pigs have certainly been in the limelight recently. Firstly, they featured on the controversial Horizon programme ...
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| Feb 2008 |
Free-range chicken sales make front page news!
The welfare of chickens continues to be front page news as consumers become increasingly concerned about how standard chickens are raised ...
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| Feb 2008 |
Slaughter of sick and injured animals threaten US and Europe's food chains
The news that 65,000 tonnes of US beef has been recalled echoes a widespread problem across Europe of sick and injured animals slaughtered for food ...
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| Feb 2008 |
Magistrate proves cruelty in Australia’s live animal export trade
In a landmark animal cruelty trial a Perth (Western Australia) court has upheld charges of cruelty in an export of live sheep by sea from Australia to the Middle East ...
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| Feb 2008 |
Handle With Care campaign launched to stop long distance transport
Compassion in World Farming is playing a leading role in the 'Handle with Care' global campaign to stop the long distance transport of animals for slaughter ...
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| Feb 2008 |
Disgust as Tesco sells chicken for £1.99
The UK's largest supermarket Tesco is selling chicken for £1.99 just weeks after two of their competitors Sainsbury's and Co-op promised to end the sale of cheap chicken ...
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| Jan 2008 |
Tesco take significant step to reduce calf exports
The number of 'unwanted' dairy bull calves for export will now be reduced thanks to the UK's largest retailer, Tesco, announcing that ...
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| Jan 2008 |
Ground-breaking agreement over future of UK male dairy calves
A new initiative has the potential to end the export of British calves and to ensure that they are reared in high welfare ...
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| Jan 2008 |
US/EU divide on cloned animals?
On January 15th 2008, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its Guidance on food from cloned animals ...
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| Jan 2008 |
Hellmann's UK goes free-range
Hellmann's UK has made a groundbreaking decision to go free-range on all mayonnaise by June 2008. Responding to ...
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| Jan 2008 |
Sainsbury's and The Co-op make huge welfare commitments
>Two major UK supermarkets, Sainsbury's and The Co-operative, have demonstrated their willingness to change with consumer demand by making commitments which will improve the welfare of millions of hens and chickens ...
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| Jan 2008 |
BBC 3's Kill it, Cook it, Eat it focus on veal
As BBC 3's controversial Kill it, Cook it, Eat it returned to our screens, Compassion in World Farming archive footage of calf rearing conditions shocked ...
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| Jan 2008 |
Neglect of horses on farm in Buckinghamshire
Compassion in World Farming is appalled at the news of the neglect of horses on a farm in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, resulting in the death of 32 ...
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| Jan 2008 |
Good news for EU hens
Battery cages will be banned in 2012 as European Commission rejects farmers' call for postponement ...
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| Jan 2008 |
The Co-operative to go cage-free on eggs
The Co-operative has announced an end to the sale of eggs from caged hens. The move means that over half a million hens, supplying the Co-operative with eggs each year, will be kept out of cages ...
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| Jan 2008 |
Undercover investigations - behind the scenes
Our recent investigation into intensive poultry production made front page news in The Independent newspaper. Here our investigator gives a behind the scenes account of the investigation ...
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| Jan 2008 |
Revealed: Inside the UK's chicken sheds
A new investigation by Compassion in World Farming exposes the horrendous conditions of the UK's chicken sheds ...
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| Dec 2007 |
A disaster waiting in the wings
Early in 2007, the United Nations' FAO research report stated that densley-populated livestock production generates "significant animal and public health risks." ...
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| Dec 2007 |
Tesco offer organic option and Selfridges remove veal from shelves
Supermarket shoppers will have the chance to make a difference to the welfare of British calves by supporting ...
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| Dec 2007 |
Defra urged to end live animal exports
"Trade in meat, not live animals" was the strong message from Compassion in World Farming staff and supporters who gathered outside Defra's London ...
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| Dec 2007 |
40th Anniversary Fundraising Dinner and Compassionate Supermarket Awards
This prestigious event took place on Saturday 1st December at Grosvenor House. The evening was a fantastic celebration of 40 years of ...
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| Dec 2007 |
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall gives London a Good Egg Award
On 13 December, Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall presented the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone with a Good Egg award on behalf of ...
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| Dec 2007 |
HRH The Prince of Wales and Joanna Lumley awarded
HRH The Prince of Wales was celebrated for his outstanding contribution to the promotion of organic farming ...
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| Nov 2007 |
Proud winners of BBC Radio award
Compassion in World Farming is the proud winner of this year's Derek Cooper Special Award for Best Food Campaigner/Educator ...
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| Nov 2007 |
Dutch Burger King opts for meat from uncastrated pigs
Fast-food giant Burger King has announced that it will not be serving bacon from pigs castrated without an anaesthetic ...
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| Nov 2007 |
Government advice based on poor research
The government is being misinformed on major welfare issues for laying hens by independent advisory body Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC). ...
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| Nov 2007 |
Third Sector magazine awards
Compassion Patron, Joanna Lumley, wins charity award ...
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| Nov 2007 |
Help for deprived pigs
New EFSA report says pigs must have more than a chain for stimulation ...
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| Nov 2007 |
Middle East: serious breaches of OIE welfare guidelines
Australia is the world's largest exporter of commercial livestock. Most animals are sent to Middle East countries which should abide by ...
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| Nov 2007 |
In memory of Peter Roberts MBE
On the first anniversary of the passing of our founder Peter Roberts MBE, we reflect on his life and inspiration ...
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| Nov 2007 |
H5N1 Avian Influenza
Consumers are urged to continue to buy free range ...
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| Nov 2007 |
Battery Cages to go
Lord Rooker announced at the Egg and Poultry Industry Conference this week that the UK ban on battery cages will go ahead ...
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| Oct 2007 |
M&S bans cruel white veal
On Monday 8th October Marks & Spencer announced that it will stop selling imported white veal and calves liver ...
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| Oct 2007 |
Chicken Out
Compassion in World Farming is championing the campaign by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to turn the Devon town of Axminster into a free-range haven ...
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| Oct 2007 |
EU not protecting animals in transport
A new and shocking film "Forbidden Journeys" shows that the EU is not doing enough to protect the health and welfare ...
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| Oct 2007 |
Good news for Australian caged hens
Australia's Capital Territory (ACT) has made a commitment to start sourcing cage free eggs in all Governmental facilities such as schools ...
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| Sept 2007 |
Chaos during FMD cull
Chaos ensued during the culling of the third case of foot and mouth on 15 September. According to news sources the cull at a farm in Pyrford went wrong ...
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| Sept 2007 |
ASDA sexed semen deal good news for calf welfare
In a welcome move, ASDA has struck a deal with Cogent, a leading sexed semen company, to supply their dedicated dairy farmers with up to a 35% discount on sexed semen ...
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| Sept 2007 |
Suffolk case of Bluetongue
Compassion in World Farming is demanding DEFRA investigates all potential vectors for the first ever case of bluetongue to the UK ... |
| Sept 2007 |
Clones on your plate?
The European Commission is engaged in debate about whether they should control cloning. CIWF is actively contributing to this debate ... |
| Sept 2007 |
FMD: A new case confirmed in Surrey
We urge the government to ... |
| Sept 2007 |
Letter to Bernard Matthews
Open letter to Bernard Matthews challenging their claims on animal welfare and their response to Avian Influenze ... |
| Sept 2007 |
Tribute to Ethical Pioneer
Compassion in World Farming offer our condolences to the family and friends of Anita Roddick who died on Monday 10th September ... |
| Aug 2007 |
No such thing as cheap meat
With meat prices set to rise, Compassion in World Farming is urging consumers to look beyond price alone and to choose meat that has been produced ethically to higher animal welfare standards ... |
| Aug 2007 |
After Foot and Mouth: EU lift ban on live exports
Whilst we share the relief that the shadow of Foot and Mouth disease has lifted, the EU decision to lift the ban on exports of meat and live animals from Saturday 25th August is extremely bad news for young British calves ... |
| Aug 2007 |
Australia – FoI revelations of death and suffering on live export ships
An application under the Australian Freedom of Information (FoI) Act has revealed the truth behind the death and suffering of 248 cattle on board the MV Maysora on a journey from Australia to Israel in November 2006 ... |
| Aug 2007 |
Defra & CIWF Meeting
Following our meeting with Defra's Head of Vaccination Policy on Friday 10th August, we are pleased to report that the Government does not intend to resort to the contiguous (neighbouring) culling policy ... |
| Aug 2007 |
Defra must vaccinate to allow animals to live
Defra must not delay vaccination any longer. Compassion in World Farming applauds the swift handling by Defra of the foot and mouth outbreak so far ... |
| Aug 2007 |
Harvey Nichols half measures on foie gras
The upmarket food and fashion department store Harvey Nichols has decided to stop selling foie gras in its food halls, but will continue to serve it to customers in its restaurants ... |
| Aug 2007 |
No more killing
The UK Government must prepare to start vaccinating now to keep animals alive. This will avoid any unnecessary killing of healthy farm animals in controlling the outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease ... |
| Aug 2007 |
Surrey Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease
Government urged to avoid wholesale slaughter in dealing with a new outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease ... |
| July 2007 |
Crate-free bacon at Waitrose
Compassion in World Farming welcomes the news that all pork and bacon in Waitrose supermarkets now comes from pigs born outdoors, rather than ... |
| July 2007 |
Caught in the floods
Compassion in World Farming is deeply concerned about the welfare and safety of people and animals caught up in flooding across the UK ... |
| July 2007 |
Research causes flurry in the henhouse
The ban on battery cages is in the spotlight once more after media reports suggesting that research has shown laying hens could be as stressed in free range systems as in battery cages ... |
| July 2007 |
Battery Cages Must Go! CIWF's Keep the Ban photo tour
It is important that together we show the government that UK citizens want the ban on barren battery cages to come into force in 2012 ... |
| July 2007 |
Warning! Red Tractor misleads consumers
If you care about where your meat comes from beware of the Red Tractor logo ... |
| July 2007 |
The Animals Film still shocks 25 years on
The Animals Film received worldwide critical acclaim for its appraisal of the way animals are used and abused around the world, now available on DVD ... |
| July 2007 |
Journeys of up to 100 hours facing calves sent to Spain
A government answer to a Parliamentary Question posed by Dover and Deal MP Gwyn Prosser showed that in the first four months of this year over 6,000 calves undertook horrifically long journeys to Spain ... |
| July 2007 |
CIWF investigations receives animal welfare award
Compassion in World Farming has been recognised for our outstanding contributions to animal welfare by the RSPCA ... |
| July 2007 |
CIWF welcomes Hilary Benn as new Minister |
| June 2007 |
Avian flu found in second Czech Republic farm
European avian flu fears grow as a second case of the highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 has been found on a farm in Czech Republic ... |
| June 2007 |
Animal farming, climate change and the environment
Compassion in World Farming has published a 6-page brochure, “The impact of livestock farming: solution for animals, people, and the planet.” ... |
| June 2007 |
Avian flu outbreak in Czech Republic: 6,000 turkeys to die
Thousands of birds are being prepared for slaughter as the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian flu has been discovered at a turkey farm in the Czech Republic ... |
| June 2007 |
Foie gras dropped by House of Fraser
House of Fraser has decided to stop selling foie gras in its food halls, recognising the level of public concern about this cruelly produced luxury food ... |
| June 2007 |
Animal Welfare victory in Republic of Ireland
CIWF welcomes the Republic of Ireland’s decision to ban electro-immobilisation of animals. The ban takes effect on 1st September 2007 ... |
| June 2007 |
Scottish hens overcrowded
Investigations by Advocates for Animals, a member of the European Coalition for Farm Animals (ECFA), have revealed egg-laying hens being kept in conditions which breach Scottish animal welfare regulations ... |
| May 2007 |
World Organisation for Animal Health passes animal welfare Resolution
On Friday 25 May, the 169 countries who are members of the OIE, the World Animal Health Organisation, passed a Resolution supporting the Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare ... |
| May 2007 |
New EU directive: Bad news for broilers
A new European Council Directive: Laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production does almost nothing to improve the welfare of the 5 billion chickens reared for meat annually in the EU ... |
| May 2007 |
Fish farming industry growing too fast for welfare
Fish farming is growing at an alarming rate and 40 per cent of the fish consumed worldwide is now farmed. In Britain 35 million Atlantic salmon and 40 million rainbow trout are farmed every year, making fish farming Britain’s second largest livestock sector after chickens ... |
| May 2007 |
Shot at birth or exported – the fate of the male dairy calf
The bi-product of the intensive milk industry was one of the disturbing topics of a TV documentary The Lie of the Land shown onChannel 4, Thursday 3 May ... |
| Apr 2007 |
CIWF lobbying succeeds: misleading labels to be dropped
Thanks to vigorous lobbying by CIWF and partner organisations in the European Coalition for Farm Animals (ECFA), a proposal which would allow factory farmed chicken to receive an EU “animal welfare” label has been dropped ... |
| Apr 2007 |
Australia falls behind the times in pig reform
Australia’s Agriculture Ministers condemned the country’s pigs to another 10 years of sow stalls when they endorsed the revised Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals: the Pig at a meeting on 20 April 2007 ... |
| Apr 2007 |
Food service heavyweight goes cage-free in Belgium
Sodexho, the world’s second largest catering and food service firm, has announced it will go cage-free on all the shell eggs it uses in Belgium ... |
| Apr 2007 |
Morrisons takes action on eggs
Morrisons becomes the second ‘big-four’ UK retailer to take action on eggs, by committing to being 100% cage-free in all own-brand shell eggs by 2010 ... |
| Apr 2007 |
Compassion in World Farming's 40th Anniversary Lecture
CIWF is proud to announce this first Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture, John Mackey is the visionary founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market ... |
| Apr 2007 |
When fiction meets fact – New novel gives a grim insight to chicken farming
A tale of illegal immigrants from Eastern Europe working in the Kent strawberry fields and in a chicken farm and slaughterhouse doesn’t sound enticing. But Marina Lewycka’s latest novel Two Caravans is packed with pathos, humour and carries a great love story too ... |
| Apr 2007 |
Urgent Action To Stop Calf Exports - Petition & Demonstration
CIWF are stepping up the pressure on DEFRA to ban calf exports as we approach the one-year anniversary of the resumption of exports. There is a strong case for a ban ... |
| Apr 2007 |
New European figures on cage-free eggs
On the 4th April the Austrian Health Minister responsible for animal welfare published a news release that 70% of eggs produced in Austria are from cage-free systems and that conventional battery cages will be banned from 2009, ahead of the EU wide ban in 2012 ... |
| Apr 2007 |
Bernard Matthews will not be prosecuted
The Food Standards Agency has found insufficient evidence to bring a prosecution following the devastating outbreak of Avian Influenza at the Bernard Matthews plant in Suffolk ... |
| Apr 2007 |
Memorial Service for Peter Roberts |
| Apr 2007 |
Minister Ben Bradshaw celebrates Good Eggs
The Minister for Animal Welfare attended CIWF’s first Good Egg Awards in London on 27 March and presented the House of Commons with an award for its policy of sourcing cage-free eggs ... |
| Mar 2007 |
EU demonstration drives pressure to keep battery cage ban
On Monday 19 March, Compassion in World Farming and the European Coalition for Farm Animals (ECFA) held a peaceful and colourful demonstration in Brussels urging the EU not to postpone the ban on battery cages ... |
| Mar 2007 |
CIWF’s ‘Good Egg Awards’ Help Millions of Hens Out of Cages
On 20 March in Brussels, and on 27 March in London, Compassion in World Farming will be celebrating companies across the European Union who have helped hens out of battery cages by moving to selling only cage-free eggs ... |
| Mar 2007 |
CIWF welcomes M&S pledge to go crate-free
Marks & Spencer have recently found themselves in the spotlight on their pig welfare standards. Today, 15 March, they went on record to confirm their commitment to farm animal welfare, to phasing out farrowing crates for pigs, and to continuing to work with Compassion in World Farming ... |
| Mar 2007 |
TV programme exposes rogue operators
Tonight with Trevor McDonald, Tuesday March 13 2007, investigated four farms which had fallen foul of their RSPCA Freedom Food status ... |
| Mar 2007 |
The One to Watch: The Alternative Kill it, Cook it, Eat it
BBC 3’s Kill it, Cook it, Eat has shown how meat can come humanely from farm to fork. Compassion in World Farming campaigns for better conditions for farm animals around the world, both in life and during their death. As our short film-clip shows, the slaughter process, if not done properly, can inflict great fear, suffering and pain on animals ... |
| Mar 2007 |
Peter Roberts
1924 - 2006 |
| Mar 2007 |
The One to Watch
BBC Three’s new three-part series, Kill It, Cook It, Eat It starts Monday 5 March at 10:30pm and will be televised over three nights until Wednesday 7 March ... |
| Feb 2007 |
Call to stop live exports to Egypt
Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) joins partner organisation Animals Australia in calling upon the Australian Government to impose an immediate and permanent ban on the shipment of live animals to Egypt for slaughter ... |
| Feb 2007 |
CIWF calls for Government rethink on food policy following avian influenza outbreak
On Monday 12th February, Compassion in World Farming launched a new report blaming intensive poultry production for the spread of highly virulent strains of Avian Influenza and calls on the UK government and European Commission to instigate a full inquiry into current food policy ... |
| Feb 2007 |
Avian Flu: The True Price Of Cheap Food?
CIWF challenges the myth that wild birds have primarily caused the current Avian Influenza crisis, instead placing responsibility for this highly virulent disease firmly at the door of factory farming ... |
| Feb 2007 |
H5N1 Avian Influenza in Suffolk Turkeys : concerns for animal welfare in mass cull of poultry
The UK 's Veterinary Laboratories Agency has issued official confirmation that high ly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has infected a large intensive turkey farm in Holton, Suffolk ... |
| Feb 2007 |
Australia : Live exports on trial
More than three years after a joint investigation by CIWF and Animals Australia into the fate of live sheep sent from Australia to Kuwait, an historic court case into the treatment of the sheep is taking place in Perth, Western Australia ... |
| Jan 2007 |
Great news for US pigs
Smithfield Foods, Inc., the USA 's largest pork producer, with 1.2 million breeding sows, announced this week that it will phase out the confinement of pigs in gestation crates in the USA over the next decade ... |
| Jan 2007 |
York Council delays decision to ban foie gras ban
York City Council debated the issue of foie gras late into the night on 25 January 2007, after Councillor Paul Blanchard put forward a motion to ban it from sale in the city on cruelty grounds ... |
| Jan 2007 |
York aims to be first UK 'cruelty-free city'
Foie gras could soon be off the menu in York, thanks to a compelling campaign by one of the city's councillors, Paul Blanchard. CIWF applauds his initiative to ban this cruel food – a move that has generated a storm of media interest ... |
| Jan 2007 |
Marks & Spencer make major improvements for farm animals
CIWF congratulates Marks & Spencer for going free range on all of its fresh duck, goose and turkey and ensuring all its fresh pork will come from pigs reared and bred outdoors... |
| Jan 2007 |
Britain's calves need your help
Once again, after a decade-long ban on British beef exports, the trade in live calves to the continent has resumed. |
| Jan 2007 |
No animal cloning on our farms says CIWF
CIWF today calls on the UK Government to act urgently to prevent the uncontrolled introduction of cloned farm animals into everyday farming practice ... |
| Jan 2007 |
Sustain Co-ordinator and CIWF columnist receives MBE in New Years Honours list
Jeanette Longfield, Co-ordinator of Sustain, has been awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to food policy in the 2007 New Year Honours ...
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| Jan 2007 |
Fears for British calves despite veal crate ban
As 2007 dawned, we celebrated another milestone in farm animal welfare as the Europe-wide ban on veal crates came into force. Sadly, we know that British calves will continue to suffer in Europe’s barren group housing systems after long stressful journeys ... |
