Press Releases & Statements
EAT@Home hosts event on sparking a new era for nature-positive food and farming
In collaboration with UNEP, Compassion in World Farming’s Global CEO, Philip Lymbery, presented on the urgent need for a transformation to our food system.
Read more88% of UK public think cages are cruel, new poll reveals
A new poll carried out by Compassion in World Farming and YouGov has found that 88% of the British public believe using cages in farming is cruel to farm animals
Read moreEnd the Cage Age ECI: 1.4 million signatures handed in to the EU Commission
Compassion in World Farming hands in ground-breaking End the Cage Age ECI, signed by 1.4 million people across Europe, calling on the EU to put an end to the use of cages in animal farming.
Read moreCompassion in World Farming welcomes a halt to cruel live calf exports following legal challenge
After much pressure from leading farm animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming, the Scottish Government has finally stopped live calf exports
Read moreMajor financial institutions must stop funding industrial livestock production to prevent future pandemics
94 academics and activists call on financial institutions to stop funding factory farms
Read moreConfused about fish labels? So are nearly two thirds of UK consumers
Compassion urges certification schemes to improve fish welfare standards
Read moreUK urged to do better as new cage-free league table reveals over 16.6 million animals still caged
In a new Europe-wide poll of cage-free farming, the UK has emerged in eighth place, with 63% of UK animals reared in cage-free conditions.
Read moreUK retailers must decide whether they will protect consumers from a host of potential threats to UK food standards in trade deals with the USA
Leading civil society organisations and academics are urging the UK’s major food retailers not to sell food imported under a trade agreement with the USA
Read moreStanley Johnson Announced as charity Patron for Compassion in World Farming
Conservationist and former politician, Stanley Johnson, has become the latest Patron to join Compassion
Read moreDefra hires QC to defend live exports of unweaned calves as legal challenge progresses
Compassion in World Farming has been granted permission by the Scottish Courts to proceed with its legal challenge against the Scottish Government, this week (20th May).
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