Press Releases & Statements
Global day of action against live exports
Animals are Not Freight: the first ever global day of action against long distance live animal transport will take place on 29 August 2016
Read moreBritish would pay more for cage-free eggs
A new poll carried out by Compassion in World Farming has found that 75% of the British public are willing to pay more for eggs produced from hens that are not kept in cages.
Read moreAldi to go cage-free by 2025
Compassion in World Farming congratulates Aldi on bringing forward their deadline to stop sourcing whole shell eggs from caged hens from 2030 to 2025.
Read moreIntensive rabbit farm planned for Gnosall
Leading farm animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming has objected to plans to build an intensive rabbit farm near Gnosall, Staffordshire.
Read moreTesco to go cage-free by 2025
Compassion in World Farming hugely congratulates Tesco on their announcement to stop sourcing whole shell eggs from caged hens by 2025.
Read moreThink your quail eggs are high-end? The vast majority are factory farmed in atrocious conditions
Compassion in World Farming has carried out a new investigation into the highly unknown quail farming industry in Europe.
Read moreAlliance to Save our Antibiotics welcomes O’Neill report
Alliance to Save our Antibiotics welcomes O’Neill report and calls on Defra to set ambitious targets to reduce farm antibiotic use
Read moreCompassion calls for ASDA to follow Walmart’s cage-free commitment
Yesterday, Walmart, the largest grocer in the US, announced a commitment to switch to 100% cage-free eggs by 2025. This is a momentous move – improving the lives of many millions of hens.
Read moreNot-so-happy bunnies march on the EU Council
Over 600,000 people have signed a petition calling for an end to farming rabbits in cages.
Read moreUK poultry industry increases its use of critically important human antibiotic by 59% in one year leading to record levels of resistance
New data obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism from the UK’s Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has revealed that the poultry industry’s use of fluoroquinolone antibiotics went up by 59% between 2013 and 2014
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