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Animal welfare campaigners call for octopus farm to be scrapped

Published 16/03/2023

Published 16/03/2023

Animal welfare campaigners call for octopus farm to be scrapped

Plans for world’s first octopus farm reveal cruelty and environmental consequences

Ad van calls on UK Government to pass the Kept Animals Bill

Published 06/03/2023

Published 06/03/2023

Ad van calls on UK Government to pass the Kept Animals Bill

Compassion urges Defra Ministers and the Prime Minister to finally ban live animal exports

Michael Morpurgo to share his passion for animal welfare in Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture

Published 28/02/2023

Published 28/02/2023

Sir Michael Morpurgo to share his passion for animal welfare in Peter Roberts Memorial Lecture

Award-winning author to share his passion for animal welfare in honour of Compassion founder

Celebrities Brian Cox, Alan Cumming and Megan McCubbin become ‘Visionaries’

Published 23/02/2023

Published 23/02/2023

Celebrities Brian Cox and Alan Cumming become ‘Visionaries’

New high-profile individuals join a growing list who have signed Compassion ‘Vision for Fair Food and Farming’

New farming grants welcomed but Animal Health & Welfare Pathway details urgently needed

Published 21/02/2023

Published 21/02/2023

New farming grants welcomed but animal health & welfare pathway details urgently needed

Compassion urges Defra to ensure expansion of grants is used to improve animal welfare

Urgent poultry sector reforms needed as bird flu mutates to mammals and risks new pandemic

Published 13/02/2023

Published 13/02/2023

Urgent poultry sector reforms needed as bird flu mutates to mammals and risks new pandemic

Philip Lymbery, Compassion's Global CEO in World Farming, calls on Defra to develop urgent reforms to the UK poultry sector

New study shows huge increase in global farmed fish numbers

Published 07/02/2023

Published 07/02/2023

New study shows huge increase in global farmed fish numbers

Scientific study shows the number of farmed fish has more than doubled since 2007

Compassion urges ASC label to reverse policy that will increase suffering of factory farmed Scottish salmon

Published 03/02/2023

Published 03/02/2023

Compassion urges ASC label to reverse policy that will increase suffering of factory farmed Scottish salmon

Compassion has sent a letter to the international seafood certification scheme calling for urgent action

Clear Government strategy needed to help farmers move away from intensive animal farming

Published 26/01/2023

Published 26/01/2023

Clear Government strategy needed to help farmers move away from intensive animal farming

New Defra measures welcomed but don't go far enough

Is 2023 set to be a game-changer for lab-grown meat?

Published 05/01/2023

Published 05/01/2023

Is 2023 set to be a game-changer for lab-grown meat?

Alternative proteins are one of many important topics to be discussed at ground-breaking Extinction or Regeneration conference in May.

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