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Pardon factory farmed turkeys this Christmas
President Obama has given two turkeys a new lease of life and you can do the same by pardoning factory farmed turkey.
Read moreResponse to the FSA statement on cloned meat and milk
Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes "has confirmed that meat and milk from cloned cattle and their offspring shows no substantial difference to conventionally produced meat and milk and therefore is unlikely to present a food safety…
Read moreCCTV in all Morrisons abattoirs
Morrisons is the first supermarket to promise installation of CCTV cameras in all its abattoirs to reassure the public of good welfare practice at slaughter.
Read moreEU policy reform won't succeed without good welfare
Following publication of the European Commission's reform blueprint, Compassion in World Farming warns that EU agricultural policy won't achieve its objectives unless it promotes a move away from industrial livestock farming.
Read moreSecretary of State must oppose Nocton Mega Dairy
Compassion in World Farming has applied for the decision about the fate of the proposed mega-dairy in Nocton to be taken out of the hands of the North Kesteven District Council and placed in the hands of national government.
Read moreDozens of MPs agree 'cows belong in fields'
Dozens of politicians have shown they back the campaign against industrialised dairy farming by signing an 'Early Day Motion' in the House of Commons. So far more than 70 MPs (and counting!) have put their names against the motion supporting…
Read moreAustralia exporting live sheep to an often cruel death
Each year Australia exports more than three million live sheep, almost all of them to the Middle East. Compassion has long documented the suffering involved in their transportation.
Read more21 'Good' University Winners revealed
21 Universities awarded 'Good Eggs' or 'Good Chickens' at Compassion's first ever University Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards launch last night (18th November 2010)
Read moreNOCTON DAIRIES 'NEW' APPLICATION-READ THE FINE PRINT
A 'secret' press conference has launched new plans for the Nocton 'mega-dairy' in Lincolnshire yesterday. New plans for the UK's biggest factory dairy farm were kept under strict embargo.
Read moreNocton 'Mega-Dairy' resubmission
This week, Nocton Dairies Ltd is expected to re-submit its planning application to North Kesteven District Council, for what would be the biggest dairy in the UK with thousands of cows housed indoors, with limited access to grass outside.
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