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Published 06/07/2009News
Published 06/07/2009
Egyptian Pig Cull: Your campaigning makes a difference
Let's be clear about the bad and sad news first. To the best of our knowledge, all the pigs in Egypt have now been killed.
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Published 02/07/2009
22 councils receive good egg awards
22 councils have received a 'Good Egg Award' for committing to ditch the battery cage egg in favour of eggs from free-range hens.
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Published 02/07/2009
New hit-and-miss EU Slaughter Regulation
On 22 June 2009, the EU Agriculture Council agreed on a new Slaughter Regulation. It includes several welcome provisions, but on the whole is disappointing in that it fails to address a number of serious welfare problems.
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Published 30/06/2009
Jeffrey Masson
Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of popular book When Elephants Weep (with Susan McCarthy), took time out from a busy schedule to speak with friends, supporters and staff of Compassion about his new book, The Face on Your Plate: The Truth…
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Published 26/06/2009
Visionary Sweden says: Eat less meat
In a visionary move, Sweden's authorities have set out draft guidelines asking people to reduce their carbon footprint by eating less meat.
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Published 25/06/2009
Kate Ford supports Bake with Compassion
Kate Ford, actress and friend of Compassion in World Farming, gives her support to the Bake with Compassion week and donates her very compassionate recipe for a banana and walnut loaf.
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Published 19/06/2009
Nature calls for OIE investigation
Scientists call on the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to investigate the origins of swine flu and improve surveillance of pig farms.
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Published 18/06/2009
Reflections from Bassatin slaughterhouse
Compassion in World Farming visited the notorious Bassatin slaughterhouse in Cairo to witness the slaughter of just one of the hundreds of thousands of pigs who have been culled in recent weeks in Egypt.
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Published 16/06/2009
An evening with Dr Jane Goodall DBE
Dr Jane Goodall's pioneering studies of wild chimpanzees revolutionised our knowledge about the sentience of these amazing animals.
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Published 15/06/2009
EGYPT PIG CRISIS: HORRENDOUS SCENES, GLIMMERS OF HOPE...
The sad fact is that most of the 10,000 pigs apparently spared, due to the suspension of the cull recently, have since been killed. No more than 2,000 are thought to remain and these are likely to be killed within the week.
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