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EU breaks own treaty with farming & fisheries reforms
Last week Compassion wrote to the President of the Commission, highlighting the disregard of Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU). Compassion fears that the welfare of farm animals is being undermined.
Read moreA recipe for the future of food?
Inspired by Compassion's vision for a food and farming revolution, Michelin-star chef Paul Merrett talks cooking, collaboration and cobnuts...
Read more'Red Tractor' ranked lowest on animal welfare
The Red Tractor scheme ranked lowest in a new study by Compassion in World Farming and OneKind, and was found often to offer little more on animal welfare than compliance with minimum legislation.
Read moreEU sow stall ban: only 10 ready
Only 10 countries are prepared for new EU rules that will free millions of pigs from a life of confinement.
Read moreMore footage of pig abuse in UK farms
Yet again Compassion in World Farming has been left appalled and sickened by investigative footage released by an animals rights organisation.
Read moreEU pig industry above the law?
Compassion has highlighted the hidden misery of millions of pigs across the European Union and called on the EU Commission to investigate widespread flouting of EU laws designed to protect their welfare.
Read moreBritish company funds foie gras farm in China
A British company has been exposed by Compassion in World Farming and the Humane Society International for funding the development of a huge foie gras factory farm.
Read moreOver 326 million rabbits reared in the EU every year
Compassion is calling for a Rabbit Revolution. We recently carried out an investigation into rabbit farming within the EU. The results were shocking.
Read more"EU agriculture is over-intensified"
This striking statement has just been made by Prof Scholes, a leading member of the international Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change and co-author of a new report on food security.
Read moreDancing cows video goes viral
As part of our Cows Belong in Fields campaign, Compassion in World Farming wanted to share with the world the clear joy that dairy cows express when they are let out of their winter housing for the first time each spring.
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