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Published 20/02/2012News
Published 20/02/2012
Flipping compassionate pancakes
Compassion is in the process of producing a new consumer guide to help cut through the confusion of labels and "welfare" terms in the supermarket aisles. Please help by telling us how you shop and what you'd like to see in a shopping guide.
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Published 16/02/2012
First came the egg, then the chicken... now the pig!
Compassion's Food Business team has been awarding food companies for their commitment to higher welfare products since 2007 and is now pleased to introduce a new award to its suite of Good Farm Animal Welfare Awards - The Good Pig Award!
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Published 14/02/2012
UK finally compliant on cage ban
The UK is finally free of cruel barren battery cages, 13 long years after they were banned throughout the EU.
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Published 09/02/2012
New investigation into chicken farming in the USA
Today Compassion launched a film and report following an investigation into the huge industry of chicken farming in the US state of Georgia.
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Published 26/01/2012
Commission acts on battery cage ban
We are delighted the EU Commission has acted in the battle to enforce the barren battery cage ban.
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Published 25/01/2012
Mega-dairy decision "called in"
Compassion is delighted the Welsh government has decided to call-in the Powys mega-dairy application.
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Published 24/01/2012
We don't need Mega-dairies
A new report on UK dairy farming has concluded that it is possible to produce milk at a profit on all sizes of farm. What's more, it found the amount of milk each cow produces isn't the key factor in making profit.
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Published 19/01/2012
European Union Animal Welfare strategy published
Compassion in World Farming is pleased to see the Second EU Strategy for the welfare and protection of animals, as it demonstrates the EU's continuing commitment to animal welfare as a core EU value.
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Published 17/01/2012
David Cameron: UK implements higher welfare too soon
Compassion was disappointed to hear the Prime Minister's lack of support for the UK, in bringing in higher welfare systems ahead of the legal obligatory time.
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Published 13/01/2012
UK still has barren battery cages - despite EU ban
Compassion in World Farming is shocked to learn that some egg farmers in the UK are still using barren battery cages, despite assurances that the UK would be fully compliant with the ban on these cages when it came into force on 1st January…
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