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Published 11/04/2008News
Published 11/04/2008
Australia: Support for end to painful mulesing
Mulesing is a painful operation which involves cutting away areas of wrinkled skin from sheep in order to prevent flies from landing on the sheep and laying their eggs in the folds of skin. This is called "flystrike" in the farming industry.
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Published 28/03/2008
Complaint filed against pig ad
The British pig industry is using a new ad claiming that "British pig farms have very high welfare standards." We believe this is inaccurate and misleading and so we have made a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.
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Published 20/03/2008
Spanish Transport Complaint
Compassion in World Farming and Animals' Angels have logged a formal complaint to the European Commission after discovering that the Spanish authorities are turning a blind eye to animals travelling long and illegal journeys.
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Published 06/03/2008
Pig farmers call for more money from supermarkets
Hundreds of pig farmers attended a rally in London to campaign for fair prices from supermarkets. Compassion joined the farmers in support of their campaign, but also to urge them to see free-range and higher welfare as the way to save British…
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Published 06/03/2008
Public auction of clone offspring cancelled
Famous dairy cows, Dundee Paradise and Dundee Paratrooper, were due to be sold at public auction on 5 March;
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Published 28/02/2008
Free-range chicken sales make front page news
The welfare of chickens continues to be front page news as consumers become increasingly concerned about how standard chickens are raised.
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Published 19/02/2008
Slaughter of sick & injured animals threaten food chain
The news that 65,000 tonnes of US beef has been recalled echoes a widespread problem across Europe of sick and injured animals slaughtered for food.
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Published 15/02/2008
Magistrate proves cruelty in Australia's export trade
In a landmark animal cruelty trial a Perth (Western Australia) court has upheld charges of cruelty in an export of live sheep by sea from Australia to the Middle East.
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Published 12/02/2008
Handle with Care campaign launched
Compassion in World Farming is playing a leading role in the 'Handle with Care' global campaign to stop the long distance transport of animals for slaughter.
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Published 08/02/2008
Disgust as Tesco sells chicken for £1.99
'Going cheap hurts chickens' was the strong message Compassion in World Farming took to a London Tesco store on Friday 8 February 2008.
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