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Published 25/06/2009News
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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Published 11/06/2009
Radio Four investigates swine flu & industrial farming
As the world faces a global pandemic of swine flu, a major BBC Radio Four documentary has highlighted the potential links between swine flu and industrial pig farming which we revealed in our recent report.
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Published 09/06/2009
Cairo pig cull: Compassion witnesses the slaughter
On 09 June 2009, representatives from Compassion and WSPA were allowed to visit 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…
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Published 03/06/2009
Because calves are worth it
In the 03 June episode of River Cottage, Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall showed some of Compassion in World Farming's footage to expose the way calves are reared in the UK and in continental Europe.
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Published 02/06/2009
EGYPT MASS PIG KILL: COMPASSION VOWS 'NEVER AGAIN'
After weeks of frenetic campaigning by Compassion and other welfare groups, the Egyptian Chief Veterinary Officer told us that 'culling' of pigs in Egypt had been stopped.
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Published 01/06/2009
Chicken welfare is top with MPs
A parliamentary motion calling for the UK Government to improve the welfare of chickens has reached the number one position with an amazing 239 MP signatures (on 01 June 2009).
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