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Compassion's co-founder dies
Compassion is sad to announce the death of inspirational co-founder Anna Roberts, who passed away on Friday 9th August.
Read moreCultured beef: "Frankenburger" or food saviour?
The world’s first lab-grown burger was unveiled in London this week. Hailed by experts as an exciting step towards food security, but slammed by many as something straight out of science fiction, "lab meat" is the subject of hot debate.
Read moreCompassion to march against live exports
Compassion in World Farming is holding a peaceful march against the live export of farm animals, in London on the 10th of August, to highlight this largely hidden trade. Join us in calling on the government to take action to allow UK ports to…
Read moreBurger of the future
Today, the world's first test tube burger will be cooked and served to a live audience in London. Costing in the region of €250,000 to produce, it has been grown in a lab from the stem cells of a cow.
Read moreJeremy Irons talks trash
This week we saw Trashed – a hard-hitting film exposé of the global waste crisis and its impact on our world. Our "cheap" meat culture is contributing to the problem, devaluing our food to such an extent that it's routinely thrown away.
Read morePigs Burned Alive? Authorities Respond
On 26th July Compassion reported on shocking footage that appeared to show pigs in Russia being burned alive.
Read moreRussian Pigs burned alive?
Compassion is seeking urgent action from the World Organisation for Animal Health (also known as the OIE) in response to horrifying footage appearing to show pigs in Russia being burned alive.
Read moreThree fitness fanatics who swear by veg
Eat less but better meat. It’s the resounding dietary message of the moment, and we love to shout about it. So you can imagine how excited we are to come across fellow fans of the low-meat/no-meat lifestyle – especially when they’re top…
Read moreEU welfare progress threat
Compassion made a submission to the Animal Health and Welfare and Food Safety Report published by the UK government on July 22nd.
Read moreKnow your labels
Recent research for the Labelling Matters campaign showed that consumers are concerned about animal welfare and they would support a method of production labelling system that told them how the animal was kept.
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