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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.
Read moreFirst 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!
Read moreUK 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.
Read moreNew 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.
Read moreCommission acts on battery cage ban
We are delighted the EU Commission has acted in the battle to enforce the barren battery cage ban.
Read moreMega-dairy decision "called in"
Compassion is delighted the Welsh government has decided to call-in the Powys mega-dairy application.
Read moreWe 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.
Read moreEuropean 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.
Read moreDavid 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.
Read moreUK 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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