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The countdown gains celebrity support 5 Jan 2011 | 01:23 am

Coronation Street actress Kate Ford, Bill Oddie and Green MP Caroline Lucas, have joined Compassion to announce that the final countdown is now on to oppose plans for the UK’s first ‘mega-dairy’ in Li...

Reported live burial of pigs 25 Dec 2010 | 01:32 am

Compassion in World Farming is extremely concerned by a report of appalling treatment of pigs in the Republic of Korea as part of the culling operations due to foot and mouth disease (FMD).

Live exports from Dover resume 25 Dec 2010 | 01:31 am

The UK's sheep industry has taken a huge step backward regarding animal welfare. Live exports of sheep from the UK have resumed after many months.

Support increases for Nocton plans to be called in 24 Dec 2010 | 01:31 am

Compassion in World Farming can reveal that a group of nine MPs has written to Eric Pickles MP, Secretary of State, Department for Communities and Local Government to request that he calls-in the plan...

MEPs strongly support the battery cage ban 22 Dec 2010 | 01:15 am

Compassion is delighted to learn that the vast majority of MEPs strongly support the battery cage ban, which is due to come into force on 1 January 2012. In light of recent threats to the ban from so...

Animal welfare coalition opposes vacuum slaughter 18 Dec 2010 | 12:23 am

The coalition is concerned that a new slaughter method being considered in the US, which uses a vacuum to stun animals before slaughter, has not been fully investigated and urges the poultry industry ...

An ethical Christmas feast 17 Dec 2010 | 04:23 am

Around ten million turkeys will be consumed in the UK over the Christmas period. For most families in the UK, a turkey will be the centrepiece of their Christmas dinner. Smoked salmon is also a tradit...

European Declaration on alternatives castration 17 Dec 2010 | 04:23 am

Compassion in World Farming is delighted that the European Commission and the Belgian Presidency of the European Council have published the European Declaration on alternatives to surgical castration ...

Hens at breaking point 15 Dec 2010 | 04:23 am

The Farm Animal Welfare Council (FAWC) today released their assessment of the causes of osteoporosis and bone fractures in laying hens.

The Nocton Countdown begins 15 Dec 2010 | 04:23 am

The clock is now ticking for local residents, consulting organisations and the concerned public to submit objections to Nocton’s ‘mega-dairy’.

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