Compassion in World Farming UK
@ciwf.org.uk
Our vision is a world where farm animals are treated with compassion & respect.
Our mission is to end factory farming.
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Our mission is to end factory farming.
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Please join @chrisgpackham.bsky.social and call on Brittany Ferries to stop live exports ➡️ bit.ly/43ZYeF0
Agriculture is the number one source of river pollution in the UK.
If we want to get serious about cleaning up our rivers, we need to get serious about moving away from intensive agriculture.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/river-bathing-spots-swimming-clean-it-up-dmkhtwdp7
If we want to get serious about cleaning up our rivers, we need to get serious about moving away from intensive agriculture.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/river-bathing-spots-swimming-clean-it-up-dmkhtwdp7
Vast majority of river bathing spots deemed unsafe for swimming
Campaigners say regulators are failing to hold polluters to account after 12 out of 14 designated swimming spots were ranked ‘poor’
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Agriculture is the number one source of river pollution in the UK.
If we want to get serious about cleaning up our rivers, we need to get serious about moving away from intensive agriculture.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/river-bathing-spots-swimming-clean-it-up-dmkhtwdp7
If we want to get serious about cleaning up our rivers, we need to get serious about moving away from intensive agriculture.
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/environment/article/river-bathing-spots-swimming-clean-it-up-dmkhtwdp7
It's often claimed factory farming is needed to provide cheap food, but there are so many hidden costs.
A new report from the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation found pig and poultry farms in Britain take £269 million a year in subsidies: https://bit.ly/48h41bF
A new report from the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation found pig and poultry farms in Britain take £269 million a year in subsidies: https://bit.ly/48h41bF
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's often claimed factory farming is needed to provide cheap food, but there are so many hidden costs.
A new report from the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation found pig and poultry farms in Britain take £269 million a year in subsidies: https://bit.ly/48h41bF
A new report from the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation found pig and poultry farms in Britain take £269 million a year in subsidies: https://bit.ly/48h41bF
Encouraging to see reports that British negotiators will refuse to ditch the live export ban in negotiations with the EU.
We will continue to call on the Government to ensure the live export ban is not undermined.
We will continue to call on the Government to ensure the live export ban is not undermined.
We won’t let you slaughter British animals, Starmer to warn Von der Leyen
Campaigners fear Brexit reset deal could jeopardise ban on transport of live horses, pigs, sheep and cows to Continent
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Encouraging to see reports that British negotiators will refuse to ditch the live export ban in negotiations with the EU.
We will continue to call on the Government to ensure the live export ban is not undermined.
We will continue to call on the Government to ensure the live export ban is not undermined.
We're hosting an event in Parliament called “Animals Farmed: Misinformation and Honest Labelling”.
Alongside our friends at @animallawfdn.bsky.social and @humaneworlduk.bsky.social we'll be calling on MPs to back transparent food labels.
Ask your MP to attend: bit.ly/47UGL49
Alongside our friends at @animallawfdn.bsky.social and @humaneworlduk.bsky.social we'll be calling on MPs to back transparent food labels.
Ask your MP to attend: bit.ly/47UGL49
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We're hosting an event in Parliament called “Animals Farmed: Misinformation and Honest Labelling”.
Alongside our friends at @animallawfdn.bsky.social and @humaneworlduk.bsky.social we'll be calling on MPs to back transparent food labels.
Ask your MP to attend: bit.ly/47UGL49
Alongside our friends at @animallawfdn.bsky.social and @humaneworlduk.bsky.social we'll be calling on MPs to back transparent food labels.
Ask your MP to attend: bit.ly/47UGL49
We really shouldn't need to still be debating this.
There are countless studies that show fish are intelligent, sensitive creatures that are capable of suffering and feeling pain.
There are countless studies that show fish are intelligent, sensitive creatures that are capable of suffering and feeling pain.
The surprisingly profound debate over whether fish feel pain
We can never prove that other animals are conscious. What do we do with that?
www.vox.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We really shouldn't need to still be debating this.
There are countless studies that show fish are intelligent, sensitive creatures that are capable of suffering and feeling pain.
There are countless studies that show fish are intelligent, sensitive creatures that are capable of suffering and feeling pain.
The Spiridon II has left Libya & @awf-germany.bsky.social reports that at least some cows have been unloaded. We will update you as we learn more.
We are calling on the World Organisation for Animal Health to ensure the animals get urgent veterinary treatment.
#BanLiveExports
We are calling on the World Organisation for Animal Health to ensure the animals get urgent veterinary treatment.
#BanLiveExports
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Spiridon II has left Libya & @awf-germany.bsky.social reports that at least some cows have been unloaded. We will update you as we learn more.
We are calling on the World Organisation for Animal Health to ensure the animals get urgent veterinary treatment.
#BanLiveExports
We are calling on the World Organisation for Animal Health to ensure the animals get urgent veterinary treatment.
#BanLiveExports
A really exciting development - RespectFarms has launched a pilot farm to produce cultivated meat in the Netherlands.
The World's First Cultivated Meat Farm is Now Open
RespectFarms has launched a pilot farm to produce cultivated meat in the Netherlands, with Corné van Leeuwen becoming the first farmer to receive EU funding for these proteins.
www.greenqueen.com.hk
November 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A really exciting development - RespectFarms has launched a pilot farm to produce cultivated meat in the Netherlands.
The number of megafarms has grown fast.
Our research found that UK megafarms increased from 974 in 2016 to 1,176 in 2023 – a rise of 20% in 7 years.
We need to stop the spread and end factory farming.
Our research found that UK megafarms increased from 974 in 2016 to 1,176 in 2023 – a rise of 20% in 7 years.
We need to stop the spread and end factory farming.
Intensive ‘megafarms’ failing to declare huge pollution impacts, new research reveals | Countryfile.com
Many local councils are being kept in the dark over potentially devastating climate impacts of new pig and poultry ‘megafarms’, shows a new report
www.countryfile.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The number of megafarms has grown fast.
Our research found that UK megafarms increased from 974 in 2016 to 1,176 in 2023 – a rise of 20% in 7 years.
We need to stop the spread and end factory farming.
Our research found that UK megafarms increased from 974 in 2016 to 1,176 in 2023 – a rise of 20% in 7 years.
We need to stop the spread and end factory farming.
We must stop lower-welfare egg imports.
We've joined forces with @animalpolicyint.bsky.social, @rspcaoffficial.bsky.social, the British Free Range Egg Producers Association and the British Egg Industry Council to write to the UK Prime Minister.
We've joined forces with @animalpolicyint.bsky.social, @rspcaoffficial.bsky.social, the British Free Range Egg Producers Association and the British Egg Industry Council to write to the UK Prime Minister.
Producers demand safeguards as Ukrainian egg volumes spike
Producers have urged ministers to take action after a sharp rise in Ukrainian egg imports raised fears that British free range producers are being undercut.
www.farminguk.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
We must stop lower-welfare egg imports.
We've joined forces with @animalpolicyint.bsky.social, @rspcaoffficial.bsky.social, the British Free Range Egg Producers Association and the British Egg Industry Council to write to the UK Prime Minister.
We've joined forces with @animalpolicyint.bsky.social, @rspcaoffficial.bsky.social, the British Free Range Egg Producers Association and the British Egg Industry Council to write to the UK Prime Minister.
UPDATE: Over 2,800 cows have been stranded at sea for over 60 days.
We’ve written to the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Ambassador of Uruguay to the United Kingdom, demanding urgent action.
Read more: bit.ly/4r8GJxj
We’ve written to the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Ambassador of Uruguay to the United Kingdom, demanding urgent action.
Read more: bit.ly/4r8GJxj
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
UPDATE: Over 2,800 cows have been stranded at sea for over 60 days.
We’ve written to the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Ambassador of Uruguay to the United Kingdom, demanding urgent action.
Read more: bit.ly/4r8GJxj
We’ve written to the World Organisation for Animal Health and the Ambassador of Uruguay to the United Kingdom, demanding urgent action.
Read more: bit.ly/4r8GJxj
Not only would it be incredibly cruel, but octopus farming would negatively impact already overexploited wild fish stocks.
Don't let anyone tell you that farming octopus would be sustainable.
#StopOctopusFarming
Don't let anyone tell you that farming octopus would be sustainable.
#StopOctopusFarming
CIWF Highlights The 'Growing Threat' Of Octopus Farming With New Report
A report by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) has highlighted the “growing threat” of octopus farming and all “carnivorous aquaculture"
plantbasednews.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Not only would it be incredibly cruel, but octopus farming would negatively impact already overexploited wild fish stocks.
Don't let anyone tell you that farming octopus would be sustainable.
#StopOctopusFarming
Don't let anyone tell you that farming octopus would be sustainable.
#StopOctopusFarming
Great to see BBC coverage for The Ethical Dairy - a pioneering farm that keeps dairy calves with their mothers. 🐮🐮
Their journey to transitioning to this a cow-with-calf system has been turned into a documentary. Visit adairystory.com for more.
Their journey to transitioning to this a cow-with-calf system has been turned into a documentary. Visit adairystory.com for more.
The pioneering dairy farmer keeping calves with their mothers
David Finlay is calling for the Scottish government to fund a pioneering dairy development programme.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Great to see BBC coverage for The Ethical Dairy - a pioneering farm that keeps dairy calves with their mothers. 🐮🐮
Their journey to transitioning to this a cow-with-calf system has been turned into a documentary. Visit adairystory.com for more.
Their journey to transitioning to this a cow-with-calf system has been turned into a documentary. Visit adairystory.com for more.
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I was delighted to attend @ciwf.org.uk’s #EndTheCageAge reception last week. Earlier in the week, I urged the Minister to use the Animal Welfare Strategy to phase out cages and ensure all hens have the freedom to move.
November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I was delighted to attend @ciwf.org.uk’s #EndTheCageAge reception last week. Earlier in the week, I urged the Minister to use the Animal Welfare Strategy to phase out cages and ensure all hens have the freedom to move.
“For too long, soil has been treated as dirt. However, it is the living skin of the planet. Every handful of healthy, living soil is a microcosm of life and a storehouse of carbon and water.”
How soil could be the secret weapon to meet climate targets
Despite being one of the largest natural carbon sinks, most nations exclude soil from their climate plans.
www.euronews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“For too long, soil has been treated as dirt. However, it is the living skin of the planet. Every handful of healthy, living soil is a microcosm of life and a storehouse of carbon and water.”
No one is confused by food labels like "veggie burger" - consumers are perfectly capable of understanding what this means.
Just like they're able to recognise that peanut butter doesn't come from cows & hot dogs have nothing to do with dogs.
We're calling on Member States to reject this move.
Just like they're able to recognise that peanut butter doesn't come from cows & hot dogs have nothing to do with dogs.
We're calling on Member States to reject this move.
Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law
Exclusive: Trade agreement means UK is subject to some food labelling rules, with vote on vegetarian food terms this week
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
No one is confused by food labels like "veggie burger" - consumers are perfectly capable of understanding what this means.
Just like they're able to recognise that peanut butter doesn't come from cows & hot dogs have nothing to do with dogs.
We're calling on Member States to reject this move.
Just like they're able to recognise that peanut butter doesn't come from cows & hot dogs have nothing to do with dogs.
We're calling on Member States to reject this move.
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Day 2 of #WAAW25: Dr Rebecca Doyle (ILRI & University of Edinburgh) is bringing the research perspective on how animal welfare is a vital tool in tackling antimicrobial resistance.
▶️ More: ow.ly/OIBH50Xu1Hr
@fourpawsint.bsky.social @brookecharity.bsky.social @ciwf.org #Animals4AMR #AMR
▶️ More: ow.ly/OIBH50Xu1Hr
@fourpawsint.bsky.social @brookecharity.bsky.social @ciwf.org #Animals4AMR #AMR
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Day 2 of #WAAW25: Dr Rebecca Doyle (ILRI & University of Edinburgh) is bringing the research perspective on how animal welfare is a vital tool in tackling antimicrobial resistance.
▶️ More: ow.ly/OIBH50Xu1Hr
@fourpawsint.bsky.social @brookecharity.bsky.social @ciwf.org #Animals4AMR #AMR
▶️ More: ow.ly/OIBH50Xu1Hr
@fourpawsint.bsky.social @brookecharity.bsky.social @ciwf.org #Animals4AMR #AMR
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We kick off #WAAW25 with Dr Naphtal Mwanziki (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kenya), who shows how stronger welfare and husbandry practices help prevent antimicrobial resistance.
▶️ More: wfa.org/WAAW25
#Animals4AMR @fourpawsint.bsky.social @ciwf.org @brookecharity.bsky.social
▶️ More: wfa.org/WAAW25
#Animals4AMR @fourpawsint.bsky.social @ciwf.org @brookecharity.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We kick off #WAAW25 with Dr Naphtal Mwanziki (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Kenya), who shows how stronger welfare and husbandry practices help prevent antimicrobial resistance.
▶️ More: wfa.org/WAAW25
#Animals4AMR @fourpawsint.bsky.social @ciwf.org @brookecharity.bsky.social
▶️ More: wfa.org/WAAW25
#Animals4AMR @fourpawsint.bsky.social @ciwf.org @brookecharity.bsky.social
"I will continue to press the government to bring forward legislation that ends the use of cages for good"
Thank you to MP @adamjamesdance.bsky.social for attending our #EndTheCageAge parliamentary event & calling on the Government to ban cages for UK farmed animals.
Thank you to MP @adamjamesdance.bsky.social for attending our #EndTheCageAge parliamentary event & calling on the Government to ban cages for UK farmed animals.
Adam Dance column: We need to end the use of cages in farming
Adam Dance MP backs Compassion in World Farming’s End the Cage Age campaign, urging government to legislate against caged animal farming for…
www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"I will continue to press the government to bring forward legislation that ends the use of cages for good"
Thank you to MP @adamjamesdance.bsky.social for attending our #EndTheCageAge parliamentary event & calling on the Government to ban cages for UK farmed animals.
Thank you to MP @adamjamesdance.bsky.social for attending our #EndTheCageAge parliamentary event & calling on the Government to ban cages for UK farmed animals.
Today, Co-op announced that it will meet its 100% cage-free commitment across its continental meat range by the end of the year - removing the use of sow stalls & farrowing crates. 👏
In 2018, Co-op banned cages for its fresh pork & now they've extended this.
In 2018, Co-op banned cages for its fresh pork & now they've extended this.
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Today, Co-op announced that it will meet its 100% cage-free commitment across its continental meat range by the end of the year - removing the use of sow stalls & farrowing crates. 👏
In 2018, Co-op banned cages for its fresh pork & now they've extended this.
In 2018, Co-op banned cages for its fresh pork & now they've extended this.
Our message to world leaders and policymakers at #COP30 was loud and clear: we cannot solve the climate crisis without transforming the way we produce and consume food.
Read more. ⬇️
Read more. ⬇️
Calling for bold action to fix our food system at COP30
Putting food system transformation on the climate action agenda
www.ciwf.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our message to world leaders and policymakers at #COP30 was loud and clear: we cannot solve the climate crisis without transforming the way we produce and consume food.
Read more. ⬇️
Read more. ⬇️
"True kindness calls us to farm in harmony with nature, to choose food systems that respect animals and restore biodiversity, and to embrace diets that nourish both people and planet" - @philip-ciwf.bsky.social.
KINDNESS: THE FORGOTTEN SUPERPOWER
A firefighter giving water to a koala after the devastating wild fires in Australia credit unknown Why Compassion in a Fractured World Matters More Than Ever On a cold October morning on Hampstead…
philiplymbery.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"True kindness calls us to farm in harmony with nature, to choose food systems that respect animals and restore biodiversity, and to embrace diets that nourish both people and planet" - @philip-ciwf.bsky.social.
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After a gruelling sea journey from Uruguay, over 2,900 cows had been stranded at sea near Türkiye after being refused entry to Bandirma Port due to administrative issues.
Now they are set to endure another month at sea to return to Uruguay.
(1/3)
#BanLiveExports
Now they are set to endure another month at sea to return to Uruguay.
(1/3)
#BanLiveExports
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
After a gruelling sea journey from Uruguay, over 2,900 cows had been stranded at sea near Türkiye after being refused entry to Bandirma Port due to administrative issues.
Now they are set to endure another month at sea to return to Uruguay.
(1/3)
#BanLiveExports
Now they are set to endure another month at sea to return to Uruguay.
(1/3)
#BanLiveExports
After a gruelling sea journey from Uruguay, over 2,900 cows had been stranded at sea near Türkiye after being refused entry to Bandirma Port due to administrative issues.
Now they are set to endure another month at sea to return to Uruguay.
(1/3)
#BanLiveExports
Now they are set to endure another month at sea to return to Uruguay.
(1/3)
#BanLiveExports
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
After a gruelling sea journey from Uruguay, over 2,900 cows had been stranded at sea near Türkiye after being refused entry to Bandirma Port due to administrative issues.
Now they are set to endure another month at sea to return to Uruguay.
(1/3)
#BanLiveExports
Now they are set to endure another month at sea to return to Uruguay.
(1/3)
#BanLiveExports
"Moving an industry towards more intensity is repeating the mistakes we made with land agriculture. It is absolutely not the way we should be going."
Phil Brook, our Research & Education Manager, speaks to @harrywallop.co.uk about the welfare issues connected to land based salmon farms.
Phil Brook, our Research & Education Manager, speaks to @harrywallop.co.uk about the welfare issues connected to land based salmon farms.
Salmon farming on land? It’s the future of the fish supper
Britain eats £1.5 billion of farmed salmon a year — but it’s a system blighted by disease, pollution and daring escapees. In Iceland, Harry Wallop witnesses a radical solution in action
www.thetimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"Moving an industry towards more intensity is repeating the mistakes we made with land agriculture. It is absolutely not the way we should be going."
Phil Brook, our Research & Education Manager, speaks to @harrywallop.co.uk about the welfare issues connected to land based salmon farms.
Phil Brook, our Research & Education Manager, speaks to @harrywallop.co.uk about the welfare issues connected to land based salmon farms.
"Together, we can ensure that kindness extends beyond our human interactions to the way we treat the natural world. It means caring for the farmed animals whose lives are too often reduced to commodities" - @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
World Kindness Day: Why kindness is the unlikely superpower that can save humanity
In our fractured world, compassion matters more than ever
www.scotsman.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Together, we can ensure that kindness extends beyond our human interactions to the way we treat the natural world. It means caring for the farmed animals whose lives are too often reduced to commodities" - @philip-ciwf.bsky.social