Quash the Squash!

I’m writing on behalf of the RSPCA, raising awareness of its urgent campaign to protect the welfare of UK meat chickens. Right now, the government is considering new EU legislation that may increase the number...

TRIBE OF HEART

  Award-Winning Filmsthat awaken compassion and deepen each individual’s understanding of the interconnectedness of all life. A Charitable Organizationthat empowers caring people everywhere to become agents...

Flea Market Puppies

Whether they are called Flea Markets, Swap Meets or Open Air Markets – these popular outdoor shopping bazaars are money making machines for the vendors who sell their products to bargain hunters.  They have also become a place for extreme animal neglect for fragile...

Animal Charity Saves 60 Elephants but they may be Trophy Hunted

The animal charity, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), is in the process of saving 60 elephants in Malawi and moving them to the Majete park where they can live out their days in peace. But it is now being discovered that the Majete Park may allow the animals to be...

Bears Targeted as Trophy Hunt Opens in BC

BRITISH COLUMBIA (April 1, 2009) -- The provincial government will allow trophy hunters to begin killing bears for sport in the Great Bear Rainforest on Wednesday, even though Coastal First Nations and 78 percent of British Columbians want to see an end to the killing. Last...

Animal cruelty: cat shot 27 times with air rifle and lives

In a remarkable case of animal cruelty, a cat was shot 27 times with an air rifle, but survived. It was trapped in a cage and shot at point blank range, twice in the face, and the cat sill has some pellets lodged in...

Pork adverts banned

A major advertising campaign for British pork has been banned from further use for misleading the public with claims of ‘very high welfare’ following a complaint made by Compassion in World Farming. The Pigs...

Sainsbury's goes cage free on shell eggs

From 5 February the UK supermarket giant Sainsbury's is no longer selling shell eggs from battery hens. When Compassion in World Farming awarded Sainsbury’s with a Good Egg Award in 2008 it was on the promise of...

Campaign for High Welfare Chicken - Channel 4 Tonight

If you're in the UK, don’t forget to watch Chickens, Hugh and Tesco Too in Channel 4 tonight at 9pm. This compelling programme will reveal what happened when Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall attempted to change...

EBay bans sale of ivory

eBay has announced today that they are banning the sale of ivory on their websites worldwide, starting January 1st.After coming under fire from animal welfare groups, the company decided now is the time to take...

Vegetarian Campaigners Beg Paul McCartney to "Help" cows

We are urging Paul McCartney and members of the UK Vegetarian Society  to use their proxy vote at the AGM to introduce a welfare standard for cows.It's estimated by animal rights organisation Animal Aid that...

Animal Rights:Our Consciousness and Better Policies

In our quest for the most delicious hamburger... admit it, we usually don't give but a passing thought to the fate of the cattles that we're chewing on. The most important thing to us at the time is...

THE ORGANIC SCAM!

By Uwe Paschen.I have been working with Farmers and have been farming my self for a long time, knowing this business rather well. Now I am an ardent defender of the environment and Animals as well as plants...

Will the 'Oprah Effect' send puppy mills packing?

While watching Oprah's April 4 expose on puppy mills - a show that she dedicated to her beloved dog Sophie - I thought about all the darling dogs who've shared and enhanced my own life. Muffin, a treasured terrier...

Farming with out drugs and pesticides is possible!

Parasite control.From 1996 until 2007, I experimented wish would be the best way to combat and control Parasites on Farm Life stock. The best result I achieved with a combination of dry bedding, good air...

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