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Vets call for clear animal welfare labels for UK consumers 19 September 2016 To mark British Food Fortnight (17 September – 2 October) the British

Compassion in Animal Farming Since first being elected to Parliament in 1983 I have always taken a very close interest in animal welfare matters generally.

Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation Patron Sir Roger Gale MP backs new campaign targeting the cruel UK puppy farm trade North Thanet MP Sir Roger Gale

Back British Farming Day , Westminster NFU members and staff took farming to the heart of London on Wednesday 14th September, complete with three iconic

MORE THAN 100 Irish lambs have reportedly died of suffocation on board a flight to Singapore. The sheep were part of a flock of 1,700

    The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation was established in 2016 to raise awareness on the lives of billions of animals reared on intensive farms

This article was published in the  Daily Star newspaper on the 7th August 2016   http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/535883/animal-cruelty-pig-farm-UK-supermarket-supplier-squalid-dirty-video WATCH: Shocking scenes of neglect at UK farm that

Incoming Junior Vice President of British Veterinary Association talks on importance of Humane Slaughter & CCTV at APGAW 12th July meeting on Farm Animal Welfare

The Animals Are Not Freight Day of Action takes place on 29th August 2016-  the 20th anniversary of the biggest live export disaster when more than 67,000 sheep died

Lorraine Platt, Co Founder of Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation said:’ “Following the Referendum result, there are so many unknowns that it is impossible to say

Article from the  World Animal Protection website 25 May 2016 Our dairy report published today shows that British consumers are unaware of the stealth introduction

Cattle drugs could fuel climate change, study suggests By Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst 25 May 2016 Science & Environment Dosing farm animals with antibiotics

Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation back Craig Mackinlay’s Bill to change the law to allow Councils to ban the practice of live animal exports from ports they own

Anne Main MP introduced a Private Members Bill into parliament on April 19th calling for better labelling on farm produce to back British farmers. During

Letter on animal welfare and the EU signed by MPs, including our Patron-Sir Roger Gale MP in the Guardian, April 2016

On April 6 2016, the annual Ceva Animal Welfare Awards paid tribute to people who improve the lives of animals. A glitzy celebration at the

Defra confirms U-turn after outcry over move to repeal legislation and put industry in charge of guidance on chicken farming

PRESS RELEASE 22 March, 2016. Dogs – tick-borne diseases – pet passport scheme “flawed”   There is a flaw in the Pet Passport scheme that

Zac Goldsmith has pledged to bring the countryside into the city by setting up 100 “pocket farms” in primary schools during his first year in

Leading women farmers from around the country joined the Secretary of State Elizabeth Truss on March 8th to celebrate women’s contributions to British farming. Among

The Times article ‘Shoppers misled by meat labels with images of idyllic farm life’ and editorial on Saturday 6th February 2016, drew attention to the

Since World War 2 British farming has failed miserably to feed our nation, we now import more than 50% of our food, and rising –

Our Co Founder attended the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) conference in London, established by Compassion In World Farming, World Animal Protection and

The Future of Meat? A new kind of farming to transform the way meat is made- Animal tissue grown in a laboratory? Many people enjoy

Henry Smith is the  Co-Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare and Conservative MP for Crawley ‘A year ago, I led a debate