Our wonderful patron, Dame Joanna Lumley, spoke to an audience with our Global CEO, Philip Lymbery, last Friday (31st January ...

Factory farming is intensive farming systems that put production above all else, creating vast quantities of seemingly cheap meat, milk and eggs. Treated as commodities, animals are often raised in ...

Octopuses are complex, intelligent, and sentient animals, very well known for their eight arms and their amazing cognitive abilities. Studies have shown that octopuses learn easily, can solve problems ...

Organic production can offer animals higher welfare. In the UK organic pigs are outdoor reared (with access to straw bedded huts or tents and large paddocks). Sows and boars are kept in outdoor ...

Fish are intelligent, sensitive creatures and like many other animals, they explore, travel, socialise, hunt and play. Some species care for their young and use tools as humans do. Fish are sentient ...

Compassion In World Farming campaigns peacefully to end factory farming and create sustainable food systems that benefit animals, people, and the planet. Why? We believe that everyone has the right to ...

More than 50 billion chickens are reared annually as a source of food, for both their meat and their eggs.

Back in 1950, chicken was eaten as a treat; British people ate less than a kilo in a whole year. Now, we eat on average 25kg in a year - that's more than 2 kg per month. Broilers (chickens farmed for ...

Caged farming affects billions of animals worldwide. These animals, including pigs, hens, rabbits, ducks, geese, and quail, spend their lives confined in tiny, cramped cages, unable to perform natural ...

We are the world’s leading farm animal welfare organisation and for over 50 years, we have been tirelessly campaigning to end the horror of factory farming. Our spokespeople are experts on the impacts ...

A world without effective antibiotics is a terrifying but real prospect. When antibiotics are used and overused, the bacteria they are meant to kill can adapt and develop resistance, making these life ...

Despite the vast body of evidence that shows factory farming to be a bad thing for animals, communities, our health and the planet, the spread of this backwards system of agriculture is showing no ...