Press Releases & Statements
“Our campaign continues”, says Compassion in World Farming in response to Best Aquaculture Practices open letter
This week, the Global Seafood Alliance published an open letter from Best Aquaculture Practices to Compassion in World Farming accusing the charity of running a campaign intended to discredit them.
Read moreCompassion in World Farming calls out Best Aquaculture Practices for failing to improve farmed fish welfare
Compassion in World Farming has today called out the seafood certification scheme Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) for failing to improve the welfare of the hundreds of millions of farmed fish it certifies every year.
Read moreNumber of companies making progress toward the Better Chicken Commitment has more than tripled, latest U.S. ChickenTrack Report reveals
The number of companies reporting against their commitment to improve chicken welfare has more than tripled and includes four chicken producers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual U.S. ChickenTrack report released today.
Read moreAnimal welfare campaigners call for octopus farm to be scrapped as source reveals cruelty and environmental consequences of proposed plans
Compassion in World Farming and Eurogroup for Animals are calling for the world’s first commercial octopus farm to be scrapped.
Read moreAmericans expected to consume more than 160 million plant-based chicken wings during Super Bowl for second year in a row
More than ten million Americans are expected to consume approximately 160 million plant-based chicken wings, as the pace of pace of growth in the sector relents.
Read moreIs 2023 set to be a game-changer for lab-grown meat?
2023 could be the year that developments in alternative proteins bring major changes to what we eat
Read moreCompassion responds to COP27 outcomes
Progress on agriculture at COP27 is welcome but action from world leaders is needed to transform the global food system
Read moreGlobal cage-free progress increasing, sixth EggTrack report by Compassion in World Farming reveals
More companies than ever are making global commitments towards cage-free production, according to the sixth annual EggTrack report by Compassion in World Farming.
Read moreAmerican public agrees – factory farming industry putting profits ahead of climate and animals
New international opinion polls and billboards in capital cities mark launch of major new celebrity-backed global movement to end factory farming
Read moreWorld Octopus Day: NGOs unite to call for EU ban on cruel octopus factory farming
Compassion in World Farming has joined forces with NGOs from all over Europe and beyond to call on the EU to ban the cruel and environmentally damaging practice of octopus farming.
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