All Animal welfare articles – Page 11
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Comment & OpinionPixar inspires Peta to put shoppers off turkey
It’s been a long year of hard sells, but as it ends, Peta are trying to persuade us not to buy something
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NewsFresh Christmas turkeys cost up to 45% more in wake of bird flu crisis
Assosia data shows there are also significantly fewer fresh turkey SKUs available this year, after half the festive flock was lost to avian flu
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NewsFuture of UK free-range turkey production at risk, MPs hear
Some 600,000 birds – representing about half of those earmarked for this year’s Christmas season – have now been lost to bird flu, the Efra committee heard
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NewsRSPCA Assured appoints ex-World Animal Protection boss Mike Baker as new CEO
Baker, who had served as interim CEO since March, succeeds Clive Brazier
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Comment & OpinionFarmed fish are suffering without adequate legal protection. It’s time to act
The Animal Welfare Act is not enough to legally protect farmed fish against gruesome fates, says Abigail Penny, executive director of Animal Equality UK
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NewsWales to introduce bird flu housing order later this week
The move followed heightened concerns of a westward spread of the disease, said the Welsh government
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NewsTurkey production ‘may need rethink’ in light of bird flu crisis
Poultry supplier Copas Turkeys will meet its Christmas obligatgions this year, but at a cost
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NewsGlobal cage-free egg progress increasing, new report reveals
In the UK, 64.6% of eggs are now cage-free and there has been an increase in free-range
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NewsCampaigners target Lidl over fast-growing chicken breeds
Campaign group The Humane League is set to stage a protest at the discounter’s headquarters in Tolworth, south west London, from 7am today (17 November) until 7pm tomorrow
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NewsPublic believes factory farming puts profits ahead of climate and animals, new research finds
It revealed that only half of British adults (55%) were aware that the livestock sector produces more greenhouse gas emissions than the transport sector
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NewsFrozen turkey prices soar by as much as a third due to bird flu
Exclusive analysis of Assosia data by The Grocer shows prices have rocketed in the major mults versus the same time last year
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NewsThird of free-range turkeys now lost to bird flu
All captive birds will be legally required to be kept indoors from 7 November
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy cows could be an unexpected climate solution
Cattle farming is notoriously carbon intensive. But new techniques could see cows go from being a problem to part of the climate solution
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NewsDefrosted poultry sales rules relaxed in bid to tackle bird flu crisis
Defra has announced a temporary easement to poultry marketing rules and improved compensation for avian flu-hit producers
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NewsGressingham calls for state aid as bird flu wipes out goose flock
The supplier has called for an improvement to compensation packages after it lost its festive geese flock to the disease
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NewsChristmas turkey flocks decimated as ‘worst ever’ bird flu outbreak looms
Over 300,000 turkeys have already been lost, with predcitions the number hit could ‘easily double’
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NewsBird flu: urgent calls for housing measures to extend nationwide
Defra introduced regional housing measures in Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex on Wednesday
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NewsArla launches new farm assurance scheme for branded milk
Arla CARE is rolling out this month on branded Arla milks such as Cravendale, and is being supported by a £3m marketing push
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News2 Sisters hits major high-welfare chicken production milestone
The poultry giant now produces a fifth of its chickens (representing two million birds a week) to the standards of the Better Chicken Commitment
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NewsLidl makes 100% free-range egg commitment
The discounter has said it will phase out caged egg sales by the end of 2024