All Animal welfare articles – Page 17
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NewsM&S suspends chicken suppliers over cruelty claims
A Peta investigation claims birds have been kept in ‘nightmarish’ conditions
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NewsCalls to ban farm antibiotics slammed by food coalition RUMA
A letter calling for action on antibiotic use and signed by 15 medics has been sent to Andrea Leadsom and Jeremy Hunt
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NewsFarmfoods to stop sourcing eggs from caged hens by 2025
The discounter has fallen into line with all other major supermarket chains in the UK
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NewsFarmfoods faces protests as Lidl extends caged egg pledge
Discounter now the only major supermarket not to commit to phasing out caged hen eggs
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NewsMPs call on UK supermarkets to act on antibiotics
Motion calls for action from retailers, however, BRC says position is “crystal clear”
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News'Antibiotic-free' meat range eyed by Morrisons
The retailer has registered the phrase ‘Morrisons Raised Without Antibiotics’ as a trademark
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NewsDefra confirms extension of controversial badger cull
Additional licences covering parts of Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset have been confirmed
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NewsCampaigning teenager calls on Leadsom to ban caged hen farming
Lucy Gavaghan’s petition began on Friday and has already gathered over 21,000 signatures
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NewsAsda confirms it will phase out eggs from caged hens by 2025
CIWF says “the hope that a cage-free day will dawn in modern egg production looks increasingly feasible”
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NewsRSPCA Assured appoints Clive Brazier as new CEO
Brazier joined the assurance scheme as general manager in 2014, and took over as acting CEO six months ago
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NewsSchoolgirl takes on Morrisons and Asda over caged eggs
Fourteen-year-old has previously petitioned Tesco, who pledged to stop selling caged eggs by 2025
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NewsRSPCA's Jeremy Cooper under fire from animal campaigners
The former boss of the Freedom Food welfare assurance scheme has become embroiled in a row over RSPCA’s future direction
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Comment and OpinionDefra u-turn on animal welfare is regressive
Your article about Defra’s u-turn on animal welfare guidance is one of the few balanced pieces we’ve seen
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NewsPoultry sector says chickens won't suffer under welfare reform
The government is about to move from statutory welfare codes to industry-led guidance
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Comment and OpinionTime to crack the chicken cage conundrum
Although almost 50% of eggs in the UK are cage-free, many still come from hens living in cramped conditions
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NewsMorrisons challenges its placing in animal welfare report
The retailer was ranked in the fourth of six tiers in the annual Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare audit
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NewsNoble Foods wins top marks for animal welfare improvements
Egg giant Noble Foods gets top marks for animal welfare in global audit
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NewsWholesalers withdraw sale of 'inhumane' glue rodent traps
Wholesalers bow to pressure over glue-based rodent traps
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NewsRSPCA defends salmon-farming seal policy in face of criticism
The RSPCA has rejected claims it is supporting a “shoot-to-kill” policy of seals on RSPCA Assured salmon farms
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NewsRSPCA bans chicken flock thinning to improve welfare
Thinning will be banned under the RSPCA Assured label next year