All Animal welfare articles – Page 21
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NewsWelfare groups ramp up pressure for method of production labelling
The Labelling Matters coalition gearing up for a major campaign calling for labelling on all meat and dairy prodeucts in the ‘near future’
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NewsBowood Farms workers sentenced over cruelty to sheep
The halal abattoir’s director and four employees were prosecuted for causing unnecessary suffering to animals
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NewsMorrisons buys Yorkshire egg supplier Chippindale Foods
The deal will allow Morrisons to bring forward the date at which all its eggs will come from non-caged hens
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NewsBadger culling is effective TB control says chief vet
The outcome of this year’s culls indicated that “industry-led culling can deliver the level of effectiveness required”
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NewsDefra move to recognise animal sentience welcomed
Draft welfare Bill has been welcomed by welfare campaigners and explicitly recognises animals have feelings and emotions
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NewsAnimal sentience: where does the UK really stand?
The government has faced a backlash over its position on animal sentience after Brexit, so what exactly is going on?
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NewsCompassion in World Farming attacks parmesan farm welfare
CIWF claims poor welfare standards on Italian dairy farms that supply milk for Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano
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NewsBill Oddie in 'debauched' dig at cheap sausages
“Smutty” new ad campaign aims to persuade consumers to shun sausages from ’low-welfare’ and non-assured farms
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NewsMarks & Spencer switches entire milk supply to RSPCA Assured
Change comes after M&S farm was implicated in exposé by animal welfare group
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NewsRSPCA Assured distances itself from crisis-hit parent the RSPCA
RSPCA Assured said the accreditation scheme’s owner Freedom Food was a ’registered charity in its own right’
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NewsRSPCA Assured sees volume sales rise despite fewer SKUs
The number of assured products on sale in the major supermarkets fell by more than a thousand
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InterviewsPETA's Ingrid Newkirk: the animal advocate who won't give up
However you feel about PETA, the world’s biggest animal rights group, plenty of Brits agree with them
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NewsGovernment avian flu controls in England to be lifted from 15 May
Defra has changed its risk assessment over the spread of the virus from ‘medium’ to ‘low’
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NewsEggs to get free-range status back as restrictions are lifted
All poultry in England will be allowed outside from 13 April after the risk of avian flu subsided
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NewsM&S admits farm failings and brings in RSPCA Assured measures
Dairy supplier had ‘made a mistake’ by keeping calves in cramped conditions, but M&S will resist calls to cut ties
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NewsM&S urged to cut ties with supplier over welfare allegations
Calves as old as six months old were kept in cramped pens designed for much younger animals, claims Animal Equality UK
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NewsPoultry breeder suspends staff member over abandoned chicks
Some 1,500 day-old chicks were abandoned in a Lincolshire field last week
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NewsSainsbury's falls down animal welfare standards list
Business Benchmark on Animal Welfare audit said retailer was yet to show it had addressed welfare recommendations
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NewsOne Stop Halal apologises for chicken scalding error
The meat producer has apologised after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to 81 chickens
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NewsM&S suspends chicken suppliers over cruelty claims
A Peta investigation claims birds have been kept in ‘nightmarish’ conditions