All Animal welfare articles – Page 29
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Comment & Opinion
Bovine TB: grocery must back government over badger cull
The recent decision to postpone plans for a pilot cull of badgers was very difficult but also pragmatic and responsible….
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NewsMorrisons to pull MSC logo from own-label mackerel
Morrisons is to remove the MSC logo from cans of its own-label mackerel in the face of continuing uncertainty over the suspended status…
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NewsMSC urged to change policy on Iceland and Faroes fish
As the EC prepares to get tough with Iceland and the Faroes over their continued plundering of the North East Atlantic mackerel…
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Comment & Opinion
We need more of a buzz about bee crisis
Since we rely on bees to pollinate 90% of our food crops, you’d think we’d treat them with the utmost respect…
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NewsFree-range milk manifesto takes shape
The first bottles of milk to carry a “free-range” logo in the UK could be on shelves by the end of next year…
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Comment & Opinion
Consumers need champions
In my time as retail controller of the Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS) I was a member of…
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NewsMiers backs plan to feed pigs food waste
Former Masterchef winner Thomasina Miers has teamed up with food waste expert Tristram Stuart…
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NewsDelamere rebuts allegations of cruelty from Daily Mail 'exposé'
Delamere Dairy has spoken out in defence of one of its goats milk suppliers, which was branded cruel in a Daily Mail exposé last week.
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NewsDairy campaign gives 'wrong idea'
The dairy industry has reacted with scepticism to a new welfare campaign fronted by Joanna Lumley…
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NewsHeston ad highlights Waitrose pig welfare claims
Waitrose will throw down the gauntlet to rivals over animal welfare in a new TV advert starring Heston Blumenthal.
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NewsLumley fronts dairy cow welfare push
Joanna Lumley is fronting a new campaign to improve the welfare of European dairy cows.
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NewsJimmy's high-welfare kiev wins over Tesco
Jimmy Doherty’s mission to get Tesco to switch to higher-welfare sourcing on key poultry and meat lines has had its first commercial success - Tesco’s new free-range chicken kiev is among the top 25% selling breaded poultry products in stores where it’s sold,
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NewsFarm Animal Week push for Sainsbury's
Sainsbury’s is teaming up with the RSPCA for Farm Animal Week this year, launching a fundraising drive on Freedom Foods products.
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NewsMakro resists calls to stop selling live lobster
Makro has rejected calls from animal welfare campaigners to stop selling live lobsters and crabs…
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NewsCalf Forum: 100,000 dairy calves are shot
Some 100,000 dairy calves were killed last year because they were the wrong sex, new figures have suggested.
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NewsProducers relieved over cost outlook for pig house flooring
There was a sigh of relief from British pig producers this week after the European Commission clarified the kind of flooring pigs…
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NewsWarning over pig 'mercy missions'
Pig farmers are being urged to ensure their sites are secure from trespassers amid rising concerns that animal rights campaigners are targeting farms…
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Comment & Opinion
CIWF aspirations are out of touch with reality
Critics may say our standards are ‘no more than basic legal minimum’, but a study published by Defra last year shows that legal compliance on certified farms is significantly better.
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News
Lambing season under threat from new virus
British sheep farmers are bracing themselves for a nail-biting lambing season this spring
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NewsCaged hens in UK down from half a million to 20,000
Fewer than 20,000 egg-laying hens are still in conventional cages in the UK – with the number falling every day, farming minister Jim Paice has said.