We are committed to transparency. To exercise effective governance and oversight, Compassion in World Farming benefits from the expertise and insight of a high-caliber board of trustees. This expert ...

Octopuses are complex, intelligent, and sentient animals, very well known for their eight arms and their amazing cognitive abilities. Studies have shown that octopuses learn easily, can solve problems ...

More than 50 billion chickens are reared annually as a source of food, for both their meat and their eggs.

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Chickens slaughtered for Halal meat are not being stunned effectively. Instead of being rendered instantly unconscious when stunned, they will be receiving a painful electric shock that immobilises ...

Currently, one third of the world’s cereal crop goes to feed the 70 billion farm animals reared every year to produce meat, eggs and dairy products – the majority of them on factory farms. With ...

Factory farming is intensive farming systems that put production above all else, creating vast quantities of seemingly cheap meat, milk and eggs. Most of the 92 billion land animals farmed each year ...

Compassion In World Farming campaigns peacefully to end factory farming and create sustainable food systems that benefit animals, people, and the planet. Why? We believe that everyone has the right to ...

A world without effective antibiotics is a terrifying but real prospect. When antibiotics are used and overused, the bacteria they are meant to kill can adapt and develop resistance, making these life ...

Despite the vast body of evidence that shows factory farming to be a bad thing for animals, communities, our health and the planet, the spread of this backwards system of agriculture is showing no ...

Compassion believes that no animal should suffer for food production. A European Council Directive states: No animal shall be provided with food or liquid in a manner... which may cause unnecessary ...

Fish are intelligent, sensitive creatures and like many other animals, they explore, travel, socialise, hunt and play. Some species care for their young and use tools as humans do. Fish are sentient ...