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3/16/2023Press Releases & Statements
3/16/2023
Animal welfare campaigners call for octopus farm to be scrapped as source reveals cruelty and environmental consequences of proposed plans
Compassion in World Farming and Eurogroup for Animals are calling for the world’s first commercial octopus farm to be scrapped.
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1/31/2023
Americans expected to consume more than 160 million plant-based chicken wings during Super Bowl for second year in a row
More than ten million Americans are expected to consume approximately 160 million plant-based chicken wings, as the pace of pace of growth in the sector relents.
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1/9/2023
Is 2023 set to be a game-changer for lab-grown meat?
2023 could be the year that developments in alternative proteins bring major changes to what we eat
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11/21/2022
Compassion responds to COP27 outcomes
Progress on agriculture at COP27 is welcome but action from world leaders is needed to transform the global food system
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11/16/2022
Global cage-free progress increasing, sixth EggTrack report by Compassion in World Farming reveals
More companies than ever are making global commitments towards cage-free production, according to the sixth annual EggTrack report by Compassion in World Farming.
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11/12/2022
American public agrees – factory farming industry putting profits ahead of climate and animals
New international opinion polls and billboards in capital cities mark launch of major new celebrity-backed global movement to end factory farming
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10/7/2022
World Octopus Day: NGOs unite to call for EU ban on cruel octopus factory farming
Compassion in World Farming has joined forces with NGOs from all over Europe and beyond to call on the EU to ban the cruel and environmentally damaging practice of octopus farming.
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9/28/2022
Compassion in World Farming welcomes first fish certification welfare standards but says “more must be done”
More needs to be done to improve the lives of fish who suffer silently in underwater factory farms
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8/25/2022
Momentum for higher welfare broiler chicken grows as nine leading food businesses join the U.S. Working Group for Broiler Welfare
Nine new leading food businesses join the U.S. Working Group for Broiler Welfare, bringing the group to 16 members.
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7/7/2022
Major new undercover investigation reveals cruelty, torment and frustration of sows in European farms—including suppliers of "premium" hams such as Parma and Bayonne
A major new investigation by Compassion in World Farming reveals the immense suffering of sows in cage systems on European farms—including those supplying products popular in the U.S. such as "premium” Parma and Bayonne hams.
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