Compassion in World Farming
public education, research | |
Chief Executive | Philip Lymbery |
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Staff | 102 |
Volunteers | 4 |
Website | www |
Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) is a campaigning and lobbying
History
Activism
Compassion in World Farming does not support violence or threats;
CIWF advocates free range systems, but accepts straw-bedded indoor systems for pigs.[15] It has warned about factory farming of dairy cattle, which it says is neither economically beneficial for farmers nor healthy for cows.[20] It has advocated a complete ban on fur farming in Ireland, which it describes as "one of the most serious animal welfare problems facing Ireland today".[21] In 2002, it called for a global moratorium on all experimental or commercial cloning of farm animals.[22] It opposes the practice of live export of farm animals for slaughter, instead advocating that the animals be slaughtered before transport.[23] In support of this position, its supporters have demonstrated in London,[23] Ipswich,[24] Belfast,[25] Ramsgate,[26] and Dover.[27] It has also campaigned to maintain a ban on the live transport of horses.[28] It supports a ban on foie gras, calling this "an example of intensive farming at its worst".[29]
Celebrity supporters have included Joanna Lumley, who spoke against long distance animal transport,[30] and Paul McCartney, who advocated for reduced consumption of meat products.[31] In 2010, Jo Brand, Bill Oddie, Zac Goldsmith, Marc Abraham, and William Roache endorsed CIWF's protest against factory farming of cattle by Nocton Dairies.[32] Early supporters include Spike Milligan and Celia Hammond, who protested against battery cages.[7]
Awards
In 2007, CIWF won the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Award for the best food campaigner/educator.[33] In 2009, it won the Broadcast Digital Award for Best Use of Interactive for their Chicken Out! website.[34] In 2011, it won a Third Sector Excellence Award for its annual review[35] and The Observer's Ethical Award for Campaigner of the Year.[36]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Our story". Compassion in World Farming. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ D'Silva, Joyce (22 November 2006). "Peter Roberts". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Last Word". BBC Radio 4. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Joyce D'Silva – Ambassador". live.ciwf.org.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Siegle, Lucy (18 January 2014). "Have vets really sold out to industrial agri-business?". The Observer. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ a b Halliday, Claire (3 July 2006). "Compassion on the menu". The Age. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Peter Roberts". The Daily Telegraph. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Peter Roberts". The Economist. 30 November 2006. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Penman, Danny (4 February 1995). "Extremists vow to avenge their 'martyr'". The Independent. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ Kirby, Alex (9 May 2003). "Animals 'are moral beings'". BBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- London Evening Standard. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- The Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ a b Hickman, Martin (15 July 2010). "Waitrose named compassionate supermarket of the year". The Independent. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ "Organic dairy wins acclaim". The Northern Echo. 6 July 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
- ^ BBC News Magazine. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "'Cruel' battery hen farming attacked". BBC News. 23 November 1998. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Spy video reveals Irish cattle cruelty". Irish Independent. 16 April 1998. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Pigs kept in 'shocking conditions'". BBC News. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Animal export 'video nasty'". BBC News. 19 April 2000. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Day of the battery cow upon us". Irish Independent. 19 December 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ Sheehan, Aideen (4 December 2004). "Protesters call for a complete ban on fur farming". Irish Independent. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ D'Silva, Joyce (4 January 2002). "Head-to-head: Cloning". BBC News. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ a b "Protesters herded on to tube train". BBC News. 25 March 2002. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "RSPCA's legal threat if Ipswich port resumes live animal exports". BBC News. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Protest against live exports". BBC News. 7 March 2002. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Kent sheep deaths anniversary marked". BBC News. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Live exports campaigners use Dover's white cliffs". BBC News. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Fight for horses goes to No 10". BBC News. 18 November 2003. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ Prince, Rose (3 April 2012). "Is there too much fuss about foie gras?". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ "Joanna Lumley backs long distance animal transport ban". BBC News. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Sir Paul McCartney urges meat-free day to cut CO2". BBC News. 29 November 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "More famous faces join the fight against plans for Nocton super-dairy". Lincolnshire Echo. 18 October 2010. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Former restaurant chef's return to school leads to Radio 4 Food & Farming Award". BBC Radio 4. 28 November 2007. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ McMahon, Kate (19 June 2009). "iPlayer guru honoured at Broadcast Digital Awards". Broadcast. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Third Sector Excellence Awards 2011: Annual Report - Winner: Compassion in World Farming". ThirdSector.co.uk. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ^ "Observer Ethical awards Winners 2011". The Observer. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2014.