A strong voice for Animal Welfare within Politics
A strong voice for Animal Welfare within Politics
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) was established to raise awareness on the lives of billions of animals reared on intensive farms around the world and how this impacts upon animal welfare, the environment and people’s health. We want to highlight the action people can take to help advance farm animal welfare.
Esther McVey MP is set to introduce a Ten Minute Rule Motion on 3 November calling for compulsory labelling of halal and kosher meat. CAWF highlights the opportunity to strengthen transparency around slaughter methods and ensure consumers can make informed choices.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has welcomed the Government’s announcement of plans to phase out the use of high-concentration carbon dioxide (CO₂) stunning of pigs in British slaughterhouses, marking an important step forward for farm animal welfare.
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has joined animal protection organisations in signing an open letter calling on Pret A Manger to honour its commitment to phase out the use of fast-growing chickens, commonly known as ‘Frankenchickens’, from its supply chain.
For billions of farm animals, the horrors of factory farming are not confined to Halloween. From caged hens and confined pigs to fast-growing ‘Frankenchickens’, their suffering continues every day. It’s time to end factory farming.
This World Farm Animals Day, we’re calling for an end to farrowing crates, a move away from fast-growing ‘Frankenchickens’, stronger protections for farmed fish and mandatory animal welfare labelling
CAWF co-founders Lorraine and Chris Platt visited campaigner Michelle Farnham as she spent 21 days inside a farrowing crate in Trafalgar Square, highlighting the severe confinement endured by 60% of mother pigs on UK indoor farms. CAWF is calling for a ban on farrowing crates and a transition to zero-confinement systems.
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A free ebook written by our Patron John Flack (fmr MEP) and fmr Vice President of the European Parliament Animal Welfare Intergroup.
The central idea of this book is to encourage you to stop and think about the way mankind treats and mis-treats animals both in the United Kingdom, and the wider EU plus give a few selected examples from around the world.
