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.
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation celebrated its 10th anniversary at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, bringing together Shadow Defra Ministers, MPs, Peers and animal welfare advocates.
New nationally representative polling commissioned by CAWF finds that one in six UK adults places farm animal welfare among the Government’s five highest priorities, while 87% believe protecting farmed animals is important. The findings reveal strong cross-party support and show why animal welfare should form part of confident, credible political leadership.
The UK faces a significant “democratic deficit” in its domestic supply chain. We found that foreign entities now control approximately 45.5% of the UK’s own animal agricultural production and processing by revenue. This dominance is most acute in the dairy (64%), pork (52%), and beef (45%) sectors.
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.
Animal welfare campaigns have traditionally focused on consumers, politicians and companies. But there is another audience we need to reach: the people who price corporate risk.
Factory farming depends on capital. Companies borrow, issue bonds and refinance debt, while investors continually reassess risk. If poor animal welfare leads to regulation, litigation, changing customer requirements, restricted market access or stranded assets, those are not simply welfare concerns — they can become financial risks.
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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.
