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 ...

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 ...

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

Every year over sixty billion farm animals are reared for our food, the majority in factory farms. Compassion’s work is crucial to ending this global scandal of suffering and achieving a more ...

There is a growing body of scientific evidence demonstrating that fish are sentient animals – capable of affective states of pain, fear and psychological stress and examples of… Compassion’s ...

All of these, including PDFs of the book and the lecturers’ notes, are available on a free DVD-ROM which can be ordered here. These materials focus on issues and solutions for higher welfare farming ...

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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 ...

Back in 1950, chicken was eaten as a treat; British people ate less than a kilo in a whole year. Now, we eat on average 25kg in a year - that's more than 2 kg per month. Broilers (chickens farmed for ...

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 ...

Organic production can offer animals higher welfare. In the UK organic pigs are outdoor reared (with access to straw bedded huts or tents and large paddocks). Sows and boars are kept in outdoor ...

Our short film highlights the key moments from our three-year journey behind the closed doors of the factory farm industry. For decades, our farm animals have been disappearing from our fields as our ...