River pollution battle heats up as poultry giant fights landmark legal claim
Over 1,300 people sue poultry and sewage firms over River Wye and Usk pollution, while companies deny responsibility and challenge the evidence. Lawyers for one of the country’s biggest producers of industrially farmed chicken have attacked a claim that they are...
Mexico moves to ban octopus farming over welfare concerns
Mexico proposes banning octopus farming due to high mortality, cannibalism, and growing global concerns over animal sentience. Mexico has introduced a bill to ban octopus farming nationwide. The new bill cites the extremely high mortality rates and cannibalism...
Industrial fishing trawlers ravage UK marine protected areas
Industrial fishing continues inside UK marine protected areas, raising concerns that protections exist largely on paper. Almost 40% of England’s seas are designated as marine protected areas. Their purpose, the government says, is “to protect and recover rare...
The hidden cruelty behind baby animals in Australia’s food industry
An exposé reveals the brutal reality for baby farm animals in Australia and urges readers to choose compassionate, plant-based alternatives. When kids’ TV shows depict baby animals on farms, they’re always happy. Pigs snuggling with their mums, calves drinking from...
Scientists want cigarette-style warning labels on UK bacon and ham
Bacon and ham sold in the UK should carry cigarette-style labels warning that chemicals in them cause bowel cancer, scientists say. Scientists wrote to the UK government urging them to introduce cigarette-style cancer warnings on bacon and ham, condemning a decade of...
