Compassion in World Farming
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Compassion In World Farming is a European based animal welfare charitable organisation, which has branches in the United Kingdom, China and Ireland. It was founded in 1967 by a Hampshire dairy farmer called Peter Roberts (7 June 1924 – 15 November 2006) in response to the growth in factory farming[1].
The charity enjoys the support of various celebrities including Joanna Lumley, and campaigns against the live export of animals, inhumane slaughter, and systems of factory farming which includes the farming of animals for fur.
It promotes organic and free range animal produce, as well as vegetarianism/veganism, and a general reduction in consumption of meat, as ways to reduce animal suffering and environmental damage.
Compassion in World Farming in the UK is a registered charity (Registered Charity Number 1095050).
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[edit] Mission and Aims
The CIWF vision is a world where farm animals are treated with compassion and respect and where cruel factory farming practices end.
Their mission is to advance the wellbeing of farm animals worldwide.
[edit] Welcome To The Battery
In 1988 Compassion in World Farming made a Public Information Film called Welcome To The Battery for the cinema advertisements. This was to promote awareness and encourage the boycotting of Battery Farming. Rated 18, it was set up like a public announcement and centered on a spokesperson describing what happens to chickens on entering the battery and what occurs from there on in. Ending on a solitary scrawny chicken that is missing feathers and is in obvious poor health. With the caption displayed being Buy Free Range Eggs...THEY DON'T COST THIS MUCH.
[edit] References
- ^ Obituary at BBC Radio 4 - Accessed 16 December 2006
