Progress at last! New legislation is set to recognise molluscs and crustaceans as sentient beings in a fantastic step forward in animal welfare.
Progress! Yesterday, the European Commission banned the use of cages on animal farms in a historic win for animal rights that Viva! helped fight for.
Farmed animals have been included in The Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare but it’s not enough.
Viva! provides guidance on what to do if a factory farm might be moving into your area
This made the headlines in The Telegraph recently, which means that the Government has committed to phase out the breeding of fast-growing chickens for meat, otherwise known as broilers.
Another strain of bird flu has made the jump from birds to humans, this time in a poultry farm in Russia, bringing a potential flu pandemic a step closer.
The highly contagious bird flu virus strain H5N8 has infected seven workers in Russia proving that factory farming is a ticking time bomb for future pandemics.
Some 9 in 10 Britons want the Government to introduce an immediate ban on intensive farming methods amid concerns over killer viruses. A new poll out today will reveal 85 percent want to see an end to so-called ‘factory farms’.
