@ConservativeAWF

CAWF raises awareness of intensive factory farming’s impact on animals, environment and health, driving change through policy reform

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Joined January 2016
Thank you to all MPs and Peers who have worked to end live exports in Parliament for years. And to all the orgs, campaigners and public who have tirelessly worked to end this vile trade. GB is the first in Europe to ban live animal exports & we hope other countries will introduce their own bans
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Frankenchickens are fast-growing chickens bred to reach slaughter weight in just a few weeks. Many suffer painful leg and bone problems, struggling to move, lameness and heart failure. A shift to slower-growing breeds gives birds more time to develop and can improve their welfare. End the use of Frankenchickens
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As the Labour Party Conference approaches, we urge the government to take action to advance animal welfare. More than two years after Labour took office, there has still been no Government Bill to advance animal welfare. The government’s promises have yet to be matched by legislation. Commitments must now become action. Actions speaker louder than words
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Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation retweeted
NEW REPORT 💡 20 years after the Animal Welfare Act 2006 came into force, there remains a gap between the protections set out in law and what animals experience in practice. It’s time to put animals back into the Animal Welfare Act. Read our report: animallawfoundation.org/repo… #AWA20 #AnimalWelfareAct
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Mandatory animal welfare labelling helps consumers make informed choices about how animals are reared. The success of egg labelling has shown that clear information can encourage shoppers to choose free-range eggs over those from caged hens. We call for mandatory animal welfare labelling
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Our video shows Michelle Farnham in a pig farrowing crate cage for 3 weeks in Trafalgar Square, to support her campaign to bring public attention to the extremely narrow cages that 60% of sows suffer in, on UK intensive farms when giving birth and nursing their piglets for around 5 weeks. End pig farrowing crates
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Yesterday we met campaigner Michelle Farnham as she spends 21 days and nights inside a metal pig farrowing crate cage in Trafalgar Square, to bring public attention to the severe confinement endured by 60% of mother pigs on UK intensive farms. End pig farrowing crates: conservativeanimalwelfarefou…
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Gestation crates in the US are one example of intensive farming practices that cause immense suffering to millions of animals. We must oppose legislative proposals that would weaken or reverse vital animal welfare protections
The worst day of my life would be the best day of these animals’ lives. Most humans have not even scratched the surface of suffering.
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Factory farming depends on finance. To end practices such as breeding ‘Frankenchickens’, we must show companies and investors why poor animal welfare is also a financial risk. Animal Welfare and Financial Risk- From Frankenchickens to Bond Markets:
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Chris Packham joins a campaigner who is spending three weeks in a 43-inch-tall pig farrowing crate to raise awareness of the conditions mother pigs are kept in, while calling on the government to commit to ending factory farming by 2040.  End pig farrowing crate cages dailymail.com/news/article-1…
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More than two years after Labour took office, we are disappointed that there has still been no Government-led Bill to advance animal welfare. Promises must now be matched by action. The Government should include animal welfare legislation alongside its wider legislative programme and other Bills before Parliament. Animals cannot afford further delay
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Some cows are permanently confined to industrial scale units and don’t have access to outdoors pastures in the UK. There is no current legal requirement for food labels to reveal how animals are reared or method of slaughter. We call for mandatory animal welfare labelling so consumers can make informed choices thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
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In Parliament today to support the #StopTheGrind event. The Grind or Grindadrap is an inhumane and unnecessary drive hunt practised in the Faroe Islands, during which pods of long-finned pilot whales and other small cetaceans, including Atlantic white-sided dolphins are driven into designated bays and slaughtered. End this brutal slaughter stopthegrind.org
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Good to join the annual Nature 2030 Political Progress Awards in Parliament last night, bringing together MPs, Peers and wildlife, animal welfare and environmental organisations. Many Congratulations to all the inspirational winners on their awards! @nature2030 #PoliticalPurposeAwards
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Our report ‘The Case Against High-Concentration CO2 Stunning and Killing of Pigs' reveals the practice causes pigs extreme pain, panic breathlessness and distress for up to 60 seconds before loss of consciousness. CO2 stunning is used on an estimated 90% (around 9 million) pigs slaughtered in England and Wales. Government should act urgently to introduce legislation to ban it conservativeanimalwelfarefou…
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‘Labour warned it must deliver full ban on 'cruel' cages for mother pigs’. Campaigners fear that they could be replaced with temporary crates which would still see mother pigs confined for around 10 days. express.co.uk/news/politics/…
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Our Patron Dame @RebeccaHarrisMP Bill to Prohibit the Sale of Glue Traps is due to have its Second Reading on Friday 4 September. Rebecca supported the Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022, which criminalised the unlicensed use of glue traps. Despite this Act, glue traps remain openly for sale, meaning that access to these inhumane devices is still possible. The new Bill put forward by Rebecca will take the law a step further and prohibit the sale of glue traps
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Millions of laying hens in the UK are crammed in cages that provide each bird with little more space than an A4 sheet of paper. This prevent hens from fully stretching their wings, moving freely and carrying out their natural behaviours. Some countries have ended cages for laying hens . The UK should show the same ambition and end these cages
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Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation retweeted
I am delighted to have been re-appointed by @KemiBadenoch as Shadow DEFRA Secretary of State. It’s a wonderful role and we have all sorts of plans for the future. Back to Parliament and holding the government to account tomorrow 🇬🇧🚜🌳
STANDING UP FOR FARMERS: @VictoriaAtkins remains Shadow Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary. Vicky has been a powerful voice for British farmers, helping force Labour into a partial U-turn on its damaging Family Farm Tax.
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Our #CrateEscape campaign urges for an end to pig farrowing crates which are currently used for 60% of sows in the UK, who are unable to move about or even turn around for around 5 weeks. Some countries have banned these cages but this is still legal in the UK.End this suffering-end pig cages
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