The Queen guitarist Sir Brian May has resigned as vice-president of the RSPCA in protest at what he called the “appalling” animal welfare standards on farms certified under the organisation’s scheme. Almost 4,000 food suppliers pay to use the RSPCA Assured label. Sir Brian said …
The Times today reports on a video which shows cow abuse at a Marks & Spencer farm which is also an RSPCA Assured farm. The video shows cows being beaten and stabbed. On this page there is a video which I can’t watch it to …
Danish farmers face the world’s first carbon tax in a €100 tax for each cow as Denmark aims to create a forest the size of Dorset in the UK (approximately 2,653 square kilometers (1,024 square miles)) in cutting emissions to 30% of the 1990 levels …
I have taken the headline from The Times newspaper. This is a claim by campaigners but they’ve done their research very thoroughly. Superbugs have been found in more than 50% of Lidl chicken products as tested by campaigners at a German laboratory. The argument is …
Animal activists have been charged with aggravated trespass in their protest against using gas chambers to kill pigs which they claim is very cruel. In defence they say it is the people making lots of money out of animal abuse and suffering that should be …
The headline is, “Wolf cull lacks teeth, say shepherds.” But animal advocates argue that there should be no cull at all. The wolf’s presence divides Europe. Wolves were hunted to extinction in France in the 20th century. There were given protected status in Italy and …
Farmers should be aware that if one of their cows chases and kills a hiker or tracker walking across their property on a bona fide right of way they are exposed to a claim for compensation which might be as high as hundred thousand pounds …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, has claimed that UK farmers are irresponsibly and recklessly overusing antibiotics where this extravagant use of a precious drug remains legal because UK ministers have failed to stand up to vested interests by which he means farmers’ …
It is time to be kind to your mind. To find some contentment. To be calm, to connect with nature, which is the way to achieve it in my opinion and getting close to cows is a wellness concept which appears to have originated in …
