Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation

12/06/2026

Today on , we’re celebrating the power of empathy to inspire positive change for animals.
Animals can feel pain, fear and pleasure and a greater understanding of animals’ needs and experiences helps create policies, practices and choices to advance animal welfare . 🐾🐾

10/06/2026

Video shows vet Dr Steven McCulloch( who wrote our report on banning pig farrowing crates and further reports) talks on the suffering pigs are subjected to in cages on industrial farms and why the veterinary profession must speak out to end this:

Across the UK and beyond, public polling consistently shows that pe...

07/06/2026

While thousands of people visit farms today on Open Farm Sunday, there will be no open doors to the factory farms where millions of farmed animals spend their lives crammed in cages, hidden away in industrial units across the countryside

06/06/2026

CAWF’s latest report covered in the Daily Express newspaper today, ‘ Who Owns British Farming? Vulnerability in the UK Food System’ finds that foreign entities now control approximately 45.5% of the UK’s own animal agriculture production and processing by revenue, with even higher levels in key sectors including dairy (64%), pork (52%) and beef (45%).
15.4 million hectares of overseas land are required to sustain UK consumption – an area larger than England and Wales combined.

The report finds a “double vulnerability”: a growing reliance on foreign corporate ownership within its domestic agricultural sector- undermining food sovereignty -alongside a deep structural dependence on overseas land to sustain current consumption patterns- weakening food security.

CAWF is calling for a strategic rebalancing of the UK food system to strengthen both food security and food sovereignty.
The report highlights the potential to:
• Prioritise British agriculture while reducing dependence on overseas land and shifting national priorities towards domestic horticulture and more efficient land use
• Improve national self-sufficiency, particularly in fruit and vegetables, where current levels remain low
• Support a transition towards more sustainable and resilient farming systems
CAWF also points to international examples, including the Netherlands’ high-output horticulture sector, as evidence that land-efficient, domestically focused production can deliver both economic and food security benefits.

https://www.conservativeanimalwelfarefoundation.org/factory-farming/the-conservative-animal-welfare-foundation-cawf-has-released-new-research-warning-that-the-uks-food-system-is-increasingly-exposed-to-global-shocks-with-control-over-production-and-supply/

Report:
https://www.conservativeanimalwelfarefoundation.org/resources/https-www-conservativeanimalwelfarefoundation-org-post_typeresourcesp14213previewtrue/

05/06/2026

This it’s important to recognise one of the most significant yet often overlooked contributors to environmental degradation: factory farming.
Industrial factory farming generates greenhouse gas emissions, drives deforestation for animal feed production, pollute waterways, degrade soils, and contribute to biodiversity loss. These impacts accelerate climate change while undermining the resilience of natural ecosystems.
Our report ‘ The Harms of Factory Farms’

https://www.conservativeanimalwelfarefoundation.org/resources/livestock-farming-in-the-united-kingdom-is-very-different-from-a-few-short-decades-ago-today-most-livestock-are-consolidated-into-large-factory-farms-which-have-replaced-small-family-farms-especia/

03/06/2026

Last night we joined the parliamentary roundtable hosted by Irene Campbell MP and Animal Equality UK to discuss the government’s promise to ban foie gras imports. Good to hear the trade experts, scientists, legal specialists, advocates and NGOs whose insights reinforced the case for ending this cruel trade. Ban foie gras imports. Photo shows Irene Campbell MP

03/06/2026

Last night we joined the parliamentary roundtable hosted by Irene Campbell MP and Animal Equality to discuss the government’s promise to ban foie gras imports. Good to hear the trade experts, scientists, legal specialists, advocates and NGOs whose insights reinforced the case for ending this cruel trade. Ban foie gras imports

01/06/2026

Article tilted: ‘The way we treat pigs is a sin’. ‘The practice of "crating" is torture, plain and simple. Voters want to end it, but Congress might not let them’ :

The practice of "crating" is torture, plain and simple. Voters want to end it, but Congress might not let them.

28/05/2026

Article titled: ‘Who speaks for pigs? The Farm Bill, Proposition 12 and capture of the US veterinary profession’ by Dr Steven McCulloch in LSE Blogs

The American Veterinary Medical Association’s Farm Bill support is strong evidence of capture within the US veterinary profession by the pork industry.

27/05/2026

Our co-founder Chris Platt says “Most consumers would be shocked to learn some dairy products can come from cows permanently confined in industrial-scale units. We believe the public has a right to honest food labelling so consumers can understand how animals were raised and support higher welfare British farming”, in article by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism on UK dairy cows confined indoors 24/7

MPs and campaigners call for full transparency on milk and cheese products after we reveal twofold growth in UK’s intensive cattle farms