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Medical Ethics in the Media
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March 8, 2013
Australian welfare example leads change overseas
By Anna Vidot – ABC Rural Australia’s chief vet says the ESCAS system, designed to safeguard the welfare of Australian livestock sent for slaughter overseas, is “performing very well”. Dr Mark Schipp says there have been improvements in welfare and transparency in receiving markets since ESCAS was implemented, and some countries within the South-East Asian …
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March 5, 2013
Campaign for better food labelling
By RSPCA With more of us interested in where our food comes from than ever before, manufacturers and supermarkets are increasingly exploiting our interest in animal welfare to sell their products. Food labels are an important way of ensuring consumers can make informed choices about what they eat and compulsory labelling can also help to raise …
February 27, 2013
The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare
By: Compassion In World Farming The Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare, the first structured benchmark of the world’s leading food companies, provides an objective account of the state of farm animal welfare as a business issue. The benchmark of 68 global food companies reveals that many companies in the food industry are not effectively …
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February 18, 2013
Will reason prevail on mulesing?
The Land – David Leyonhjelm – 18/2/13 Back in 2004 the radical animal rights group PETA launched a campaign against the sheep industry based on its opposition to mulesing. Targeting major clothing retailers in Europe and the US, it threatened to initiate a worldwide boycott of Australian wool unless the practice was stopped. The industry’s …