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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reform UK, Plaid Cymru and the Conservatives have all expressed their support for a badger cull in Wales, with only the Greens and Labour standing up for badgers. This is absolutely devastating news. A cull hasn't yet been officially announced, but a decision is expected any time.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The project will support species including seahorses, spider crabs, cuttlefish, bass and sharks. It will restore 10 hectares of seagrass meadow in Falmouth Bay and rebuild native oyster populations across the Fal and Helford Special Areas of Conservation.
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Paula Chernoff @paulachernoff11.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Three baby house finches newly hatched yesterday in the nest in the front door wreath.
Three newly hatched baby house finches in the nest in the wreath on the front dooir.
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
On Earth Day, the U.S. House of Reps planned to vote on a bill to drastically weaken the ESA. The vote was pulled for lack of support, however, this threat could still return. The ESA has saved 99% of species from extinction. We can't afford to let these protections be stripped away.🔗 bit.ly/4tPpEcG
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How Trump and Congress Are Attacking the Endangered Species Act – and What You Can Do
Extractive industries that have long despised the ESA now have powerful allies. We’re fighting back.
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 19/03/2026
We are excited to announce our official partnership with A Dairy Story Film, a documentary about a pioneering farm that keeps dairy calves with their mothers. 🐮💚🐮 Read more: bit.ly/4cVc1D9
New film ‘A Dairy Story’ spotlights the farm keeping dairy calves with their mothers.
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 11/02/2026
Across the UK, this winter’s bird flu season is expected to be among the worst on record. Our Global CEO @philip-ciwf.bsky.social explains how intensive farming turbocharged the virus.⬇️
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WHEN A WINTER VIRUS MEETS OUR MORNING EGGS
Why blaming wild birds misses the real cause of our worst avian flu outbreaks It begins with a silence, the kind followed by a cull. The setting belies the tragedy. The rolling hills and outstanding natural beauty of West Linton in the Scottish Borders....
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 10/02/2026
Calves aren’t cargo. However, Brittany Ferries is still cruelly exporting unweaned calves from Ireland to France - despite acknowledging that this breaches EU law. #BanLiveExports
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Brittany Ferries: campaign to stop calf trade escalates
Social media outrage grows after ferry firm ignores animal welfare warnings
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🚨 Update on Cody Roberts’ trial: Judge Lavery has taken the matter under advisement and will issue a decision at a later date. At this time, a felony charge remains active and the case is still scheduled for trial on March 9th, unless ruled otherwise. 🔗 bit.ly/4q2S7Jj
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Judge suggests wolf captor Cody Roberts’ felony case will proceed to trial - WyoFile
Attorneys on both sides of the animal cruelty case gave a preview at a Wednesday hearing of their arguments and lined out the particulars of a likely upcoming jury trial.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The Guga Hunt must end now, and the Scottish Government has the power to end this cruel "tradition" for good.
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Latest news: A judge has ordered the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to pay $115K in attorney’s fees after the state violated the Alaska Constitution by reauthorizing a wolf-killing policy on the southern Kenai Peninsula without considering updated population estimates. 🔗 bit.ly/3YpoIO5
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Judge finds Alaska’s bid to reauthorize wolf-shooting program on Kenai Peninsula is unconstitutional
An Anchorage Superior Court judge awarded more than $115,000 to a longtime wolf advocate who sued over a predator control program officials fought to keep though it’s been inactive for years.
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has said it is 'not acceptable' for the Justice Secretary to ignore MPs' pleas to discuss prisoners affiliated with Palestine Action who are on hunger strike
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Speaker furious as David Lammy ignores MPs' pleas on Palestine Action hunger strikers
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
The badger cull is still set to continue in 2026
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 06/11/2025
Local councils are giving the green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data. These intensive farms are bad for animals, bad for us, and bad for the planet. Planning authorities must act accordingly. Article by @clarecarlile.bsky.social.
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Intensive livestock farms fail to declare climate impacts in ‘emissions scandal’
Local councils are giving the green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 28/10/2025
Misleading food labels are "unfair to consumers who simply don't have the information they need to avoid factory-farmed products" Anthony Field, Head of our UK Team, speaks to @thegrocer.bsky.social. ⬇️
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Calls for higher-welfare labelling legislation increase with new study
A new study led by Professor Amitav Chakravarti, a leading marketing academic at the LSE, found 71% of customers would pay more if higher-rated meat was available in UK supermarkets
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Wolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Four wolves from California’s Beyem Seyo pack, including the breeding pair, were recently killed by state and federal agencies. Their deaths mark a heartbreaking step backward for wolf recovery in CA, where wolves only returned a little over a decade ago after a century of absence. 🔗 bit.ly/3Jwvpda
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 08/10/2025
In the lead up to #WorldOctopusDay we've been in Gran Canaria making our voices heard: the world’s first octopus farm would be a disaster. Pescanova wants to open an octopus farm on the Island, which would result in serious animal suffering & environmental harm.
Campaigning in Gran Canaria to stop the planned octopus farm.
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 29/09/2025
Brittany Ferries: It's time to end live exports! 📣 September marks six months since they resumed the inhumane live export of farmed animals from Ireland to France after a 30-year hiatus. 💔 Read more: bit.ly/46KYglF
Protestors near Brittany Ferries HQ.
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 26/09/2025
Following the UK Government's decision to legalise the inhumane practice of catching chickens and turkeys by their legs, our friends @animallawfdn.bsky.social launched a legal challenge. A high court judge has now ruled that the court case can go ahead. 👏
theguardian.com
Labour faces legal scrutiny after allowing chickens to be carried by legs
Practice was forbidden under EU law, but secondary legislation came into force in July permitting it in England, Wales and Scotland
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Ed @yirdaki.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Here we go again. Source: LAist search.app/5uMY1
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Big Bear housing project proposal reignites habitat concerns among bald eagle fans
If approved, the more than 62-acre project would include 50 housing lots and a marina less than a mile from Jackie and Shadow's famous nest overlooking the lake.
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Blue Planet Society @blueplanetsociety.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
"The protection of hammerhead sharks 🦈 in the Golfo Dulce Sanctuary 🇨🇷 is a critical issue. The fishing of other species allows for the incidental capture of this population, making current bans insufficient for effective conservation.” www.cremacr.org/en/costa-ric...
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Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment (MINAE) Must Address the Incidental Catch of Hammerhead Sharks in the Golfo Dulce
Why is the incidental catch of hammerhead sharks still occurring in the Golfo Dulce? This is the question that the Ministry of Environment (MINAE) must answer to environmental attorney Walter Brenes, ...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The PTW team at Downing Street today for the hand in of the proper ban petition! 💪
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Chris McGreal @chrismcgreal.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
In the UK you can be arrested for flying a Palestinian flag but it's fine to send millions of pounds to an illegal Jewish settlement responsible for racist violence & ethnically cleansing Palestinians. Story by the great Haroon Siddique. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Two UK charities donate millions to Israeli settlement in occupied West Bank
Charity Commission criticised for endorsing transfer of about £5.7m to high school in illegal village of Susya
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Tradition is fine as long as it doesn't entail the unnecessary slaughter of wildlife....this is truly pathetic. C'mon, Scotland, get your act together...
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Scottish ministers are being urged to rethink a 'poor decision' to grant a licence to kill hundreds of gannet chicks 👇
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Rob’s Good News @robsgoodnews.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Major win for animals! 💚 🐷
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 17/06/2025
Amazing news from our friends @riveractionuk.bsky.social🎉 Dr Alison Caffyn described this as “a win for communities across the UK who are standing up to the environmental degradation caused by industrial factory farming” - and we couldn't agree more!
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bigsunshine.bsky.social @bigsunshine.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Parliament will debate this petition on 16 June 2025. You'll be able to watch online on www.youtube.com/UKParliament
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This is huge. Please share widely. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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‘Bombshell’ badger cull study review ‘disproves evidence’ used to justify killings
‘Justification for lethal control to date appears to have been based on basic statistical oversight,’ says study
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Damn right! Fox hunting is still LEGAL in Ireland but that could soon change!
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WildlifeKate @wildlifekate.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The nuthatches have started using my pond for a quick splash. There are loads of nuthatches in this area. They often come down to drink here, but the bathing is a relatively new thing. Lovely to see 😀😍 @birdfybynetvue.bsky.social @birdfy.bsky.social
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Scottish Wildlife Trust @scotwildlife.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Sadly, the Loch of the Lowes osprey pair lost one of their eggs today. LF25 accidentally stood on it when delivering a fish, then her mate, LM24, removed the empty shell a few hours later. Accidents are to be expected with first time parents, but let's keep our fingers crossed for the other egg.
A close up of two ospreys on their nest. One is accidentally stepping on an egg.A close up of an osprey on a nest, removing the remnants of an egg.
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Ffs @johnswinney.bsky.social can you not read the room, people in Scotland do not want this monstrosity in 1 of our prime natural beauty spots, not at any price.🤬🤬🤬
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Look at the suffering in their eyes. Snares are utterly barbaric and cruel. It's still legal in England - but you can change that! Sign our petition here 👇 protectthewild.org.uk/ban-snares/
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 16/05/2025
"They are battery cages, with birds crammed & overcrowded... only for the chicks from the eggs they lay to be grown, released & then shot for ‘fun’" Emma Slawinski, @leagueacs.bsky.social, has written the latest guest blog for @philip-ciwf.bsky.social. ⬇️
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Hostile Habitats: the realities of game-bird shooting’s impact on animals and the environment
CEO CIWF
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Anyone free?
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
98,280 signatures to end the Badger cull. 100k for a debate - let’s do this! Just days to go! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.” W...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
We’re so close!! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
We've hit 95k signatures! Just 5k more until we reach our target! Add yours here 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We’re so close! Help get us over the line: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The badger cull is a national disgrace. It’s not science — it’s state-sanctioned slaughter. ENOUGH. Sign and demand it ends NOW. 🔥 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Fan-bloody-tastic! Come on Spain - do the right thing....
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Bird CCTV @birdcctv.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The wood pigeon just wants to soak in the water on a hot day, but the other birds want to drink! #birds #ukbirds long video: youtu.be/yjBBfv7FeOc
A wood pigeon sitting in a bird bath looking at the cameraa wood pigeon sitting in a bird bath looking at a sparrow and starling drinking
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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🇬🇱🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Govt finally addresses calls to end the Badger cull youtu.be/1AGzqFCYFrg?... Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control. Deadline 28 May petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
19 signatures off 90,000! We can do it by midnight! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 27/04/2025
LAST CHANCE TO ACT ⏰ Next week we're co-hosting an event in Parliament to #StopCruelImports and we need you to ask your MP to attend 👉 bit.ly/3E2VG00
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Luke @lukeaddison.com · 24/04/2025
Please sign if you're in the UK and care about this. End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.” W...
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Craigie 🇵🇸 🇸🇩🚩☮️🔻Proudly Un-British @craigsmive.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Badgers are a protected native animal, part of our depleted ecosystem Cattle are domesticated commercial breeds. Cattle spread bovine TB into the wild badger population. Instead of controlling the domesticated breed the government cull badgers. Lunacy! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: End the Badger cull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control
The Government’s TB Eradication Strategy allows the continued killing of badgers, a protected species, until the end of this Parliament, despite the Labour manifesto calling the cull “ineffective.” W...
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Steven Halsey 🌍 🇪🇺 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 @sh1882.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We’ve got just over four weeks left to petition the government to end the badger cull, and we’re still 15,000 signatures away from the 100,000 needed to trigger a debate in Parliament. We’re hovering just under 85,000 and need your help! Please sign. 🦡 protectthewild.substack.com/p/im-really-...
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I'm really concerned we won't make it!
This is the last time I'll ask for your help on this :)
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Compassion in World Farming UK @ciwf.org.uk · 24/04/2025
BREAKING: Today we joined our friends at @wap-uk.bsky.social to call on the World Bank Group to #StopFinancingFactoryFarming. Between 2023 & 2024 the World Bank Group invested a staggering $1.4 billion in industrial livestock operations.
Representatives from Compassion in World Farming and World Animal Protection outside the World Bank Group in London with a giant open letter and invoice.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 22/04/2025
Top producer at ‘60 Minutes’ quits, citing loss of journalistic independence www.ft.com/content/2ef593c0-2ec9-4a…
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Top producer at ‘60 Minutes’ quits, citing loss of journalistic independence
Bill Owens announced his decision in an email to staff as CBS’s parent company considers settling a lawsuit from Donald Trump
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