Animal welfare, Politics & law Andrew Gough Animal welfare, Politics & law Andrew Gough

The RSPB wanted to electrocute badgers using “honey, syrup, peanut butter or treacle”?!

BLOG: In case you missed it, the RSPB - one of Britain’s foremost animal protection charities - advised its members to lure badgers to electric fences using sweet treats. The reaction from other groups was rightly damning, but once again it demonstrates the insidious nature of speciesism amongst our most hallowed animal-loving organisations.

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Politics & law, Grassroots Andrew Gough Politics & law, Grassroots Andrew Gough

Defra in the dock: campaigners poised to take UK Government to court over factory farming

Campaigners are standing at the precipice of what they believe will be a landmark first legal action against any government. We caught up with Humane Being and the Scrap campaign who, together with co-claimant veterinarian Dr Alice Borough and with the help of high-profile human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield QC, have just issued a ‘last chance’ warning prior to launching a case that will finally hold to account the UK Government for the grave threat posed by factory farming.

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