Cruelty to Animals

The cruel and misguided extermination of badgers continues in 2014, as the government has recommenced its horrific cull in Somerset and Gloucestershire.

Cornwall’s Port Eliot Festival, which is known for fine food, music and literature, has reassured punters that cruelty to ducks and geese will not be on the menu.

Video footage recorded in Australia & the US shows how sheep are maimed and mistreated by shearers. Before these investigations, many consumers had no idea about the cruelty endemic in the wool industry.

India has become the first country in the world to impose a complete ban on the production, import and sale of foie gras. Ducks reared for foie gras are force-fed with metal pipes

Air France has just sponsored a pound of foie gras to be given to each of the 751 members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in Strasbourg.

PETA US’ undercover exposé of the wool industry in Australia and the USA has revealed shocking and systematic abuse of sheep.

The Scots are earning quite the reputation for their compassion towards animals, with another award-winning Scottish eatery pledging to banish foie gras from its menu for good.

This week, we’re celebrating an enlightened move that will save a huge number of animals from being abused for entertainment in India.

We have some wonderful news to share!

Fortnum & Mason has announced that it will not sell the unethical product at its new store in Dubai!