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- McLibel is the inside story of the postman and the gardener who took on the McDonald's Corporation. Filmed over three years, the documentary follows Helen Steel and Dave Morris, anonymous campaigners who become unlikely global heroes. Struggling to defend themselves in the longest trial in English history, they face infiltration by spies, secret meetings with corporate executives, 40,000 pages of background reading, and a visit from Ronald McDonald. Using interviews with witnesses and reconstructions of key moments in court, the film examines the main issues in the trial: nutrition, animals, advertising, employment, the environment, and freedom of speech.
- An investigative documentary into the corporate takeover of pig farming and the devastating impacts this is having on our environment, local communities, small farmers, human health and animal welfare.
- Four teenagers, some meat-eaters, some vegan go on a mission to discover the truths of meat production and consumption.
- The smallest country in Africa, Gambia, is running out of fish. Ever since Chinese fishmeal factories appeared there - most of them are processed into animal feed, sent to China and Europe. Despite the protests, big neo-colonial business flourishes, and the promises of new roads and hundreds of jobs turn out to be an illusory mirage. The stories of the fishermen Paul and Abou and the selling fish Mariam create an intimate frame for the story of the stolen development of West Africa and the compulsion to look for a better life in Europe.
- In November 2014, an investigation unit from Compassion in World Farming traveled to Nepal to document the bloody cruelty and suffering that happen at the Gadhimai Slaughter Festival. The unit made this film in recognition of the Nepalese New Year falling on April 14th 2014, and to remind the Nepalese Gouvernment to do something about it: To take action and stop the animal cruelty that happens at the Gadhimai Festival.
- Chief of Compassion in World Farming, Philip Lymbery, traveled the world for over three years, in order to find out why the farming system has gone mad, and how it affects the food we eat. The hidden cost of cheap meat and the devastating impacts factory farming has on people, animals and the planet are also revealed.
- The wildlife decline caused by our global hunger for cheap meat and dairy has never been more evident than in Brazil. Philip Lymbery explains why the situation has become like this.
- In the UK, more than 50 % of mother pigs are confined to tiny gestation crates, just to be artificially inseminated and give birth to piglets many times, resulting with being unable to take care of them. This film lets us see their suffering from their point of view inside farms in the UK, Belgium and France.
- 14th June 2018 was the day campaigners from 35 countries took more than 150 actions to have people to be aware of the cruelty behind live animal transport. Only in Parliament Square, London, over 500 people have gathered in order to take their message directly to politicians. The crowd wearing sheep masks dropped down to the ground to play dead, in recognition of many animals that have suffered and died during long distance journeys.
- One of the most biologically rich landscapes in the world, the Sumatran rainforest, is the home of many animals like elephants, tigers, rhinoceros and orangutans. This rainforest is getting destroyed for the sake of intensive palm plantations. The palm oil is used in biscuits, cosmetics and many other supermarket products.
- Many British people are still led to believe all farm animals are free from cages and living happily, but there is more to this so-called "happy story". Over 50% of all UK pregnant sows are confined to gestation crates so tiny they can't even turn around and lie properly, while over one third of all hens nationwide are still locked up in cages in the egg industry. Several well-known people need your help to end the cage age.
- Actor Dan Richardson and CEO of CIWF Philip Lymbery are discussing why many once-common birds are in the edge of extinction, and how to bring them back.
- The story of the intensive meat chicken from chick to plate. Live Fast, Die Young expose the welfare problems of chickens bred to grow faster than their bones and heart can cope with.
- Farming has been a great part of Tim May, who's 2,500 acres of land near Basingstoke has been in his family for four generations. His family's farm is ten times bigger than the average farm in the entire UK.
- A one-sided documentary features the director of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS) experimental facilities and the facility's head of animal supplies, both expressing fear of further attacks. The documentary presents never-before-seen archival footage and startling information about the militant branches of the animal liberation movement. It outlines the activities of these groups, from besieging vivisectors' houses to using leaf bombs and incendiary charges. It begins with interviews with activists from the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), known for non-violent sabotage and protests, but concludes with radical statements from individuals associated with groups like the Animal Rights Militia. The narrator subtly speculates, categorizing ALF and other non-violent activists alongside the more extreme factions.
- After 22 years as a contract chicken factory farmer for Perdue, Craig Watts reaches his breaking point and does something no one has done before. He invites farm animal welfare advocates from Compassion in World Farming to bring a film crew to his factory farm to tell his story. For the first time, thanks to this brave farmer breaking his silence, we see why this agricultural industry is so secretive, and question why the USDA verifies these chickens as 'humanely raised.' Perdue is the third largest chicken corporation in the country, based out of Salisbury, MD.
- The wildlife is on the edge of extinction, because we demand cheap meat. The Sumatran rainforest is getting destroyed because of intensive palm plantations. The Sumatran palm kernel that is being imported by the EU is mostly used to feed industrially reared farm animals. Soon, the Sumatran elephant that is endangered will have no home.
- A CIWF unit visited Beirut Public Slaughterhouse in Karantina, where animals from over the world arrive. Sheep and cattle are imported from various European countries like France, the Czech Republic and Spain. What is being seen is very brutal and gory, as the slaughterhouse is filled with blood, feces, body parts and brutal cruelty.
- Although this documentary was created by the Russian non-profit organization "VITA Animal Rights Center," most of the presented video footage originates from England. In fact, footage from Russian farms would be even more distressing, as there is no substantial animal protection legislation in place. Towards the end, the narrator discusses vegetarianism as a more ecologically and ethically conscious lifestyle. The documentary does not include any graphic footage from slaughterhouses.
- Our world is being poisoned, and the oceans are getting more "dead zones", all because we need cheap meat from animals fed on mass-produced corn grown in chemical-laced fields. The CEO of Compassion in World Farming, Philip Lymbery, wants to find out why the Gulf of Mexico is being polluted, making this the second largest "dead zone" in the world.
- Philipe Lymbery explains how animal species are driven to extinction because of our desire for cheap meat.
- Compassion in World Farming did a global investigation, finding out a sad truth: As long as farm animals are caged and confined, the wildlife is on the brink of extinction.
- The documentary shows the intelligence and cognitive abilities of various so-called farm animals, while it does not show any footage of animal suffering in slaughterhouses and farms, so it is also suitable for younger audiences.
- According to a new Polish investigation, calves are separated from their mothers and left to suffer in the dairy industry. This kind of treatment may happen in many other countries in the EU.
- Philip Lymbery shows you his chickens, and explains why chickens shouldn't be caged.
- During the summer of 2012, Compassion in World Farming did a number of investigations into the European dairy farming, and visited more than 50 farms in Germany, Denmark and Spain. The investigations reveal the shocking truth behind the farming; Instead of grazing in fields and feeling the warm sun, cows are often kept in filthy conditions all year. Many of the cows suffer from various injuries.
- In this investigation video done by a team of Compassion in World Farming, calves were being transported from the UK to the Northern Spain, where the calves that survived the long trip would spend the rest of their lives in a fattening farm.
- Watch the amazing abilities of pigs and hens. See how pigs, chickens and dairy cows are kept in intensive, free-range and organic systems. Decide how you think farm animals should live. Covers selective breeding and efficient human food chains.
- An investigation took place from Southern Scotland, and all the way to Abbeville in France, to reveal the horrific conditions calves are forced to live in during live transport.
- The South African Penguin population has plunged 70% over the last decade, and could face extinction within the next 15 years. There is a link between the food on your plate and the demise of the South African 'Jackass' penguins.
- An investigator from Compassion in World Farming goes undercover into the live animal export trade.
- This film documents how WTO rules affect attempts to prevent cruelty in the areas of conservation, fur production, cosmetic testing and farming. A useful tool for promoting discussion in Citizenship, General Studies and Geography.
- Documentary about the legendary Animal Liberation Front activist Keith Mann and several convicted activists from the UK.
- A short documentary from the organization Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) showcases the treatment of farm animals in Egyptian, Indonesian, and Turkish slaughterhouses.
- Philip Lymbery, CEO of Compassion in World Farming, compares dairy milk with plant based milk, and explains what type of milk is better for animal welfare and the environment.
- Just like other animals, fish are intelligent and sensitive. They explore, travel, socialize, hunt and play. However, millions of fish are confined to crowded underwater factory farms, where they suffer immensely similar to what happens at farms on land. Compassion in World Farming made this video as a part of their campaign called Rethink Fish.
- Watch wild pigs and farmed pigs, wild chickens and farmed chickens. See how pigs, chickens and dairy cows are kept in free-range vs intensive systems. Consider the effects of selective breeding and animal confinement on efficient food production and animal welfare. How should we reconcile our needs for food and efficient production with our responsibility to keep animals in humane conditions?
- A new investigation into the European pig farming shows how the caged farming systems for mother pigs in the EU is just as gruesome as ever. Mother pigs continue to be confined to cages so small they can't even turn around, and can give birth to over ten piglets. In these farms, pain, suffering and death are very common.
- In the Great Plains of America, millions of the majestic bison could roam freely like wild animals. Now, because of intensive farming and slaughter, there are only about 15,000 bison are left, and therefore they are on the brink of extinction. If they go outside their set boundaries, they risk to get shot and killed, and then it's "bye bye bison".
- A Compassion in World Farming investigation took place at five of Scotland's largest salmon producers, to have the cruel conditions countless of salmon are forced to endure exposed.