SCRAP FACTORY
FARMING BY DAVID FINNEY THE Scrap Factory Farming Campaign recently took its case to the Royal Court of Justice for a review, refused by the Judge – and will now seek an appeal via the Court of Appeal.
Background The Scrap Factory Farming campaign was inspired by a book called Chickens’ Lib, written by Clare Druce, which exposed the contradiction between animal welfare legislation and factory (intensive) farming. This gave me the idea to launch a legal challenge which I shared with Jane Tredgett, founder of Humane Being. The person who brought us all together was a Humane Being volunteer, Peta Smith. This was in November 2019 and ever since we have been researching the risks and impacts of factory farming. We already had fairly good knowledge of the hideous treatment of farmed animals, and we were aware of some of the environmental impacts such as climate change and pollution., although we were less aware of the contribution made to deforestation in terms of the 120
FORÇA VEGAN
Celebrity Support majority of soya being purchased from south America to feed farmed animals. What really surprised us in our research were the health risks. For instance, the World Health Organisation stating that 75% of new and emerging diseases in humans are coming from (non-human) animals and how the overuse and misuse of antibiotics on people and animals was creating a resistance to antibiotics which – unless something is done – is predicted to kill 10 million a year by 2050. This national and global issue was once described by UK Government Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock as “the silent pandemic”. When Dr Alice Brough became a co-claimant for the case, we had a qualified pig vet who had seen these issues first hand; witnessed accounts that cannot be ignored.
We are delighted that respected actors Peter Egan and Jerome Flynn became ambassadors for the campaign - Peter was featured in the recent Daily Mirror article about the legal action. Liz Solari, an actress from Argentina is also an ambassador and has been really supportive. Coalition of Campaign Groups We are delighted that PETA, ANIMAL AID, ANIMAL EQUALITY, VIVA!, THE HUMANE LEAGUE and COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING have all given us fantastic support and have united with us in our aims. Compassion, of course have been fighting against factory farming since the sixties. We have had fantastic support from many other organisations and people who are
