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The beginning
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Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) was established in 1967 by dairy farmer Peter Roberts. Peter and his wife Anna had become increasingly concerned with the animal welfare issues connected to the new systems of intensive farming that began to take hold in the 1960s.
Unfortunately, at the time, Peter couldn't convince any of the major animal welfare societies to campaign against factory farming, so he decided to do it himself and CIWF was born.
Originally run from the Roberts' family house, CIWF has grown into an organisation with offices in Ireland, France and Holland and representatives in seven more countries, including South Africa and Oceania.
CIWF co-ordinates the European Coalition for Farm Animals, a campaigning and lobbying group of 32 organisations in 25 European countries and Israel. Today, CIWF operates at an international level. |
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