Archive for December, 2008
Awards success for Ecostorm films
A film produced by Ecostorm on behalf of WSPA and the Handle with Care coalition has won “Best documentary on animal rights-special award” at the STEPS International Rights Film Festival held in Ukraine. The film, ‘Handle with Care – exposing the long distance trade in live farm animals’, was the result of more than 12 [...]
Revealed: the cruelty of UK pork supplies
Europe’s pigs are being farmed in horrendous and often illegal conditions, a new investigation by Ecostorm on behalf of Compassion In World Farming revealed this month. Conducting an undercover investigation in farms across Europe investigators found poor welfare prevalent in virtually all farms visited. Most of the sows – the mother pigs – that were [...]
Fishy Business: uncovering the truth behind your cheap Christmas salmon
In its latest film the Ecologist Film Unit (EFU), a collaboration between Ecostorm and the Ecologist magazine, travels to Peru to investigate a host of unreported environmental and social costs – including pollution and health problems, overfishing, and impacts on ecosystems and wildlife – arising from the production of fishmeal and fish oil, principal ingredients [...]
