Joyce D'Silva
@joyce-ciwf.bsky.social
Compassion in World Farming's Ambassador Emeritus. Campaigner for Farm Animal Welfare and Meat Reduction. Vegan since 1975.
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Joyce D'Silva
@joyce-ciwf.bsky.social
· Feb 25
Animal Welfare in World Religion: Teaching and Practice
This unique and readable book examines the relationship between religion and animal welfare, taking a detailed dive into the teachings and practices of the major world religions.
While there are many ...
www.routledge.com
Described as “fascinating”, “illuminating”, “profoundly affecting and thought-provoking”, this book will open your eyes to how the major faiths view our relationship with animals and how we can put their sacred teachings into practice. www.routledge.com/Animal-Welfa...
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We are sad to hear of the death of Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton. Dedicating his life to Africa’s elephants, he revealed the depth of their intelligence, family bonds & emotional lives. He spoke at our Animal Sentience conference & will be remembered as a great defender of animals.
December 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
We are sad to hear of the death of Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton. Dedicating his life to Africa’s elephants, he revealed the depth of their intelligence, family bonds & emotional lives. He spoke at our Animal Sentience conference & will be remembered as a great defender of animals.
I was delighted to take part in a further podcast on #animalwelfare in Christianity and Islam with David Thomas and Martyn Ford. linktr.ee/animalrights...
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I was delighted to take part in a further podcast on #animalwelfare in Christianity and Islam with David Thomas and Martyn Ford. linktr.ee/animalrights...
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk
Compassion in World Farming's obituary of dear Jane Goodall, www.ciwf.org.uk/news/dr-jane...
We are honoured to have had Jane as our Patron, and her legacy will continue to guide our fight to end factory farming for a kinder, more sustainable world. @ciwf.org.uk @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
We are honoured to have had Jane as our Patron, and her legacy will continue to guide our fight to end factory farming for a kinder, more sustainable world. @ciwf.org.uk @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Compassion in World Farming's obituary of dear Jane Goodall, www.ciwf.org.uk/news/dr-jane...
We are honoured to have had Jane as our Patron, and her legacy will continue to guide our fight to end factory farming for a kinder, more sustainable world. @ciwf.org.uk @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
We are honoured to have had Jane as our Patron, and her legacy will continue to guide our fight to end factory farming for a kinder, more sustainable world. @ciwf.org.uk @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
Thanks to brilliant musician #RickyKej, a Compassion in World Farming Visionary, for sending me this lovely tribute to #PeterYarrow: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3td6... @philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org
Where Are My Rainbows | Gandhi | Peter Yarrow Tribute | Ricky Kej | Tina Guo | Masa Takumi
YouTube video by Ricky Kej
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August 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Thanks to brilliant musician #RickyKej, a Compassion in World Farming Visionary, for sending me this lovely tribute to #PeterYarrow: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3td6... @philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org
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Pioneering animal advocate Christine Townend sadly passed away this week. From founding @animalsaustralia.org & Animal Liberation, to supporting sheep welfare, to caring for street dogs in India, she devoted her life to ending animal suffering. Her legacy lives on.
August 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Pioneering animal advocate Christine Townend sadly passed away this week. From founding @animalsaustralia.org & Animal Liberation, to supporting sheep welfare, to caring for street dogs in India, she devoted her life to ending animal suffering. Her legacy lives on.
In memory of dedicated & compassionate animal advocate & author Christine Townend OAM. Co-founder of Animals Australia, Christine exposed cruelty in wool & live export & led humane street dog programmes in India. Her books included 'A Life for Animals'.
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org
August 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In memory of dedicated & compassionate animal advocate & author Christine Townend OAM. Co-founder of Animals Australia, Christine exposed cruelty in wool & live export & led humane street dog programmes in India. Her books included 'A Life for Animals'.
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org
On #IndigenousDay, being marked today, let’s acknowledge Indigenous Peoples' awareness that we're all part of nature. Read about the beliefs of the First Nations peoples of North America & Australia in www.routledge.com/Animal-Welfa... @ciwf.org @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
Animal Welfare in World Religion: Teaching and Practice
This unique and readable book examines the relationship between religion and animal welfare, taking a detailed dive into the teachings and practices of the major world religions.
While there are many ...
www.routledge.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
On #IndigenousDay, being marked today, let’s acknowledge Indigenous Peoples' awareness that we're all part of nature. Read about the beliefs of the First Nations peoples of North America & Australia in www.routledge.com/Animal-Welfa... @ciwf.org @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
Delighted to take part in the 'Animal Rights: the Debate' podcast series. sites.libsyn.com/494093/in-th.... Based around my book 'Animal Welfare in World Religion', in this episode (1 of 3) we covered Judaism and Christianity. www.routledge.com/Animal-Welfa... @philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk
Animal Rights: the Debate: In the Beginning .....
In the Bible we are given a vision of a vegan world: 'God said: 'See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shal...
sites.libsyn.com
August 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Delighted to take part in the 'Animal Rights: the Debate' podcast series. sites.libsyn.com/494093/in-th.... Based around my book 'Animal Welfare in World Religion', in this episode (1 of 3) we covered Judaism and Christianity. www.routledge.com/Animal-Welfa... @philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk
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"To the animals who didn’t have a good life, or any life, we are sorry. To the animals that are left, we will do better." - Our Visionary Dr Clive Phillips launched his book 'Towards an Ethical Approach to Animals' last week, in London.
Read it for free📚 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Read it for free📚 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
June 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"To the animals who didn’t have a good life, or any life, we are sorry. To the animals that are left, we will do better." - Our Visionary Dr Clive Phillips launched his book 'Towards an Ethical Approach to Animals' last week, in London.
Read it for free📚 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Read it for free📚 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Every year, millions of farmed animals endure gruelling sea journeys.
🐄 Cattle are transported by sea as far as from Australia to the Middle East.
📢Urge ferry companies to stop enabling this inhumane practice➡️ bit.ly/45m7BRZ
#BanLiveExports
🐄 Cattle are transported by sea as far as from Australia to the Middle East.
📢Urge ferry companies to stop enabling this inhumane practice➡️ bit.ly/45m7BRZ
#BanLiveExports
June 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Every year, millions of farmed animals endure gruelling sea journeys.
🐄 Cattle are transported by sea as far as from Australia to the Middle East.
📢Urge ferry companies to stop enabling this inhumane practice➡️ bit.ly/45m7BRZ
#BanLiveExports
🐄 Cattle are transported by sea as far as from Australia to the Middle East.
📢Urge ferry companies to stop enabling this inhumane practice➡️ bit.ly/45m7BRZ
#BanLiveExports
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🚨Our new report exposes the impact of the #ClimateCrisis on farmed animals, farmers & food security.
Animal agriculture is one driver of climate change, which in turn leads to extreme weather that harms farms in a climate ‘doom loop’.
Read more ⬇️
buff.ly/cTNTDFf
📷: @weanimals.bsky.social
Animal agriculture is one driver of climate change, which in turn leads to extreme weather that harms farms in a climate ‘doom loop’.
Read more ⬇️
buff.ly/cTNTDFf
📷: @weanimals.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🚨Our new report exposes the impact of the #ClimateCrisis on farmed animals, farmers & food security.
Animal agriculture is one driver of climate change, which in turn leads to extreme weather that harms farms in a climate ‘doom loop’.
Read more ⬇️
buff.ly/cTNTDFf
📷: @weanimals.bsky.social
Animal agriculture is one driver of climate change, which in turn leads to extreme weather that harms farms in a climate ‘doom loop’.
Read more ⬇️
buff.ly/cTNTDFf
📷: @weanimals.bsky.social
Many thanks @petersinger.info for this important message. #BanLiveExports
Professor of Bioethics & one of our Visionaries, @petersinger.info has an important message for companies like Brittany Ferries that profit from transporting vulnerable live farmed animals.
📢Urge ferry companies to STOP this inhumane trade bit.ly/45m7BRZ
#BanLiveExports
📢Urge ferry companies to STOP this inhumane trade bit.ly/45m7BRZ
#BanLiveExports
June 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Many thanks @petersinger.info for this important message. #BanLiveExports
I loved this thoughtful review from respected Indian newspaper the Deccan Chronicle, www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/bo... of my book, 'Animal Welfare in World Religion: Teaching and Practice', www.routledge.com/Animal-Welfa...
@ciwf.org @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
@ciwf.org @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
Faith, Ethics, and the Animals Among Us
‘Animal Welfare in World Religion – Teaching and Practice’ By Joyce D’Silva
www.deccanchronicle.com
June 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I loved this thoughtful review from respected Indian newspaper the Deccan Chronicle, www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/bo... of my book, 'Animal Welfare in World Religion: Teaching and Practice', www.routledge.com/Animal-Welfa...
@ciwf.org @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
@ciwf.org @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
It was great to meet Professor Peter Singer, @petersinger.info, author of 'Animal Liberation Now' in London recently. He always has words of wisdom. www.penguin.co.uk/books/456655...
June 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
It was great to meet Professor Peter Singer, @petersinger.info, author of 'Animal Liberation Now' in London recently. He always has words of wisdom. www.penguin.co.uk/books/456655...
Enjoy my new blog about science, spirituality and animals. philiplymbery.com/who-cares-ab... @ciwf.org.uk @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
Who Cares About Animals?
CEO CIWF
philiplymbery.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Enjoy my new blog about science, spirituality and animals. philiplymbery.com/who-cares-ab... @ciwf.org.uk @philip-ciwf.bsky.social
Pope Francis embraced compassion for marginalised people. The 2015 Encyclical Laudato Si’ called on us to realise that “we are not disconnected from the rest of creatures but joined in a splendid universal communion” & to “ respect the particular goodness of every creature”.
April 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Pope Francis embraced compassion for marginalised people. The 2015 Encyclical Laudato Si’ called on us to realise that “we are not disconnected from the rest of creatures but joined in a splendid universal communion” & to “ respect the particular goodness of every creature”.
Factory farming relies on systems of inherent cruelty. Cramped cages & crates. High-speed slaughter lines. And it’s being funded by public money. On this #GlobalDayOfAction we call on @WorldBank: #StopFinancingFactoryFarming
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April 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Factory farming relies on systems of inherent cruelty. Cramped cages & crates. High-speed slaughter lines. And it’s being funded by public money. On this #GlobalDayOfAction we call on @WorldBank: #StopFinancingFactoryFarming
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk @ciwf.org
@philip-ciwf.bsky.social @ciwf.org.uk @ciwf.org
I was honoured to be invited to speak on animal welfare and Islam at the Islamic Cultural Centre in London. I was introduced by the Centre’s Director, Dr Al Dubayan. @ciwf.org @ciwf.org.uk @philip-ciwf.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Joyce D'Silva on LinkedIn: Live Stream - Animal Welfare in Islam & in other Faiths - Joyce D'Silva
I was honoured to be invited to speak on animal welfare and Islam at the Islamic Cultural Centre in London. I was introduced by the Centre’s Director, Dr Al…
www.linkedin.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I was honoured to be invited to speak on animal welfare and Islam at the Islamic Cultural Centre in London. I was introduced by the Centre’s Director, Dr Al Dubayan. @ciwf.org @ciwf.org.uk @philip-ciwf.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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In our book ‘Regenerative Farming & Sustainable Diets,’ Dr Vandana Shiva writes about how regenerative agriculture can help heal the harm done by industrial farming. It's better for soil, animals & our climate, and produces an abundance of food.
Find out more ⬇️
https://buff.ly/42NWe3J
Find out more ⬇️
https://buff.ly/42NWe3J
February 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
In our book ‘Regenerative Farming & Sustainable Diets,’ Dr Vandana Shiva writes about how regenerative agriculture can help heal the harm done by industrial farming. It's better for soil, animals & our climate, and produces an abundance of food.
Find out more ⬇️
https://buff.ly/42NWe3J
Find out more ⬇️
https://buff.ly/42NWe3J
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We're so close to hitting the halfway mark!
Please sign and share and help us reach 50,000 signatures to #EndTheCageAge for all UK farmed animals.
Add your name: ciwf.org.uk/SignThePetition
Please sign and share and help us reach 50,000 signatures to #EndTheCageAge for all UK farmed animals.
Add your name: ciwf.org.uk/SignThePetition
February 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We're so close to hitting the halfway mark!
Please sign and share and help us reach 50,000 signatures to #EndTheCageAge for all UK farmed animals.
Add your name: ciwf.org.uk/SignThePetition
Please sign and share and help us reach 50,000 signatures to #EndTheCageAge for all UK farmed animals.
Add your name: ciwf.org.uk/SignThePetition
I am moving from X to Bluesky. Looking forward to intelligent conversations with all those who care for people, animals and the environment.
February 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I am moving from X to Bluesky. Looking forward to intelligent conversations with all those who care for people, animals and the environment.
Described as “fascinating”, “illuminating”, “profoundly affecting and thought-provoking”, this book will open your eyes to how the major faiths view our relationship with animals and how we can put their sacred teachings into practice. www.routledge.com/Animal-Welfa...
Animal Welfare in World Religion: Teaching and Practice
This unique and readable book examines the relationship between religion and animal welfare, taking a detailed dive into the teachings and practices of the major world religions.
While there are many ...
www.routledge.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Described as “fascinating”, “illuminating”, “profoundly affecting and thought-provoking”, this book will open your eyes to how the major faiths view our relationship with animals and how we can put their sacred teachings into practice. www.routledge.com/Animal-Welfa...
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In the UK half of all mother pigs are forced to give birth behind bars, unable to even turn around.
Sign the petition to ban cages for all UK farmed animals 👉 ciwf.org.uk/SignThePetition
#EndTheCageAge
Sign the petition to ban cages for all UK farmed animals 👉 ciwf.org.uk/SignThePetition
#EndTheCageAge
February 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In the UK half of all mother pigs are forced to give birth behind bars, unable to even turn around.
Sign the petition to ban cages for all UK farmed animals 👉 ciwf.org.uk/SignThePetition
#EndTheCageAge
Sign the petition to ban cages for all UK farmed animals 👉 ciwf.org.uk/SignThePetition
#EndTheCageAge
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Millions of animals suffer in dangerous, cramped conditions during transport - sometimes going days without food. This number is increasing. Lawmakers who claim to oppose animal cruelty must #BanLiveExports www.farmersjournal.ie/beef/news/li...
Live exports running 31% higher than in 2024
Spain is the top performer, with exports running 140% higher, while exports to Northern Ireland are 34% higher year-on-year and 53% higher to the Italian market.
www.farmersjournal.ie
February 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Millions of animals suffer in dangerous, cramped conditions during transport - sometimes going days without food. This number is increasing. Lawmakers who claim to oppose animal cruelty must #BanLiveExports www.farmersjournal.ie/beef/news/li...