An eco-campaigner and former actress will be lifting the lid on intensive pig farming in a television investigation to be screened tonight. The Marchioness of Worcester has campaigned for years for quality food.

Clergy and congregations are being asked to celebrate the life and animal welfare work of William Wilberforce this Animal Welfare Sunday (Sunday 7 October 2007).

A conference at Oxford University this week, will examine the links between animal abuse and human violence.

The Rev Professor Andrew Linzey, the first person to hold a chair in theology specifically related to animal issues, has been made inaugural director of the Ferrata Mora Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics (OCAE) - a pioneering academic institution in a hotly contested area.

Christians are being urged to mobilize against animal cruelty this week as churches around the country celebrate Animal Welfare Sunday.