Animal Rights

Sweden no longer has any hens living in cramped cages, in the only instance of a country making the move without legal coercion. After decades of work from animal rights activists, Sweden is officially cage-free. According to animal…
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In a hackathon hosted by AI-for-good organisations Electric Sheep and Open Paws, around 150 coders came up with compassionate tools for animal justice. What do you get when you put 150 young hackers in a room to develop tech-led…
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Austrian mycoprotein player Revo Foods has re-released its 3D-printed octopus product, The Kraken, as a permanent offering after receiving "overwhelming demand". Robin Simsa and his team get four to five messages every week about a…
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The Swiss government has approved new labelling rules that mandate businesses to declare if the meat and dairy products they're selling are linked to animal suffering. In a big win for animal rights activists and food transparency,…
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Thom Norman, co-founder of NGO FarmKind, believes people going vegan may not be the best way to fight factory farming. His solution? Diet offsetting. Here's a radical proposition: the best way to fight factory farming isn’t to go vegan.…
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More than 175 food businesses across Asia have committed to improving their sourcing policies in light of sustainability and animal welfare, supported by a US non-profit. A total of 83 food companies committed to implementing improved…
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In this excerpt taken from Chapter 5 of the new book Hungry Beautiful Animals, author and philosopher Matthew Halteman argues that choosing not to eat animals can usher us into a higher state of consciousness. On the day that a…
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Uggs has released a long-awaited line of vegan shoes and socks with New York's Collina Strada but as with many animal-free alternatives to conventional materials, the plastic waste cost remains high. After years of calls from consumers…
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Activism groups are calling for a withdrawal of financial support for the livestock sector from banks including the Big Three, in light of the industry's contribution to climate change. Banks must stop financing meat and dairy producers…
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While swapping beef for chicken may lower your impact on the climate, it also means killing more poorly treated animals. The key to balancing the tradeoff is to just eat less meat. During COP28, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization…
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Many of the US' biggest fast-food chains still use caged pigs for pork and have made no commitments to end the practice, according to a new report. If you thought your Black Forest Ham sandwich at Subway was ethically sourced, I've got…
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Israeli startup PoLoPo has filed for USDA approval of its molecular farming platform, which genetically engineers potatoes to produce egg proteins within the plant. PoLoPo is pursuing regulatory approval in the US for its molecular…
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Food and climate journalist Thin Lei Win speaks to Ian Urbina, executive editor of The Outlaw Ocean Project, about the organisation's investigation into India's shrimp farming industry. On March 20, The Outlaw Ocean Project, a…
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Taiwanese hospitality chain Silks Hotel Group has pledged to transition to cage-free eggs across all its sites by 2030, following a partnership with the Environment & Animal Society of Taiwan. Silks Hotel Group, the largest…
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Dr Sarah Ison, head of research at animal advocacy group Compassion in World Farming, makes her case for why simply moving to lower-emitting animals isn't the climate solution we need from our food system. In recent years, the…
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Apple has stopped production of FineWoven, its eco-friendly alternative to leather for iPhone and Apple Watch cases, after complaints about its performance and durability. "Goodbye Leather." This was Apple's message in a short new ad…
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Veganuary will soon host the first Choose Chicken-Free Week, as part of a wider rollout of mini-campaigns to complement its annual month-long initiative. On the back of its most successful campaign to date, Veganuary is initiating…
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Impossible Foods has invested in transitioning a farm from cattle production for meat to crop cultivation for plant-based meat, all while rescuing the cows in the process. You'd be forgiven for immediately thinking of a new vegan…
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The World Bank's private sector arm is facing calls from climate and animal rights campaigners to phase out its financial support to industrial livestock farming. Friends of the Earth, Compassion in World Farming and other climate and…
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The EU Commission is facing legal action from a European Citizens' Initiative group after it failed to uphold a promised ban on caged farming in the region, despite overwhelming consumer support for the move. End the Cage Age, a…
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Copenhagen Fashion Week made headlines last week after announcing it would ban exotic skins and feathers from its runways starting next year. Now, campaigners are calling on other fashion weeks to follow suit with cruelty-free policies. …
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