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By 2024, the World’s Largest Food Service Provider Will No Longer Use Gestation Crates
Expected to be eliminated before the end of next year, Compass Group, the world's largest food service provider, says it will phase out the use of gestation crates for pigs in its U.S. supply chain.
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As Humane Slaughter Come to Aquaculture, Is Animal Welfare At a Tipping Point?
Fish deserve a humane death says the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), one of the world's leading farmed seafood organizations, in a move that elevates animal welfare standards to new heights.
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Octopus Farms Raise Massive Ethical And Evironmental Concerns
By Alexandra Schnell, University of Cambridge, Heather Browning, London School of Economics and Political Science, Jonathan Birch, London School of Economics and Political Science
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70% of Asia’s Top Food Companies Are Moving to Cage-Free Eggs, New Report Finds
A new report finds that 70 percent of Asian food companies across the world's largest egg market are shifting away from battery cages or caged eggs.
Battery cages for egg-laying hens are on their way out across five Asian countries:!-->!-->!-->…
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Court Denies Habeas Corpus Plea for Bronx Zoo’s Happy The Elephant
Happy, an elephant housed at the Bronx Zoo in New York since 1977, has been deemed intelligent and worthy of compassionate care, but not entitled to freedom. The decision came from New York’s top court after the Nonhuman Rights Project!-->…
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UK Advertising Watchdog Bans Tesco Plant-Based Burger Commercial And Advert Linking Animal Cruelty To Meat Consumption
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 63 complaints about an advert created by Vegan Friendly UK. The clip was devised to shine a light on what Vegan Friendly refers to as the hypocrisy of meat-eaters who claim to care about!-->…
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Switch4Good Partners With Vegan Artists To Sell NFTs For Ethical Causes
Nonprofit Switch4Good has announced its latest collaboration designed to “disrupt the disinformation of Big Dairy”. The organisation is working with vegan artists to offer more than 50 pieces of original art, sold as Non-Fungible Tokens!-->…
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McDonald’s Shareholder Loses Animal Welfare-Motivated Proxy Fight
Carl Icahn has lost a proxy fight with McDonald’s. The billionaire owns 200 shares in McDonald’s, equating to a too-small share to influence other votes. Icahn’s fight was centred around the chain's suppliers' treatment of pregnant pigs!-->…
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Cultivated Meat Might Seem Alien But It’s Better Than Animal Agriculture
By Matti Wilks.
The world is in the grips of a food-tech revolution. One of the most compelling new developments is cultured meat, also known as clean, cell-based or slaughter-free meat. It’s grown from stem cells taken from a live!-->!-->!-->…
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What Draws Seventh Day Adventists to Vegan And Vegetarian Lifestyles?
By Tamas Lestar.
Christianity is often regarded as a staunch opponent of veganism – after all, most Christian denominations are highly carnivorous in their dietary ethics. Many proclaim liberty to consume animal flesh as they assume!-->!-->!-->…
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Hong Kong Exotic Pet Addiction Is A Travesty For Biodiversity Says New Report
Hong Kong’s penchant for keeping exotic animals as pets is putting species at risk of extinction, a new study claims. Between 2015-2019, four million animals were imported into the country to be kept domestically, heightening the risk of!-->…
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James Cromwell Stages ‘Glued-In’ Protest At Starbucks Over Plant Milk Surcharge
Actor and activist James Cromwell, best known for his roles in Succession and Babe, superglued himself to a Starbucks counter in New York City earlier this week. The act was a form of protest against the coffee chain’s continued!-->…
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Is Sugar Vegan? Bone Char Filtration, The Industry’s Dirty Secret
Is sugar vegan? Why wouldn't it be, right? How's this for a shocking fact: not all sugars on the supermarket shelf are vegan. Even while sugar comes from the sugarcane plant and does not contain animal products, the process used to!-->…
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KFC’s “Utterly Misleading” High-Welfare Claims Exposed By Activist-Led Vegan Chicken Brand
KFC is being called out for a deceptive marketing campaign by vegan chicken brand VFC.
The fried chicken giant launched its ‘behind the bucket’ film, which showed imagery of healthy, happy chickens living in high-welfare conditions!-->!-->!-->…
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Milked Documentary Exposes ‘Whitewash of New Zealand’s Dairy Fairytale’
Milked, a new feature documentary film debuting next month, is set to uncover the disturbing reality of New Zealand’s dairy farming industry.
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Groundbreaking UN Resolution Connects Animal Welfare And Environmental Sustainability For The First Time
The United Nations Environment Assembly has adopted a resolution linking animal welfare to sustainability for the first time. The Animal Welfare – Environment – Sustainable Development Nexus resolution was accepted earlier this month after!-->…
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Trolling This Vegan Food Company Just Became Its Favourite Free Marketing Resource
VFC, a UK-based vegan fried chick*n brand has taken marketing to a new level. Instead of creating new campaigns with activism at their core, as they usually do, the company has curated the wording of some of its harshest critics. Using!-->…
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European Farmers Are Struggling With Animal Welfare Concerns They Can’t Talk About, Study Suggests
A study published last December has highlighted a growing unease amongst European farmers: increasing moral concerns surrounding the practice of animal agriculture, alongside an inability to voice them for fear of ‘betraying’ the industry.!-->…
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UK Activist Brand VFC Launches Vegan Fried Chicken In The US
American consumers have new meat-free chicken options for the dinner table thank to U.K.-based vegan fried chick*n brand VFC, which has officially expanded into the U.S. market via online retail partners including GTFO and Vejii. The!-->…
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EU Instigates Ban On Routine Use Of Antibiotics In Animal Agriculture, But Critics Worry Enforcement Will Be Spotty
The European Union has announced a ban on routine use of antibiotics on farmed animals. The move came into effect last month. Impact on intensive farming practices is likely to be significant though observers fear the new law will be!-->…
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Are Psychedelics The Next Big Trend In Cellular Agriculture?
Chicago’s Back of the Yard Algae Sciences (BYAS) has revealed it is on the brink of an ecologically significant breakthrough. The company, which uses cellular agriculture to create zero-waste food additives, claims to have reproduced toad!-->…
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