ANIMAL RIGHTS WATCH

DARE TO CARE: Why are non-vegans so aggressive towards vegans?

OLIVER RUSSELL: Vegans frequently encounter mockery, dismissiveness, or even outright hostility, simply for making a lifestyle choice that aims to reduce harm. Sometimes it is framed as a joke, like someone waving a steak in your face. Other times, it is more direct, such as accusations of being “preachy” or “pushing your beliefs on others”… But why does this happen? Why does veganism provoke such strong reactions?… 1. The Mockery – “Look at my meat”.. 2. The Dismissal – “I Could Never Do That” 3. The Defence – “Stop Pushing Your Beliefs on Me!” 4. The Provocation: “Look at This […]

BEYOND TASTE: Why some couples break-up when one person goes vegan

JUSTIN BROWN: Dr. David Poon thought dietary differences were something he and his girlfriend could work through. “When we first met she said, ‘I can only date a vegan.’ I said we’d work it out,” he told CBC News. Seven years later, they broke up. During their relationship, Poon tried going vegan but found himself craving childhood comfort foods like Spam. The moment they separated, he ate a can of it—not because it was good, he admitted, but because it reminded him of being a kid. Poon’s story isn’t unique. Across online forums, support groups, and research studies, similar narratives […]

SILENT SCREAMS: Secret video reveals horrendous gas chamber deaths of egg industry hens

JANE DALTON: Secretly recorded footage reveals hens apparently writhing in distress and desperately trying to escape as they are suffocated to death to provide meat for supermarkets including Tesco. In what’s thought to be the world’s first ever video of its kind, the birds are seen twisting their necks as they are killed with carbon dioxide. They are also heard gasping for breath and emitting high-pitched shrieks. The recordings – which activists say was at an abattoir endorsed by RSPCA Assured – show hens being lowered into the gas chamber and dying over the course of several minutes… The footage, […]