When Progress Misleads: The hidden baseline problem in animal advocacy
Animal advocacy has undergone a remarkable transformation. What began in the 1970s as a largely grassroots movement grounded in moral persuasion has…
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VEGANS WORLDWIDE: Documentary series portrays vegan lifestyle around the world
VEGANS WORLDWIDE: Debut documentary "Vegans Worldwide – Los Angeles“ is the first of a series for portraying vegan lifestyle all around the globe. We…
Martin Whybrow: ‘How Long Shall These Things Be?’
The author, Martin Whybrow, speaks to pioneers, the NGOs, today’s grassroots campaigners, and those devising new tactics. He reports from the factory…
THINK AGAIN: Do you support industrial civilization and demand veganism from others?
Factory farming is not a natural phenomenon. It is a specific product of Western industrial capitalism — dependent on mass infrastructure, corporate…
‘I Care’: Why vegan rights are the next frontier for animal advocacy
To protect vegans from discrimination, lawyers often have to fit ethical veganism into existing legal categories such as ‘creed’ or ‘freedom of…
Veganthropology: Defending vegan ethics against structural speciesism
Where 'anthropology' often operates within an implicit anthropocentric horizon, 'Veganthropology' proposes another point of departure: antispeciesism…
STUDY: Vegans develop complex skills to navigate an omnivorous society
Foregoing meat and other animal products purely for ethical reasons can cause tension between vegans and their friends, families, partners, businesses…
The Wrong War: Veganism is not a diet, but does it matter if people think it is?
Veganism isn’t just a diet, but the way some vegans react when someone describes it as a diet, you’d think it was the worst thing that’s ever…
Why Vegans Don’t: A Philosophical Guide to Vegan Behaviour
The new book 'Why Vegans Don't' is a thought-provoking exploration of vegan philosophy that includes controversial issues still debated within the…
‘Meatheads Are Hijacking America (MAHA)’: Vegans feel betrayed by RFK Jr.’s beef boosting
Kennedy’s choice to center animal products in American nutrition guidelines may mirror his own diet, but the changes were no doubt politically…
‘AI & Animals’: New documentary warns of ‘factory farming 2.0’
The documentary 'AI & Animals' highlights how the global debate over large language models (LLMs) has yet to explore what the technology could…
Grief, compassion fatigue, and the cost of being an animal rights activist
Many animal rights activists are living with compassion fatigue, moral injury, online harassment, financial precarity, and internal movement conflict…
Research study of 1.2 million infants challenges myths about vegan diets from birth
Is raising a baby vegan a risky experiment or a safe, ethical choice? Ben-Gurion University and Health Ministry researchers tracked growth from birth…
UNCLARITY: Why ‘Effective Altruists’ should probably distrust their reasoning about veganism
Animal exploitation is the issue where Effective Altruists have a conflict of interest. You benefit from it multiple times per day. Changing requires…
PLANT-BASED TAKEDOWN: The real truth behind meat’s surge in popularity
The pendulum swings and trends ebb and flow. Meat may be fashionable for the moment, but anger, misinformation, and pseudoscience all have a limited…
Amsterdam is the first capital city to ban meat advertising in public spaces
Amsterdam is the first capital city to enact a ban on meat adverts. Additionally, other Dutch cities, including The Hague, Delft and Nijmegen, have…
SEE ME: Portuguese court rules that public has right to information on how animals are tortured
The Portuguese court made it clear that a corporation's brand prestige cannot be used as a shield to hide the reality of animal suffering. The…
The Empathy Project: New documentary celebrates animal advocacy by platforming voices from the movement
The just released documentary interviews 12 activists, charting their deeply personal journeys into animal advocacy. 'Many films approach animal…