How diet became the latest front in the culture wars
ANDREW ANTHONY: 'A plethora of academic reports concerning food consumption and production have been published in recent years. The latest and…
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‘Warning: This package contains the dead body of someone who wanted to live’
ADRIANNA ZAPPAVIGNA: 'Shoppers at a Woolworths in Melbourne’s St Helena copped a nasty surprise when they made their way to the meat, seafood and deli…
How a British Columbia cop crossed the protest line for animal rights
NICK EAGLAND: 'As a British Columbia (B.C.) RCMP officer, Dan Moskaluk swore to protect the public, investigate crimes and enforce the law. In…
Mother Jones: We Asked Why You Stopped Eating Meat. Here Were Your Top 5 Reasons.
KANYAKRIT VONGKIATKAJORN: 'Mother Jones magazine asked readers why they decided to quit meat. They received nearly 500 responses. An overwhelming…
Dr. Aysha Akhtar: I studied factory farms for years. Visiting one was far worse than I imagined.
AYSHA AKHTAR: 'I was giving a talk at a conference in Oklahoma about the public health dangers of industrial animal farming, or “factory farming” as…
All European Parliament candidates need to face questions on vegan and animal rights issues
TIMES MALTA: 'Two NGOs - Animal Liberation Malta and VeggyMalta - have twinned to ask MEP candidates ten questions in a campaign we are calling “Tell…
Leonardo da Vinci: The animal rights and vegan activist within the artist
JONATHAN JONES: 'Leonardo da Vinci was not just a wondrous artist. He was also a wonderful man. Anyway this is what his first biographers claimed in…
Leonardo da Vinci saw in animals the ‘image of the world’
ARIELLE SEIBER: 'Unlike many thinkers of his time who anthropomorphized the Earth, Leonardo da Vinci terra-morphized man. But it was not just man…
Leonardo da Vinci’s Quotes About Animals
"I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now…
‘Animal protection isn’t just a left issue’: Meet Australia’s vegan MP whose policies may change what you eat
ANDREW TAYLOR: 'Few politicians are asked about their diet as much as Emma Hurst, who is required as a candidate for the Animal Justice Party to be…
Assessing the Exploitation of Animals in the United States’ Agriculture, Food, and Related Industries Sectors
JAMES VIDELE: 'In 2017 the United States raised over 9.63 billion land-based animals. This number includes cows, veal (baby cows), cows for their…
‘They Give Me A Reason To Live’: Truck Driver’s Passion Is Saving Animals
CBS NEW YORK: 'All animals need a home. Even livestock escaping the slaughterhouse have found a new lease on life. One man has turned a farm into a…
More animal rights activists charged after Queensland protests
TOBY CROCKFORD: 'Fourteen more animal rights activists have been charged after protests at a southern Queensland feedlot and abattoir during the…
Leonardo da Vinci and Animal Rights
PETA: 'Is there anything that Leonardo da Vinci didn’t anticipate? In addition to being a great artist, architect, botanist, engineer,…
Facing-up to the Face on Your Plate
ILANA COHEN: 'Most of us fail to recognize the face on our plate. When we salivate over “chicken wings,” we do not associate our meal with what was…
Vegan documentary ‘Dominion’ dubbed too confronting to watch
STEPHANIE BEDO: 'The vegan documentary Dominion wants to shock you... Viewers are presented secret footage of the mistreatment of animal after…
Queensland Animal Rights Activists Charged Over Protests
AUSTRALIAN AP: 'Eleven animal rights’ activists who allegedly protested at an abattoir and feedlot in southern Queensland have been charged with…
Vegan protests: Flash in the pan or seismic social shift?
DEBBIE CUTHBERTSON: 'The messages started appearing on city streets and footpaths a year ago - DOMINION, in capital letters scrawled in chalk and…