Helping Farmed Animals: High-Impact Rescue
BARBARA J. KING: 'The Animal Place Food for Thought program works with nonprofit groups focused on animal and environmental causes to get animals off…
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Joey Carbstrong, vegan activist: The myth of humane slaughter and why vegans have an obligation to convert meat eaters
LAUREN JAMES: 'The vegan lifestyle – eschewing all animal products in favour of alternative materials and a plant-based diet – is increasingly being…
All animals fear death: British farmers targeted by vegans who compare them to slave owners
AMANDA CASHMORE: 'A trainee farmer has spoken out about threats and insults farmers receive from vegans... She said: 'When you get called murderers…
Chickens Can Be Wonderful Friends, If You Meet Them Instead of Eating Them
ANNE GREEN: 'After a few years of decline, per capita consumption of animals in the U.S. is currently at an all-time high and continuing to move…
British school targeted by animal rights activists after vegan parents criticise decade-long pig rearing project
VICTORIA WARD: 'A rural secondary school was targeted by animal rights activists after a newly vegan parent raised concerns about a pig rearing…
It’s time to reconsider the meaning of ‘animal welfare’
GARY FRANCIONE: 'Animal welfare organizations campaign against the ‘abuse’ of animals. But even if all of these abuses stopped and all animals were…
The rise of the vegans: Are we falling out of love with meat?
CEREN SENKUL: 'Each year, more and more people are going vegan. There are at least 542,000 vegans in the UK according to The Vegan Society, which…
Vegetarianism/Veganism and the Jewish Dietary (Kosher) Laws
RICHARD H. SCHWARTZ: 'In view of the importance of the dietary laws to Judaism, some might wonder if there is a danger of Jews making a religion of…
Should vegans “own pets”?
MIRANDA LARBI: 'One question that comes up time and again, within and outside the vegan community, is where vegans should stand on getting pets.…
Veganism: How a maligned movement went mainstream
CAROLINE LOWBRIDGE: 'Malnourished, sanctimonious, hemp-clad, sandal-wearing, bearded, animal-cuddling, lentil-munching hippies. This has been the…
Here’s Why You Should Turn Your Business Vegan In 2018
KATRINA FOX: 'No longer relegated to the fringes of society where for so long it was mocked for being ‘weird’ or ‘extreme’, veganism is going…
Veganism set to top culinary trends of 2018, with Israel at the helm
4-TRADERS: 'Tel Aviv was recently dubbed the “vegan capital of the world” by British newspaper 'The Independent'. Plant-based food is slated to be the…
Pythagoras, the philosophical source of vegans
THE SHERBROOKE TIMES: ‘Veganism… Is it a simple diet popular for hipstero-green-bobos? A new fashion and transient?… The past, especially classical…
Professor of ‘theology of animals’ dogged in her beliefs
LORETTA FULTON: ‘The turning point for Susan Pigott came one night when she was stewing a chicken for her favorite dish, chicken tetrazzini. A…
Is vegetarianism the natural option?
TIM NEWMAN: ‘Are humans “designed” to eat meat — did we evolve to consume it? Anatomically, it seems to be a simple one. We don’t look like…
Researchers study consumer acceptance of in-vitro meat production
PHYS.ORG: ‘Factory farming and industry scandals have caused a reduction in meat consumption by Germans. Instead, consumption of vegetarian sausages…
The biggest myths people use to justify meat-eating
ALEX MYLES: ‘Whether it is due to cognitive dissonance or a general unwillingness to become educated about factory farming, there is an incredible…
The rise of veganism: We are what we don’t eat
CATHERINE CLEARY: ‘Vegans and vegetarians are more visible and vocal now than ever before. If we are what we eat then some of us are becoming what we…