‘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…
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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…
LET’S BE CLEAR: When veganism is mis-framed, everything unravels
People do not 'leave' veganism because it is too clear; they ‘leave’ because it was never grounded as an ethical principle or mindset in the…
Veganism and Gender: Why are most vegans women?
Adopting veganism means taking responsibility in the face of an injustice inflicted on those who cannot speak for themselves. If you are a man, it is…
2025: The year in review with ‘We Animals’ photos
WE ANIMALS: Progress in animal advocacy isn’t typically neat or fast. It takes one step forward, backslides, and then advances again.
We Animals’…
THE BLAME GAME: Are misanthropic vegans ruining the animal rights movement?
The existence of misanthropic vegans is not an argument against animal rights. Veganism isn’t about us. It isn’t a social club or a personality…
‘Handle With Care’: The fragility of vegan critics, and what you can do about it
The fragility of the vegan critic is not to be understated. A strange phenomenon that takes place when people argue with vegans - it appears many…
POLITICAL ANIMALS: ‘Apolitical’ veganism is a political choice, and a costly one
It is not surprising that Veganism is often dismissed as 'just a diet' rather than understood as a political movement. If animal rights activists want…
‘Holy Cow’: New research shows cows can also use tools
This study calls attention to the fact that thinking of animals such as cows as dumb is robbing science of learning about the evolution of their rich…
‘Shackled and Bled-Out’: Animal rights protesters startle London shoppers pretending to slit woman’s throat
Two female activists, nude but for a beige bodysuit, were hung upside down with shackles around their ankles to simulate the way that many chickens…
MIND SHIFT: Veganuary isn’t ‘veganism’, and why this matters
Veganuary is advocacy primarily aimed at non-vegans. It is the most impactful form of ‘boycott’ in supporting and encouraging the withdrawal of…
Strategy vs. Principle: Has the Vegan Society changed the principle of ‘veganism’?
Academic and cultural commentators have long noted that as movements enter the mainstream, their expression often shifts from abstract principle…