‘Mommy’ Un-Dearest: Are vegan influencers a necessary evil?
‘Mommy’ Un-Dearest: Are vegan influencers a necessary evil?
Creating social media content shouldn’t be every single vegan’s main form of activism, but vegan influencers do have an important role in helping create a vegan future. It’s okay to hate social media, and the culture around it, but it would be foolish to completely dismiss it. It can be a powerful tool for creating more vegans and plant-based eaters, and influence more people to be kinder to animals. TRACY.3: It’s happened again. Another popular content creator has made a “Why I’m No Longer Vegan” video. This time, it’s Mommy Tang, who now goes by Love Soo on social media… is […]
‘Sentient’: An emotionally powerful documentary of primate experimentation through the voices of those who carried it out
‘Sentient’: An emotionally powerful documentary of primate experimentation through the voices of those who carried it out
The new film called ‘Sentient’ traces scientist Jones-Engel’s journey, as well as that of the macaques, from the wild and breeding farms in Asia, to laboratories in the US and the UK, where they are used to test new medicines. About 40,000 are sent each year to the US alone. Sentient features interviews with several scientists at the University of Washington, which is where Jones-Engel spent most of her career. Many become emotional while talking about their work, and the animals. KERRY O’BRIEN: A new film called Sentient traces Jones-Engel’s journey, as well as that of the macaques, from the wild […]
STAR STRUCK: Animal advocate confronted by police for video blasting animal testing laboratory
STAR STRUCK: Animal advocate confronted by police for video blasting animal testing laboratory
Good Morning Britain (GMB) star and animal rights campaigner Anneka Svenska said she felt ‘violated’when two police officers turned up at her house over a video she had shared criticizing a facility using beagle puppies in laboratory testing. The police claimed Svenska committed an offense under the Online Safety Act. Svenska had blasted Cambridgeshire-based business, MBR Acres, in a clip in January for its disposal methods for dead animals. MBR Acres, the only UK site currently breeding dogs for animal testing, accused her of spreading ‘false allegations’. EKIN KARASIN: Good Morning Britain (GMB) star and animal rights campaigner Anneka Svenska was left “shaking” after […]
