‘More Like Paul’: An award-winning documentary about an 87-year-old vegan ultra marathon runner
‘More Like Paul’: An award-winning documentary about an 87-year-old vegan ultra marathon runner
Paul Youd is on a mission to complete 100 ultra marathons before his 100th birthday. As a passionate advocate and fundraiser for animal protection, Paul uses his journey to challenge perceptions and inspire change, championing what’s possible with a plant-powered lifestyle. Directed by Damian Sciberras More Like Paul is a life-affirming documentary short about purpose, resilience and the influence of those who live by example, reminding us that meaningful change can begin with a single step, at any stage of life. PLANT BASED NEWS: The documentary film “More Like Paul’ follows Paul Youd, an 87-year-old vegan runner, as he attempts to […]
INVESTIGATION: Tiny kittens tortured in NIH-funded University of Florida lab
INVESTIGATION: Tiny kittens tortured in NIH-funded University of Florida lab
RFK Jr. and the NIH can’t pretend to be ‘working tirelessly’ to phase out pet testing while doling out nearly $150 million in new funding for barbaric cat and dog experiments worldwide since taking office last year. White Coat Waste Project uncovered a University of Florida (UF) lab approved to abuse up to 119 cats and kittens in a breeding operation where the animals are intentionally bred with a fatal neurodegenerative disease. These disturbing tests are bankrolled by $2,639,706 in active NIH funding that is supposed to run through November 2026. This project inflicts suffering on cats intentionally bred with Niemann-Pick […]
Bearing Witness: On animal suffering, institutional violence, and moral blindness
Bearing Witness: On animal suffering, institutional violence, and moral blindness
A complex set of psychological factors prevents us from recognising our complicity in the sheer brutality embedded in the everyday treatment of animals. Those who seek to deny animal suffering literally avoid looking, resisting the demand – both emotional and moral – imposed by the reality of animals’ lives. The living subject, as well as her killing, blood, and suffering, is starkly absent from most people’s view, from their consciousness and consequently, their moral considerations. To see what happens to animals, and to engage emotionally with their plight, would potentially lead to widespread opposition to practices that render animals disposable. REBEKAH. HUMPHREYS: […]
