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BOSH! launches live vegan cookalong series on YouTube for lockdown

Vegan foodies behind Bosh! fame have launched a live cookalong broadcast to invite people to cook plant-based meals with them during lockdown. Popular vegan cooks- Henry Firth and Ian Theasby behind BOSH! fame have launched a live online cookalong series to help people whip up “some amazing, easy, insanely tasty dishes, that are all made …

PETA asks Gordon Ramsay to make his restaurants vegan in wake of coronavirus

“Instead of laying off your staff, it’s time to lay off animals,” says the animal rights charity. After Gordon Ramsay decided to temporarily close his London restaurants amid the coronavirus pandemic resulting in several hundreds of staff bring laid off, PETA urged the celebrity chef to use this opportunity to lay off animals from his …

Bryan Adams says ‘virus comes from an open wet market’, urges followers to ‘go vegan’

Bryan Adams has shared a post calling for wet markets to be closed in order to eliminate these disease breeding grounds for new viruses. Last week, vegan singer Bryan Adams once again engaged his 744,000 Instagram followers to talk about the dangers of wet markets and the need for them to be completely shut down. …

White House expert Dr. Anthony Fauci calls for all wet markets to be shut down right away

America’s chief infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has mentioned that the ongoing public health crisis is a “direct result” of the thriving wet animal markets. Dr. Anthony Fauci is the latest medical expert to call for a global shutdown of wet animal markets. In an interview on Fox & Friends, the director of the …

Cardi B donates 20,000 vegan health drinks to NYC hospital staff

The Hustlers star has supplied health drinks in partnership with OWYN, a vegan nutrition brand to support local medical professionals in New York City hospitals. Even as the US braces for “the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans’ lives,” with the death toll from coronavirus in states such as New York, Michigan and …

China continues to exploit wild animals by promoting bear bile for coronavirus cure

China has approved traditional medicines which include bear bile and goat horn as remedies for the COVID-19 infection. In a bid to control the spread of coronavirus and treat infected patients, China’s National Health Commission published a list of recommended traditional and Western treatments for the virus last month. And one of the six traditional …

Plant-based Tennis Pro Novak Djokovic donates €1 million to Serbian hospitals in COVID-19 relief effort

Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena have decided to donate for the purchase of ventilators and other medical equipment in order to ‘make the biggest and best impact on our country’. In a video press conference hosted by the couple and shared on Instagram, plant-based tennis champion Novak Djokovic and his wife Jelena announced that …

China’s wet markets re-open despite ongoing coronavirus pandemic

While other countries are in nationwide lockdowns amid the coronavirus crisis, Chinese authorities have allowed wet markets selling wild animals to resume their businesses. History is set to repeat itself as China that previously announced a permanent ban on wildlife trade in wake of the coronavirus pandemic has gone back to allowing the wet markets …

Trump continues to reverse climate protection laws in the middle of corona crisis

President Trump has announced the roll-back of the fuel-efficiency standards mandated by the previous government even as the country struggles to contain the coronavirus siege. According to Worldometer, coronavirus cases in the US have reached 215,344 and 5,112 have died at the time of writing. Even as the outbreak continues to ravage the nation, US …

Kyrie Irving donated 200,000 vegan ‘Beyond Burgers’ to NYC Food Bank in COVID-19 relief efforts

The Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving has made donations to several food banks and charities across New York in a bid to help the ones hit hard by the ongoing pandemic. According to Johns Hopkins University’s running tally, declared coronavirus cases across the US have jumped to 189,510 with 4,076 deaths at the time …

Vietnam to clamp down on billion dollar wild animal trade industry

Vietnam has announced plans to shut down the country’s billion dollar wildlife industry by stamping out illegal trading and consumption of animals. The country’s prime minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has directed the country’s agriculture minister to stamp out the industry following the outbreak of coronavirus – which stemmed from a meat market in China which …

Jane Goodall urges people to show ‘love and compassion for the animals who are with us on this planet,’ in COVID-19 message

The conservationist has recorded a powerful message urging people to realize the extent to which humans exploit animals for food, entertainment and other selfish motives. Amidst the coronavirus pandemic that has now infected more than 8,59,032 and killed over 42,322 globally at the time of writing, leading primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall shared a video message in which …