Vegan restaurants are taking over New York City
New York City is in the midst of a vegan tidal wave. Consumers are ditching the once popular cheesy pizzas and greasy hot dogs as more and more healthy, ethical plant based restaurants pop up across the city. Restaurateur Nima Garos, co-founder of vegan hotspot JaJaJa Plantas Mexicana in Chinatown and Williamsburg, told the New …
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‘Wool is as cruel as fur’ PETA adverts banned for being ‘misleading’
An advert to promote animal welfare which claims that ‘wool is just as cruel as fur’ has been banned for being ‘misleading’. The slogan from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which has appeared on London buses since February, reads: “Don’t let them pull the wool over your eyes. Wool is just as …
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Heinz tweaks No Added Sugar Beans recipe to make it vegan
Food giant Heinz has removed honey extract from its No Added Sugar Heinz Beans recipe to make it suitable for vegans. The beans are used in breakfast meals from budget pub chain Wetherspoons, meaning vegans can now safely enjoy a full vegan English at the bars. A spokesperson for Heinz told Plant Based News: “All …
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Healthy vegan trail mix range launches at Tesco
A new healthy vegan trail mix range has been launched at Tesco stores across the UK. Real Handful has launched two new resealable trail mix sharing packs exclusively to the UK’s biggest supermarket chain. After launching the brand in 2016, co-founders Joe and Carly Taylor have expanded their trail mix range to launch Strawberry Stomp …
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Vegan vending machines launched at Canadian hospitals
Vegan vending machines have been launched at hospitals in Canada. Staff, patients and visitors can benefit from a variety of healthy plant-based snacks at any time of day or night thanks to the new initiative in Canada’s Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, BC. The Green Moustache Organic Café installed its vegan vending machine as …
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Traffic lights in Berlin tell drivers to go vegan
The rise of veganism knows no boundaries, it seems, after traffic lights in Berlin started promoting the plant-based cause. As the red lights flashes drivers are told to “stop meat” as they wait patiently, while green order them to “go vegan”. Traffic lights across Berlin-Mitte and Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in Germany’s capital have been flashing the messages …
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Pets given away for free on Gumtree end up abused, killed and in dog fighting rings
Animal rights activists are demanding Gumtree bans free pet adverts after numerous cases of horrific abuse and abandonment. Many instances of animal abuse have surfaced on social media, which have been linked to free pet ads on the classified advert site, leading to a Melbourne woman launching a petition to ban the practice. Casey Kemp …
Secret footage shows lambs chucked, trampled on and improperly stunned before slaughter
An investigation has been launched into a slaughterhouse after undercover footage exposed workers subjected sheep to horrific abuse. Footage from Animal Aid shows sheep being hurled onto their backs, trampled on, improperly stunned, and one sheep gets its head stuck in a conveyor belt. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is looking into practices at Farmers …
EU told to ban Brazilian beef to save the rainforests
The European Union has been urged to ban beef imports from Brazil to build pressure for action over the Amazon fires. After witnessing unprecedented fires in the Amazon, Finland, which holds the European Union’s rotating chairmanship, released a statement urging the EU to act. “Finance Minister Mika Lintila condemns the destruction of the Amazon rainforests …
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Woman shelters 97 stray dogs in her home during Bahamas hurricane
As a Category 5 hurricane loomed in the Bahamas, one compassionate woman took 97 stray and unwell dogs into her home to save them from the storm. Chella Philips, manager of The Voiceless Dogs of Nassau, shared pictures from her house as Hurricane Dorian tore through the country. Many dogs had been abandoned as people …
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World’s largest hotel chain Marriott bans single-use plastic toiletries
After phasing out plastic straws and stirrers last year, the world’s largest hotel chain will stop the use of single use plastic bottles to reduce its environmental impact. Marriott, which owns 7,000 properties worldwide including brands Sheraton, Westin and Ritz-Carlton, plans to replace all of its single-use plastic toiletry bottles with larger pump bottles by …
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Delaware becomes first state to achieve ‘no kill’ status for shelter animals
Delaware has become the first US state to be recognised as a ‘no kill’ area for shelter animals due to its outstanding record for rehoming unwanted and stray cats and dogs. According to Best Friends Animal Society, Delaware saved 11,900 animals out of the 12,800 that entered shelters, with others being unavoidably euthanized due to …
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