Asda, Lidl And Nandos Chicken: Secret Cameras Reveal Birds Kicked, Stamped On And Driven To Cannibalism
Workers on farms which provide Asda, Lidl and Nandos with chicken have been exposed for their brutal treatment of birds in a shocking video investigation. Harrowing footage shows birds being kicked, convulsing on the floor in pain and living chickens being thrown into piles of dead birds. Dead chickens are also seemingly left to rot …
Belgian doctors claim parents raising vegan children should face criminal charges
Doctors in Belgium have recommended criminal charges of up to two years imprisonment for parents who bring their children up on a vegan diet. Belgium’s Royal Academy of Medicine published the legally influential opinion which goes against widespread medical advice and evidence. The doctors justified the position with the claim that children need proteins and …
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Vegan pizzeria wins top award at World Pizza Championships
Pizzeria Purezza has claimed a sensational first ever vegan victory at the World Pizza Championships, coming away as an emphatic winner of the Pizza Classica category. The Campionato Mondiale Della Pizza, held in Parma, Italy, featured the world’s best pizzas from across the globe. Vegan company Purezza, which has sites in Brighton and London, UK, …
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Beyoncé wants you to go vegan, for at least 22 days
Beyoncé has released a video advertisement for a plant-based meal planning service. The 37 year old star of Austin Powers in Goldmember has teamed up with “friend, trainer, exercise physiologist and New York Times Best Selling author,” Marco Borges, in the creation of 22 Days Nutrition, a web-based meal planner. The video, which focuses heavily …
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Nearly half of UK children don’t want to eat meat
The younger generation are increasingly ditching meat and going vegan or veggie, according to new research. A UK study questioned kids aged eight to 16 and found that one in ten identify as vegan or vegetarian. Almost half (44 percent) of those surveyed want to eat less meat and dairy as the number of flexitarians …
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Thousands of sheep die of overheating and smothering on export ships, investigation reveals
Thousands of sheep have died in horrific conditions on-board export ships from Australia, latest reports have revealed. Sheep are exported from Australia by the tens of thousands, and are crammed onto ships during sweltering northern summer months. Many die from overheating while in pens near oil fuel heaters or from smothering as the animals crowd …
Man loses 100lbs on plant-based diet then opens a vegan restaurant
Doctors told father of three James McGee, from Texas, USA, there was not much hope for him to live for another year, but switching to a plant-based diet has turned his life around. McGee was suffering from such serious and complicated health issues that he was taking 22 medications, and given little chance of recovery …
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How Gordon Ramsay went from tricking vegetarians into eating meat to embracing veganism
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s attitude towards veganism has shifted radically over the years. For most of his career, he’s been well-known for the his hatred of vegans and vegan food. But significantly, even the man who famously said he was part of PETA – ‘People Eating Tasty Animals’ – has been forced to adapt to …
Infamous ‘carnivore’ YouTuber Sv3rige fined for eating raw squirrel in ‘vegan protest’
Two anti-vegan activists have been convicted of public order offences and fined after eating raw squirrel outside a vegan food stall at Soho Vegan Food Market. Deonisy Khlebnikov, 22, and Gatis Lagzdins, 29, also known as YouTuber “Sv3rige”, were joined by a small crowd of protesters and filmed eating the dead animal to a horrified …
Abandoned fishing nets account for half of the ocean’s plastic pollution
It’s hard to avoid hearing about how much damage single-use plastic is doing to our environment. Major companies, even the likes of McDonald’s, are ditching straws and other plastic packaging to save the sea, while ‘The Attenborough Effect’ has led 53% of people to reduce the amount of plastic they use. And while this movement …
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2,700 dairy farms went bust in the US last year
The dairy industry is struggling to cope with the surge in veganism as 2,731 dairy farms went out of business in the US last year. The cow milk industry is failing to fight off competition from plant-based alternatives as consumers become more conscious of the environmental impact and ethical reality of dairy. Last year dairy …
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Vegan Becomes The First Mountaineer To Summit Everest Using All Vegan Equipment
A vegan mountaineer has become the first person to climb Mount Everest using only animal-free equipment. Animal rights advocate and climber Dean Maher ascended the south side of the world’s largest mountain without the help of traditional feather down jackets and sleeping bags or leather boots. The mountaineer announced his achievement on Instagram: “I’m very …
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