Joaquin Phoenix under fire for riding a horse in his upcoming film Napoleon
Vegan celebrity Joaquin Phoenix has sparked controversy after riding a horse in an upcoming film. Longtime vegan and animal rights activist Joaquin Phoenix has once again jumped on horseback after his 2018 movie The Sisters Brothers. The actor was recently spotted riding a horse on the set of his upcoming film ‘Napoleon’ by British director …
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Tiger King star Carole Baskin to close Big Cat Rescue and move wildlife to Arkansas refuge
“The win-win solution both for our captive cats and the cats in the wild is for us to merge our cat population with the population at another existing accredited sanctuary.” Carole Baskin of Netflix fame has decided to close her Big Cat Rescue center and transfer most of its wildlife from Florida to a sanctuary …
Italy passes anti lab-grown meat bill to protect food heritage
If signed into law, the new bill will ban the Italian food industry from manufacturing any food or animal feed that uses cellular agriculture technology utilizing animal cells, including cultivated meat. Georgia Meloni’s right-wing government has backed a bill to ban the production and sale of “synthetic foods” in Italy. The move is motivated by …
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Oxford City council faces furious backlash after voting to ban meat at events
After Oxfordshire County Council went vegan more than a year ago, Oxford County Council followed suit amid fierce opposition. Oxford County Council’s vote to only serve plant-based foods at internal councillor events has sparked furious backlash from campaign groups, opposition councillors, and farmers. Members of the Council in a meeting held on 20 March unanimously …
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Nike joins Puma in ditching kangaroo leather for animal-free alternatives
Top sports brands such as Nike and Puma are ditching premium kangaroo leather; will Adidas follow suit? Nike has pledged to stop its use of kangaroo leather following pressure from animal rights activists and a crackdown in the United States. The US sportswear giant’s decision comes just two weeks after German rival Puma confirmed that …
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Popular Twitch streamer Hasan Piker pays over $25,000 in adoption fees to save every dog at Los Angeles shelters
“While I cannot adopt all of these puppies, I wanted to at the very least pay the adoption fee of every single puppy in this facility.” A popular Twitch streamer has generously donated to Los Angeles animal shelters, in a bid to help more dogs find forever homes. Political commentator and popular Twitch streamer Hasan …
Bear Grylls called out for ‘moronic’ secret diet of ‘organ meat’
According to Grylls, eating organ meat, raw dairy, and honey and avoiding processed foods full of damaging seed oils is the secret to his health. Bear Grylls has come under fire after he posted a video revealing his secret to ‘staying strong’. In a post on Twitter, he wrote: “I’m often asked my secret to …
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ASDA bans Thai coconut milk following PETA exposé
PETA investigations have prompted the supermarket to source its own-brand coconut milk range from the Philippines instead. UK supermarket ASDA has become the first international retailer to discontinue selling Thai coconut milk. The decision follows a recent undercover investigation by vegan charity PETA into monkey abuse in the country’s coconut industry. Going forward, ASDA’s new …
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Sweden authorizes the killing of hundreds of lynxes just weeks after largest wolf cull
The lynx is Sweden’s most popular carnivore, according to the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Sweden has granted licenses for the hunting of 201 lynxes throughout March. This is more than double the number from recent years. It comes just weeks after the Scandinavian country approved the largest wolf cull in modern history. Shockingly, this …
Ricky Gervais among others joins calls to ban trophy hunting
All trophy hunting needs to stop. It’s just as wrong to kill a reindeer for kicks as it is to kill a rhino. We don’t have the right to murder living creatures for entertainment.” Dame Judi Dench and Ricky Gervais are among a slew of celebrities urging MPs to vote for an unprecedented trophy hunting …
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Record number of dead dolphins washed up on France’s shores
Dolphins have been ensnared in fishing nets in the Atlantic waters off Western Europe for decades. However, alterations to fishing practices in the area have led to a sharp increase in the number of deaths. A record number of dead dolphins washed up on France’s Atlantic beaches after what animal activists claim to be the …
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Cambridge university lecturer says vegan menu plan is ‘worrying on many levels’
The University of Cambridge has voted in favour of vegan menus. A Cambridge University lecturer has expressed his concern about the student union’s vote to move to an all-vegan menu. It comes after the student union voted in favour of beginning talks to implement “sustainable and 100 percent plant-based” catering at university cafés for environmental …
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