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Pret launches vegan versions of duck, chicken, bacon and egg sandwiches

Pret a Manger has announced that vegan versions of its most popular tuna, egg, duck, and bacon sandwiches will be available at outlets later this month. The Pret team is ready with its latest vegan offerings after conducting a poll to gauge customer preferences and then investing nine months to create vegan products which ‘have …

Vegan presses charges against friends who tricked her into eating chicken

A devastated vegan reported her friends to police after discovering they had tricked her into eating chicken. The 24-year-old vegan recounted her story on Reddit, stating that she had ditched meat products since a toddler and was furious after her friends pranked her into eating chicken nuggets at a party, which they said were vegan …

British Airways customer slams ‘truly pathetic’ in-flight vegan meal: “We are not rabbits”

A British film director has slammed British Airways for serving her a ‘pathetic’ vegan meal. Carolyn Saunders, famed for her award-winning 2017 movie The Wasting, was flying from Vancouver to London when she was served chunks of plain tofu with rice and baby sweetcorn. Recounting her horror on Twitter, she tweeted: “British Airways this is …

New ‘social experiment’ TV show forces families to eat their pets or go vegan

A new TV show will challenge participants to eat the pet they adopted and nurtured for three weeks or not eat any meat at all. A new British reality show called Meat the Family produced by Spun Gold TV is set to air on Channel 4 in 2020  The format of the show involves four …

Lewis Hamilton says going vegan is the only way to save the planet

Lewis Hamilton launched into a passionate plea about climate change and the devastating effects of the meat industry in a recent Instagram post, and insisted that people need to go vegan if the planet is to survive. The 34-year-old F1 driver, who turned vegan in 2017, shared his despair about the world in an emotional …

Cory Booker at Democratic Presidential Debate: “Factory farming is destroying our environment”

Cory Booker spoke up about his veganism in the Democratic Presidential Debate in which he labelled Donald Trump the ‘unhealthiest candidate’. Booker was asked by moderator Jorge Ramos if he thought everyone should follow his plant-based diet, to which the candidate replied ‘no’. But he did go on to slam the farming industry for destroying …

Oprah Winfrey urges plant-based diet: “Start with one meal a day”

Oprah Winfrey urged her fans to swap meat for at least one plant-based meal each day following an interview with environmentalist Suzy Cameron Amis on her talk show.  The renowned TV star hosted the environmentalist on her Super Soul Sunday show, where the pair discussed the latter’s book, The OMD Plan. The book explores the …

London police order hundreds of vegan meals for arrested Extinction Rebellion protesters

London’s Metropolitan Police has catered to hundreds of arrested Extinction Rebellion protesters this week, ensuring there are plant based options available behind bars for vegan activists.  Two weeks of protests across the capital have brought parts of the city to a standstill and led to more than 1,400 arrests.  Though Extinction Rebellion is not exclusively …

Badger hair industry investigation reveals animals caught in snares, beaten and violently killed

A horrifying investigation into China’s badger-brush industry has revealed animals being confined to tiny wire cages before being violently killed.  The video exposé from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) revealed that in order to make paint, make-up, and shaving brushes, badgers are captured using snares and other cruel methods. The animal rights …

Helsinki University bans beef to save the planet

Helsinki University has announced plans to ditch beef from menus as the drive for educational establishments to ban meat continues to gain momentum. The university in Finland’s capital will no longer serve beef on any lunchtime menus at any cafes owned by the student union, while beef will be removed from sandwiches and rolls altogether.  …

Huge dairy farm goes bust as demand drastically falls

A huge dairy farm in Wales has gone out of business as demand for dairy milk rapidly dwindles.  Tomlinsons Dairies in Wrexham has stopped processing dairy milk, and the company has told farmers they must find a different outlet.  The farm employs 330 staff and also runs operations in Chester and Shropshire. Tomlinsons said in …

Investigation reveals monkeys screaming out in pain at German lab

Harrowing footage has emerged from a testing lab in Germany, in which animals are subjected to horrific abuse and monkeys are seen screaming out in pain.  Activists from Cruelty Free International (CFI) took undercover footage at the Laboratory of Pharmacology and Toxicology (LPT) near Hamburg. Dogs are seen kept in horrendous conditions and monkeys are …