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Vegan Documentary The Game Changers is on Netflix NOW

Pro-vegan documentary The Game Changers, which dispels myths about needing meat to reach top athletic performance, is available to watch on Netflix today (October 16). The streaming service has added the movie following its incredible popularity after launching in cinemas last month.  The documentary features some of the world’s top plant-based athletes and has been …

Doctors plan to show patients vegan documentary The Game Changers

Healthcare providers have requested to use pro-vegan documentary The Game Changers to show patients an example of how to maintain a healthy diet.  Doctors have been in contact with the filmmakers and requested DVDs to inform patients about healthy eating habits.   The movie expels myths about needing meat and other animal products to reach peak …

Billie Eilish: “Mink lashes and slippers disgust me. Where yo heart at?”

Vegan singer Billie Eilish has spoken out against the mink industry, telling more than 40 million followers that people who buy mink products ‘disgust’ her. The 17-year-old superstar is an outspoken animal rights activist, and she posted an image on on her Instagram stories and wrote: “Just so you know… this is a mink. You …

Vegan brand Fry’s launches extensive range in Tesco

Vegan food brand The Fry Family Food Co landed in Tesco stores across the UK yesterday (October 14). The popular brand has been producing meat-free products for almost three decades, and will be making its debut in up to 800 Tesco stores. The launch will include five new chilled lines, including a number of convenient, …

Greta Thunberg urges millions of followers to go vegan

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has urged millions of followers on social media to ditch animal products from their diet to save the planet.  The Swedish teenager, who is vegan herself, posted a picture on Facebook after she met vegan sensation Esther the Wonder Pig. “Such a pleasure to finally meet Esther the Wonder Pig and …

Oatly to launch three ice cream flavours at Tesco

Plant milk giant Oatly has announced plans to launch three vegan ice cream flavours in Tesco supermarkets this month. The three flavours, which will be made from oats instead of dairy, will be Chocolate Fudge, Hazelnut Swirl and Salted Caramel. Chocolate Fudge Oatly said in a statement the decadent Chocolate Fudge ice cream ‘breaks all …

Baker creates vegan versions of every dish on the Great British Bake Off

An inspired vegan baker has promised to make plant-based versions of every dessert from the latest season of The Great British Bake Off. Natalia Lima, baker at the Curious Cat Bakery in Florida, is a big fan of the show and plans to show customers you don’t need animal products to make incredible desserts.  Throughout …

California bans exotic animal skins, fur and animal circuses

California enshrined a host of animal rights initiatives in law as the state leads the way in protecting wild and endangered animals.  Last week legislation AB 1561 was extended to ban the sale of iguana, skink, caiman, hippopotamus and various lizard skins. That adds to a ban on all alligator and crocodile skin sales, which …

Angelina Jolie’s doctor promotes veganism to fight cancer

Angelina Jolie’s doctor is promoting an initiative which advises a vegan diet as a method of fighting breast cancer. Dr. Kristi Funk is championing Let’s Beat Breast Cancer – a campaign which offers guidance in tackling cancer.  It advises people to adopt plant-based diets, exercise regularly, limit alcohol, and maintain a healthy weight. Tig Nataro, …

WATCH: Daughter tells dad ‘I don’t want to eat animals anymore’ in new Tesco ad

A new Tesco advert for vegan sausages has sparked outrage in the meat industry.  The TV ad shows a little girl who tells her father ‘I don’t want to eat animals anymore’. Though her dad says ‘I bloomin’ love my meat’, he compromises by cooking the new Tesco Plant Chef Meat-Free Cumberland-style Bangers to make …

Vegan singer Bryan Adams: “Killing animals for food is f****** up the planet”

Vegan singer Bryan Adams has posted a powerful message on social media in which he blames meat eating for destroying the planet.  The musician shared a picture of himself on Instagram wearing a t-shirt which reads  ‘please stop killing whales’. “Just the fact that this T-shirt has to get printed blows my mind,” he wrote. …

Vegan ‘supergran’ to walk 120 miles non-stop for dog charity

A vegan ‘supergran’ is repaying a charity which rescued her dog by taking on a non-stop 120-mile walk in her hometown of Brighton, UK. Serena Queeney, 67, paid tribute to her vegan diet in building up her stamina for the 60-hour walk. The mammoth task will take 60 hours, and all the money she raises …