A newly signed federal law will expand milk options in U.S. school cafeterias, allowing students who can’t or don’t consume dairy to receive a non-dairy alternative as part of standard school meals for the first time. In a win for animal advocates and public health experts, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act formally opens […]

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A young elephant seal was languishing on a beach in California with a plastic packing strip secured tightly around her neck, according to news. She was emaciated, likely because the plastic made it difficult to forage. It appeared to be killing her slowly. Rescuers carefully approached, sedated her, and cut the strip from her neck. Her scars […]

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West Hollywood’s extraordinary new resolution has made the city even more compassionate: Plant-based foods will now become the default option for all food and drinks served at city-financed events, according to local news. Private events will not be included. The mandate is a huge victory for animal rights and reducing the senseless suffering animals experience […]

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Carolyn Scott-Hamilton, also known as The Healthy Voyager, makes vegan traveling easy. The accomplished Latina media personality, vegan chef, nutritionist, and best-selling author has made it her life’s work to share vegan living with the world. Scott-Hamilton has been traveling around the world, eating vegan and living healthily, since 2006, when “The Healthy Voyager” began. […]

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Thanksgiving is right around the corner — and there is so much to be thankful for, including the amazing animals who share this planet with us and the many delicious, accessible, and affordable plant-based options that will let you keep your celebrations compassionate and kind. With these plant-based recipes, you’ll have the whole family satisfied […]

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Twenty years ago, Matt Rossel took a job working undercover at a fur farm in Illinois.  He witnessed foxes and racoons crammed into tiny cages, deprived of water and everything that is natural for them. He also witnessed breeding pairs of foxes who cannibalized their cage mates and corpses left in cages with living animals.  […]

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When people choose to go vegan, there’s usually one of several entry points — a love for animals, a desire to minimize impact on the environment, health concerns or (sometimes) doctor’s orders. The journey for the now famous, top athlete Kollins Ezekh — known to his more than 198,000 followers on Instagram as the @plantbasedboxer […]

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Many plant-powered people when asked to give advice on how to live a healthy vegan life will offer up, “Eat the Rainbow.” That’s because colorful foods —  think crispy orange or red bell peppers, verdant mini forests of broccoli and kale, or pretty purple cabbages — are packed with a host of important nutrients and vitamins that boost […]

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Ramen noodles. Pasta. Cereal. Sacrifice. That’s what Michelle Cehn thought she’d be getting when she committed, years ago, to going vegan.  But that’s not what life had in store for her.  Cehn is now the executive director of nonprofit World of Vegan, a successful host of the “Plant-Powered People” podcast, co-author of The Friendly Vegan […]

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A new federal civil rights complaint alleges that a state agency’s lack of oversight of intensive bird farms is endangering the health and well-being of the planet and North Carolina residents — and disproportionately those of color. The complaint — submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)  by the Vermont Law and Graduate School’s Environmental […]

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PETITION TARGETS: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), UK Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Millions of baby chickens are suffering broken legs, difficulty breathing, and heart failure after having been bred to grow so fast that their bodies can’t support them. Most chickens sent to slaughter today — typically babies at just six […]

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A new bill would allow millions of school children a chance to choose compassionate and healthier alternatives to cow’s milk for the first time.  H.R. 1619, or the Addressing Digestive Distress in Stomachs of Our Youth (ADD SOY) Act, would require public schools to provide soy milk as an alternative to cow’s milk to students […]

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Raccoon dogs and other animals illegally sold in cruel live markets in Wuhan, China, may have contributed to — or even caused — the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed nearly 7 million people across the globe, according to a new study. An international team of scientists gathered genetic data from swabs taken at Huanan […]

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Dozens of health and environmental advocacy groups have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleging the federal agency has failed to protect waterways and communities from toxic pollution caused by factory farms in violation of the Clean Water Act. The lawsuit alleges that the more than 30 groups who presented the EPA in 2017 with a […]

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As an emerging outbreak of the monkeypox virus continues an uncharacteristic worldwide spread, scientists are pointing to humanity’s increasingly destructive relationship with wildlife as a leading cause of pandemics. Worldwide, there were more than 120 confirmed or suspected cases of monkeypox in at least 11 non-African countries in a single week. As of June 3,  […]

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Millions of turkeys and chickens deemed at risk of catching this year’s avian bird flu were massively killed in the cruelest way possible, via a combination of extreme heat and suffocation, according to a new report from the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI). AWI analyzed USDA records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request for […]

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A new documentary aims to tackle the root causes of pandemics – and how people’s treatment of animals factors into creating them. The “End of Medicine” highlights the link between animal treatment, including in intensive animal agriculture and the wildlife trade, and emerging health threats, including pandemics, zoonotic and infectious disease, and antibiotic resistance.  The […]

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As the Easter season hatches into the public eye with its imagery of bunnies, eggs and chicks, a less visible — and infinitely more cruel — hatching exercise is also taking place in schools. Egg incubators as science lessons are commonplace nationwide, and while the intentions of educators may be pure, classroom chick hatching is […]

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People craving the crunchy comfort of traditional Southern-fried foods now have a savory, affordable, and healthier alternative in Vegan Fried Chick*n (VFC)– a recently launched plant-based company whose mission includes “putting an end to factory farming” and “making junk food a guilt free pleasure.” Started in the United Kingdom in 2020, VFC now also has […]

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California’s Prop 12,  which many have hailed as the nation’s strongest animal protection law yet for farmed animals, is once again facing legal challenges from Big Meat. The U.S. Supreme Court announced in March that it will hear a challenge from pork producers alleging that the landmark legislation –  which aims to prevent atrocious suffering […]

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