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The purpose of this website is to provide information/news about Veganism and animal abuse/welfare/rights. It is hoped this information will be used for research and prompt a consideration of why Veganism is so important, particularly at this time. While Veganism is concerned with diet and the environment, it must always be animal-centered. Veganism, which is not animal-centered, is not Veganism...
"Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose; and by extension, promotes the development and use of animal-free alternatives for the benefit of animals, humans and the environment. In dietary terms it denotes the practice of dispensing with all products derived wholly or partly from animals."
(Vegan Society)
"Records of individuals following a vegetarian, or mostly vegetarian, diet go back thousands of years and include such notable figures in history as Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, and the Greek philosopher Pythagoras. The 19th-century English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the first prominent Europeans to eschew dairy and eggs, in addition to meat, for ethical reasons. In Shelley’s time those who did not eat meat were referred to as “Pythagoreans.” Shelley wrote A Vindication of Natural Diet in 1813, in which he blamed societal problems on the consumption of meat. The term vegan, a derivative of vegetarian, was proposed in 1944 by British animal rights advocate Donald Watson. That year he and other vegetarians who abstained from dairy formed the Vegan Society and launched a nascent movement that sought to stop the exploitation of living creatures for human consumption and use (including hunting and medical experiments) and to find nonanimal alternatives for food, clothing, and other human uses." |
The Future is Vegan...
Source: Animal Aid. 25 April 2024
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Subject: This reports that five horses from the Household Calvary raced "terrified through central London," and one was covered in blood. After being caught, two were said to be "in a serious condition."
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Subject: Filming at a Polish mink farm shows animals being thrown against cages.
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Subject: Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) reports that most global food companies "are making poor progress towards improving animal welfare."
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Subject: Avian flu is "decimating wildlife around the world" and is now being found in cows.
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Subject: Research has found that noise from traffic has a negative effect on the growth of baby birds.
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Subject: A project has begun in Los Angeles County which has led to the building of the “largest wildlife crossing in the world" over Highway 101.
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Subject: A statement, the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness, signed by three dozen scientists, has declared there is "good reason to believe fish, amphibians, molluscs and insects are sentient."
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Subject: This reports that most dairy farms in the UK are "breaking pollution rules, with vast amounts of cow manure being spilled into rivers."
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Subject: The World Health Organization has expressed concern about the spread of H5N1 bird flu as it has an “extraordinarily high” mortality rate in humans.
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Subject: Over 200 animals died on 16 April in a fire at a zoo in the Tropic Park Zoo, Crimea.
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Subject: A report from the USDA says the Miami Seaquarium does not have "basic resources to keep critically sick animals from suffering."
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Subject: Global heating has resulted in a bleaching of the world’s coral reefs, "that is on track to be the most extensive on record."
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Subject: The Green Party has said it will set up a Commission for Nature to "protect nature and ensure the restoration of wildlife habitats."
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Subject: A new report published by the League Against Cruel Sports (LACS) reports that Scottish hunts are attempting to bypass new anti-hunting laws.
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Subject: An investigation of Chinese fur farms with foxes, raccoon dogs and mink, has found "a high risk" of diseases that could be passed from animals to humans.
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Subject: Cameras fitted on commercial fishing boats show the number of deaths of ocean wildlife has "been significantly under-reported."
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Subject: New York City Council has decided to deal with the city's growing population of rats by the use of contraception.
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Subject: Protests have been made regarding rhe plans of Nueva Pescanova, a seafood company, to construct the first octopus farm in Spain.
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Subject: This reports calls for a recognition that animal rights is also a protection of human rights, pointing out that WHO and the UN have confirme6d "the health and welfare of animals is connected to the health and wellbeing of humans."
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Subject: A study has found that octopuses will be at risk of vision loss and and survival if "ocean temperatures continue to rise at the projected rate."
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Subject: This reports how monkeys are being tortured online in Cambodia to attract paying viewers.
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Subject: In order to save the spotted own, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to kill "hundreds of thousands of barred owls across California, Washington and Oregon."
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Subject: This reports how a research station on the Antarctic plateau recorded a temperature increase of 38.5C above the seasonal average.
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Subject: Yet another North Atlantic right whale has been killed after a ship collided with it.
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Subject: This reports "the destruction of the world’s most pristine rainforests continued at a relentless rate in 2023."
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Subject: Data from the American USDA reports that it killed 375,045 native animals in 2023.
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Subject: In February a Danish court declared that "preventing vegans from living according to their dietary convictions breaches fundamental human rights."
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Subject: Mercy for Animals has obtained undercover filming of cruelty to chickens in Kentucky poultry factory farms. This included employees "kicking, stepping, throwing and stuffing chickens into cages for transport."
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Subject: Despite 20 years passing since foxhunting was banned in England and Wales, it continues and police officer Chief Supt Matt Longman (the National Police Chiefs' Council lead on fox hunting) has admitted "that police have effectively given comfort to illegal hunting by not being entirely impartial."
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Subject: This reports that the EU has made "polluting diets 'artificially cheap'" by giving four times as much money to animal farming as the growing of plants.
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Subject: Undercover filming has shown an employee of an abattoir hitting pigs in their face and on their backs "with a paddle" as they were going towards gas chambers to be killed. The abattoir supplies businesses such as Tesco, Morrisons, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Aldi, and Marks and Spencer.
