Attention sophisticated thinking vegans: meet your new BFF, LAIKA. The recently debuted quarterly magazine has the glossy and stylish look and feel of a popular fashion mag – without the fur, leather, feathers, cosmetic cruelty, Kardashians, and other atrocities typically associated with chic lifestyle magazines. In addition to fashion, beauty, food,
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On April 20, a group of activists from Fermare Green Hill campaign entered a pharmacology lab at the University of Milano, Italy. Very quickly, news spread on social media. If you were like me, you spent the day reading updates on their Facebook page, waiting to see what would happen to the activists, would they [...]
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Kind is a new book of poetry by Gretchen Primack, who co-authored The Lucky Ones with Jenny Brown, released last year. Kind is filled with thoughtful, poignant and touching poems about how we treat and mistreat animals. Gretchen's poetry is straightforward, and makes one think about their role in either oppressing or advocating for [...]
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Last year I sent Jewish media a pitch about our second vegan Passover seder. My hope was that I would be able to get some attention for ethical veganism around the holiday. Our veder made it in an article in The Jewish Journal and they also asked me to write an article for them. [...]
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For World Vegan Day 2012, 269 organized a worldwide campaign to honor all animals who are part of the organized exploitation and murder of animals for food, clothing, entertainment and “research.”. Hundreds of activist across the globe tattooed 269 as an act of solidarity. I asked one of the representatives of 269 for a statement [...]
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In part one of this series, I spoke with a representative of the group 269 about their action on World Farm Animals Day, where they were branded with a hot iron with the number of an anonymous calf in an Israeli factory farm. I was curious about how the group regarded the animal rights [...]
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I saw a video come through my feed a few days after World Farm Animals Day. I don't generally click on videos, but the words “branded by hot steel” in the title intrigued me. I was immediately mesmerized by what I saw. There was a man with a numbered tag on his ear, similar [...]
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There are fewer households with pets, and fewer pets in U.S. homes, according to the latest AVMA numbers. Most attribute the decline to the economy. As most who work in pet rescue can attest, the number of pets given up in shelters is increasing as people face unemployment and foreclosure. An “owner surrender” due to [...]
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Op-ed writer Nicholas Kristoff's Sunday piece “Where Cows Are Happy and Food is Healthy” explains that there are farms across the United States where the farmers love their animals, where the farms still have souls, unlike those big, bad factory farms. His article, as well as books by Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Nina Planck and [...]
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The question “why don't animal activists care about people?” has many worthy responses, including the toll of animal agribusiness on workers and the environment, and the food and water resources that are used to feed animals that could feed hungry people instead. All these answers are of course given to assure others that yes, we [...]
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This is so sad. These babies and mothers live lives of misery so humans can be "entertained" by their racing... http://t.co/TlNXKvXQlW15 hrs 54 min ago
The practical parts of being vegan are not difficult at all. What is difficult is being hyper aware of the... http://t.co/l9JfpZ08D31 days 5 hrs ago
Natural Balance sells out, I mean sells their company to Del Monte. This is not good news. http://t.co/errBr1E6Zr1 days 8 hrs ago
One and a half years ago today, Frederick, Douglass and 38 of their comrades landed at LAX, to begin a new phase... http://t.co/4W9frfbZLW1 days 12 hrs ago
The Onion strikes again.
'This tastes way less ciprofloxacin-y than the McChicken did a year ago,'ť Hingle stated... http://t.co/IMY4FSDcqr1 days 16 hrs ago
Thank you to Honey Badger Randall for the beautiful and informative video about Beagle Freedom Project! Frederick... http://t.co/bDiBheBTrZ2 days 9 hrs ago
@Randallsanimals Thank you for the amazing @BeagleFreedom video! Frederick and Douglass loved watching themselves!!! 2 days 9 hrs ago
Think about the lengths we go to as a species to avoid or numb our suffering - drugs, alcohol, overeating,... http://t.co/07MsGTAFlz3 days 10 hrs ago
Let's help 12 year-old Thomas Ponce get to D.C. for the AR Conference! http://t.co/THe1olidke3 days 12 hrs ago
"If you are concerned with fundamental justice, it is your obligation to not take part in the suffering and death... http://t.co/lbxlkMCPZY3 days 14 hrs ago
I can't think of a single choice that you can make today that will have a more profound impact than going vegan.... http://t.co/cLVSSTpWOS3 days 18 hrs ago
This is a great video interview with Linda Tucker, author of the new book "Saving the White Lions" on CBS News.... http://t.co/1HCz94WnML4 days 7 hrs ago
I am now ready to share my review of Follow Your Heart's new vegan bleu cheese dressing. HOLY CRAP!!! It tastes... http://t.co/HzdzqTy8u34 days 12 hrs ago
@pippiparoojacks LA. They were named after the abolitionist Frederick Douglass. They are on the cover of TTV FB page. 4 days 15 hrs ago
This happened moments ago on our morning walk.
Neighbor: Your dogs are so beautiful. Are they beagles?
Me: Yes.... http://t.co/gQbfwTOEjB4 days 16 hrs ago
Public service announcement for vegans in the greater Los Angeles area: Follow Your Heart has their new vegan bleu... http://t.co/BM6xnnDVA26 days 10 hrs ago
Frederick and Douglass are excited to go to the San Diego 10 reunion today. A little over one year ago, Beagle... http://t.co/Lmwa5lneiE6 days 17 hrs ago
RT @TonyKanal: 'All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.'ť - Pet'¦ 7 days 15 hrs ago
I was not born vegan, but I will surely die a vegan. 7 days 16 hrs ago
"To meditate for world peace, to pray for a better world, and to work for social justice and environmental... http://t.co/N0EmtoJL6W8 days 5 hrs ago
