The National Association of Biomedical Research has complained to the US Department of Transport, stating that airlines are discriminating against animal researchers by refusing the transportation of animals to laboratories. A formal complaint has been submitted on the unlawfulness of refusing to fly animals for use in testing, while transporting the same animals for other…

The consumer goods company Unilever has announced that they will be backing the Humane Society International (HSI) in their global campaign to ban animal testing. Unilever, consumer giants and second largest beauty company in the world owning brands such as Dove, TRESemme, Dermilogica and Lynx/Axe, are not renowned for having admirable ethics when it comes…

Today is World Animal Day, and Cruelty Free International has delivered their petition to the UN with 8.3 million signatures from around the world, calling for a global end to cosmetic testing on animals. The petition took only 15 months to reach its target, with the support from people all around the world, and The…

Vegan campaign group, Viva!, have launched anti-dairy billboards on the M25 for the first two weeks of October, as part of their Trash campaign. The campaign seeks to draw attention to the way male dairy calves are disposed of, only days after being born. They have also created YouTube adverts and will be holding activism…

TV presenter, naturalist, nature photographer and author, Chris Packham, has announced that he is well on his way to becoming vegan. In a recent article he wrote for Big Issue Magazine, Chris admitted that although he is not fully vegan yet, his fridge contains a variety of plant-based milks – cows’ milk is most definitely…

Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch has teamed up with World Animal Protection in a bid to urge animal lovers everywhere to take part in a fundraising bake sale. Miss lynch has proved to be quite the animal activist over the years and even hosts her own vegan podcast entitled The Chickpeeps. She is also currently…

It has been announced recently that the popular meat-free food company The Fry’s Family Foods Co. are set to release a range of chilled vegan products that will be available in selected Sainsbury’s stores from the 10th October. Sainsbury’s will be selling eight new Fry’s products in their chilled section, followed by an additional range…

Food seems to be a hot topic at the moment within the vegan community; Supermarket shelves are almost buckling with the weight of all the new vegan products they are stocking and each week, there seems to be some new exciting food item being released that we all want to try. Restaurants aren’t ignoring the…

Takeaway pizza chain Domino’s have announced that they are adding vegan cheese to their menu in the UK to test the popularity of the product. The option will be available in select locations as part of the trial, but it could be introduced nationwide if the vegan cheese option is successful. Other Domino’s locations around…

Natural Resources Wales (NRW), a Welsh government sponsored organisation has announced that they will no longer renew leases to shoot game birds on public land. In addition, it will no longer support the breeding of pheasants for shooting on government-owned estates. Animal rights campaigners have been working tirelessly towards this, with Animal Aid and the…