Mainstream News Coverage

Three activists disrupted the Coach runway show during New York Fashion Week 2023 protesting the use of leather in the fashion industry Los Angeles, September 26th, 2023 — In a show of compassionate bravado that made global headlines, three animal rights activists disrupted the Coach runway show at New York Fashion Week 2023, held at the iconic New York Public Library Main Branch in Manhattan.

Indianapolis, Indiana, December 28 11:30pm New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, the first vegan member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, recently announced a new piece of farmed animal welfare legislation, the Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act (IAA). The IAA is a bill created, in part, as a response to what critics have described as the horrific treatment of pigs, chickens, turkeys and cows during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the early months of the pandemic, Covid-ridden slaughterhouses were temporarily shut down, and the USDA provided aid to livestock companies in the mass killing (referred to as “depopulation”) of millions of animals, meaning that taxpayer dollars supported these acts.

Danish Politicians Agree to Allocate over $150M to Plant-Based Food Finally, one country steps up! Political parties in Denmark have agreed to a new agricultural plan that gives plant-based food an economic push. This is BIG, although, apparently, you won’t read about it in the New York Times, which is too busy attacking vegan restaurants and plant-based meats.

McPlant Arrives in America! FINALLY! Vegans and pre-vegans alike have been Mcloving the McPlant burger in the United Kingdom. Well, now, it’s IN America. FINALLY! The vegan patty is only available in 8 locations so far. But, if we all go out and get it at those 8 locations, and make it a successful test, that increases the likelihood that it will go nationwide!

Amsterdam Bans the sale of Live Lobsters and Crabs in its Markets Good news for our ten-legged friends. The capital of the Netherlands has just announced another important victory for the protection of lobsters and crabs. From 2022 on, it will be illegal to sell live lobsters and crabs in any of Amsterdam’s 34 markets.