By Emily Moran Barwick Above all else, horse racing is a business. From cradle to grave, racehorses live tortured, terrifying, brutal, and completely thankless lives. It’s not for the love of the sport, and certainly not for the love of the horse. It’s for the love of money.  >>MORE

Vegan Friendly UK said the ad doesn’t hold back, and it has been designed to hit hard and to show ‘the scale of suffering and death that we, humans, cause to animals each day.’ A major new vegan poster campaign in London is calling on consumers to ‘make the connection’ when it comes to the animals they eat. The initiative,…

Abbey Sharp is a Registered Dietitian, a food and recipe writer, and a TV nutrition expert. There’s no denying it—vegan food has become popular in recent years. A 2016 study from the University of Oxford found that if the world went vegan, it could save roughly eight million human lives by 2050, decrease greenhouse gas emissions (from agriculture) by two-thirds and save…

We urgently need compassionate people like you to add your voice to ours and demand an end to the worst abuses of farm animals. As the founding farm animal Sanctuary in the U.S., Farm Sanctuary has rescued and provided refuge for countless survivors of the animal agriculture system. Today, at Farm Sanctuary’s Los Angeles, CA and Watkins Glen, NY Sanctuaries…

The number of animals killed in the UK per year for meat, fish or shellfish 1.2 billion land animals are killed for meat each year in the UK. Also, almost one billion fish and 4.4 billion shellfish. Land animals Aquatic animals References : The number of animals killed in the world for meat, fish or shellfish 78.7 billion land animals are killed for meat…

Pull out the mixing bowls and tie on your apron, it’s time to brush up on those vegan cooking skills. If you’re like us, you love the idea of whipping up some delicious vegan dinners, but you don’t always have the techniques to do that—even if you can find the time. No worries, friends, these virtual cooking classes have got…

Here are 5 things. If you’ve been wondering “why should I go vegan”, we’re here for you. There are plenty of reasons why you should go vegan. There’s animal welfare, the impact of animal agriculture and climate change, as well as your health. But, for today’s purpose, we’re talking strictly about why you should go vegan for your health. If you were…

Isn’t man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife — birds, kangaroos, deer, all kinds of cats, coyotes, beavers, groundhogs, mice foxes and dingoes — by the million in order to protect his domestic animals and their feed. Then he kills domestic animals by the billion and eats them. This in turn kills man by the millions, because eating all those…

Kiss processed meals goodbye and say hello to all that a whole-food vegan diet can do for you. You’ll be eating healthier than ever and feeling like the very best version of yourself in no time! Despite her Midwestern upbringing, Jackie Akerberg, founder of the blog Jackfruitful, never enjoyed the taste of meat—much to her dad’s confusion. “I’d come home from…

Debunking myths! A cancer survivor, an Ironman Triathlete**, and widely-decorated marathoner, Ruth Heidrich has long been been a role model to athletes of all ages. But over the years even Ruth herself has encountered the various, commonly held misbeliefs about running, from “women shouldn’t run” to “you need to change your diet to run,” that prevent people from lacing up their shoes…