A few weeks ago, we shared exciting news about Subway’s three new vegan options that were introduced at select restaurants in the DC-Metro area.
Bringing the Heat with Summer Veg Outreach
Summer is officially underway and our East Coast volunteers
and interns have been bringing the heat! Since April, we’ve handed-out more than 25,000 leaflets and 8,000 vegan food samples at over 30 events!
Make Your Compassionate Cookout a Sizzling Success!
Summer is officially underway and everyone wants to be outdoors, which makes backyard barbecueing one of America’s favorite summer pasttimes. Unfortunately, barbecues can actually be dangerous when meat is on the menu. Grilling animal protein–in particular chicken breast, steak, pork, salmon, or hamburger–can produce cancer-causing compounds. These carcinogens are the result of cooking at high
temperatures, charring, and burning animal fats, the consumption of
which are all associated with stomach, colon, liver, and even skin cancers.
Avoid these risks by choosing delicious vegetarian fare instead. These hearty, healthy, and cruelty-free burgers and kabobs are sure to be crowd-pleasers at the next cookout you host or attend!
California Says Au Revoir to Foie Gras
On July 1, a California law banning the force-feeding of ducks and
geese for foie gras—and the sale of products from force-fed birds—goes into
effect, making the Golden State the first in the US to join the ranks of over a
dozen nations that have banned this cruel practice, including Germany, Israel,
Italy, Argentina, and the United Kingdom.
Foie gras is French for “fatty liver,” and in order to produce
this so-called “delicacy,” ducks and geese are force fed abnormally large
quantities of food, causing their livers to become diseased and swell up to ten
times the normal size inducing a condition known as “hepatic lipidosis” or
fatty liver disease.
July is National Veggie Hot Dog Month!
The National Hot Dog and Sausage
Council has declared July as National Hot Dog Month, but we prefer to celebrate with a compassionate twist, turning this food holiday into National
Veggie Hot Dog Month!
This July, while our nation
celebrates its independence, we need you to help us speak out for animals by exposing the cruelty forced
upon millions of pigs on U.S. factory farms—from mother pigs intensively confined in tiny crates where they can’t even turn around to their
piglets who endure painful mutilations without any relief.
Rave Reviews for Subway’s Vegan Subs
Reaching out to corporations and encouraging them to change the way they do business is a cornerstone of Compassion Over Killing’s efforts because every success has a meaningful and positive impact for farmed animals. Encouraging major restaurant retailers and food companies—including some of the largest franchises in the world—to offer vegan options helps to further mainstream the idea of not eating animals by making vegan foods more familiar and available to the masses. COK’s Corporate Campaigns are making it easier for people to choose compassionate, healthful, and environmentally-responsible food choices everyday—and that’s good news for animals.
Victory: Rhode Island Bans Gestation Crates, Veal Crates, and Tail-Docking of Cows
Earlier this week, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed two bills into
law that put his state on a growing list of states banning some of the cruelest
factory farming practices.
According to the Humane Society of the United States, the passage of these
bills makes Rhode Island the “ninth state to ban gestation crates for
breeding pigs, the seventh to ban veal crates for calves, and the third to ban
cattle tail docking.”
Charges Filed after Video Exposes Animal Cruelty at California Livestock Auction
A recent undercover investigation at a livestock auction in California has revealed a system of unchecked cruelty, extreme violence, and severe neglect. The footage, obtained by a Mercy For Animals (MFA) undercover investigator at Ontario Livestock Sales outside of Los Angeles, shows baby goats being picked up by their necks and heads, dragged by their legs, and thrown ruthlessly about. Sheep and pigs are kicked, prodded, dragged, and stomped on by workers to force them to move. Live birds can be seen being stuffed into plastic bags, left to suffocate. Animals are overcrowded into narrow pathways and small spaces to the point where they’re forced to trample on top of each other one another.
Vegan Weddings Inspire Love and Compassion
I met the man of my dreams while volunteering for Compassion Over Killing. Together, we helped launch
and grow the Los Angeles Volunteer Chapter before we officially establed the COK office in LA in April 2011. From partners in activism we became partners in life when we married on August 5, 2011.
The occassion couldn’t have been more magical, and lucky for us, our special day has been commemorated in the July + August issue of our favorite magazine, VegNews! We are featured, along with seven other couples, for hosting vegan weddings—a celebration of not only love but compassion.
