Going vegan is easier than ever thanks to the variety of plant-based food options now available. As more and more people make the switch, companies are responding by creating tasty and nutritious alternatives for animal products such as milk, cheese, and meat. Even though grocery stores are increasingly accommodating vegans, one can’t be too careful; non-vegan ingredients are hidden in …
Why the New “Farm Bill” in Congress Would Be a Disaster for Animals for the Next Five Years
Every five years, Congress passes a sweeping “Farm Bill” designed to regulate agricultural policy until the next bill. A new version, already approved by the House Agriculture Committee, contains language designed to nullify Prop 12, one of the strongest animal protection laws in the country, and closes off pathways to gain more like it. This would simply be very bad …
Vegan Clothing Options
It’s always fun to experiment with clothing, whether that means participating in the hottest new trend or investing in timeless classics. Unfortunately, fashion companies often turn to animal-derived materials when manufacturing higher-end items. For example, cows are routinely skinned in slaughterhouses, their hides subsequently treated with toxic chemicals to create leather1. Sheep have been selectively bred to overproduce wool, so …
Five Ways to Take Part in VegWeek’s 15th Anniversary
This year’s VegWeek is just around the corner, and we need your help to spread the word and encourage more people to use this opportunity to save animals by eating vegan for a week or more. Animal Outlook’s first ever VegWeek took place in 2009, and since then, we’ve empowered thousands of people to take the VegPledge and pledge to …
What is Animal Law?
*This column was originally published by VegNews. Welcome to the first installment of the monthly legal column from Animal Outlook, a non-profit animal advocacy organization based in Washington, DC. If you’re an advocate or an animal lover of any kind, you’ve probably looked at animal suffering and asked yourself: how is this legal? Or, you may have wondered more generally: …
5 Ways to Help Animals Today
Have you ever seen evidence of animal cruelty and felt compelled to do something to help? Sadly, the suffering that farmed animals experience every single day is extreme and widespread, but there are ways we can help. By taking action, we can raise the voices of those who so often go unheard. Keep reading to learn five ways you can …
Supreme Court Rejects Meat Industry Challenge to Animal Cruelty Law
Media Contact: Jim Amos, Scout 22 (818) 216-9122 jim@scout22.com Supreme Court Rejects Meat Industry Challenge to Animal Cruelty Law Ruling Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit Over California Proposition 12 May 11, 2023, Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a meat industry challenge to California law Proposition 12, which bans extreme confinement in animal agriculture in California, …
Meet The Vegan Superhero Animal Man
Animal Man is a vegetarian-turned-vegan superhero from DC Comics, who first appeared in Strange Adventures #180 in 1965. Bernhard “Buddy” Baker was a normal, everyday punk rocker before he discovered a downed alien spaceship, was bathed in radiation, and became able to mimic the abilities of animals. Like the strength of a bear or the healing ability of an …
PRESS RELEASE: Animal Protection Org, Maine Voters Sue State Over Fish Farms
Animal Protection Org, Maine Voters Sue State Over Fish Farms Millions of Fish and Other Aquatic Animals Have No Protection, Though Law Requires It Augusta, ME – February 22, 2023 – Today, the animal protection organization Animal Outlook sued a Maine agency that houses the state’s Animal Welfare Program over the agency’s failure to apply state animal cruelty laws to …