Cows are incredible creatures. One look into their long-lashed eyes, and it’s love at first sight for most people who meet them. And cute looks aren’t their only asset. Cows are social and intelligent. They form close friendships, choose who they prefer to spend time with, and even hold grudges! They’re smart, and enjoy solving problems. Cows are doting mothers, and …
It’s Easy to Veganize Super Bowl Sunday!
Whether you’re cheering for the Atlanta Falcons or the New England Patriots this weekend, we know for many of us Super Bowl Sunday is really all about the food. Did you know it’s the second-biggest eating day of the year? And just like on Thanksgiving, there are tons of delicious vegan options that will score a touchdown with all your hungry party guests. The …
Vegan Meals That’ll Keep You Warm When the Temperature Drops
Wintertime was made for comfort food. Chilly temps and flurries falling offer the perfect excuse to curl up with some warm, fulfilling eats. While traditional cold weather dishes may be heavy on the meat and dairy, there are plenty of vegan options that are just as hearty and comforting as their animal product alternatives. So here are six of our favorite …
Six Reasons to Love Lambs and Be Sweet to Sheep
As one of the first animals to be domesticated, sheep have lived alongside humans for nearly 11,000 years. Sadly, sheep and lambs have primarily been raised and used as a source of meat, wool and milk — despite the fact that they have distinctive personalities, rich emotional lives and strong family ties. Our latest undercover investigation, the first look inside …
Diving Into “What a Fish Knows” with Jonathan Balcombe
You could say Jonathan Balcombe wrote the book on what a fish knows. The author, scientist, and renowned speaker has expended considerable energy exploring the depths of how these underwater animals think, feel and function. Despite popular misconception, fish are not unfeeling beings driven solely by instinct; in fact, humans have a lot more in common with our finned friends than you might …
Seven Signs That The Future Is Vegan
A vegan future: Closer than you might think Do you think a world without factory farming and the killing of billions of farmed animals each year sounds more like a Utopian dream (or a Star Trek fantasy)? Believe it or not, an animal-friendly world could be closer than previously imagined. People worldwide are recognizing the devastating toll of animal agribusiness — …
6 Sanctuaries Where You’ll Fall in Love with Farm Animals
Many people have not had the chance to meet a farm animal face to face. It’s possible to go your whole life without meeting a pig or a cow or a chicken! That can make it hard for us to relate to them as we would other animals. But getting to know these animals can forever alter your outlook on eating them; it can …
Want to Fight Climate Change? Use Your Fork & Eat Green!
Forbes recently ranked 9 things each of us can do to fight climate change. Standing strong at #1: “Become a vegetarian, or better yet a vegan!” And the article even states that if you give up meat and dairy just one day each week “it will still be the most important action you can take,” since animal agriculture’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions could be as high …
Inspiring Video Wins Tarshis Foundation Award
With an empowering message that we all can choose kindness and inspire change, Animal Outlook’s moving new video, “Whose Side are You On?,” has won a Tarshis Award, to be presented at this year’s Animal Film Festival. The video, created by Animal Outlook‘s Jonathan Rosenberry, features vegan activist Lesley Parker Rollins and her family, including daughter Maya. Young Maya meets …