Maybe you’ve heard about the gross mistreatment of animals in agricultural facilities. Maybe you’ve even seen some of the videos from our undercover investigations and logically been horrified. It’s tempting to respond by telling oneself that these are rare and isolated incidents and they aren’t happening at scale. However, these injustices are actually widespread in the animal agriculture industry. While …
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 …
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 …
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 …
*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: …
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 …
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 …
It’s been more than a decade since we last got a cinematic look at the lush, vibrant planet of Pandora. On that planet live the Na’vi, 10-foot-tall blue, humanoid creatures with weird appendages hidden in their hair that can connect to other living things, like plugging a USB into them. This process, called tsaheylu, lets the Na’vi ride on animals …
There’s a new Zootopia series for Disney Plus. If you haven’t watched the 2016 movie starring Ginnifer Goodwin and Jason Bateman, Zootopia takes place in a society resembling ours but built by non-human mammals. They have everything you’d expect in a society, like cars, phones, and Shakira. An interesting thing about the city of Zootopia is that carnivorous animals and …