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Animal Outlook in 2016: The Power of Change

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2016: Our Year in Review THANK YOU: Together, we are changing the world for animals. As highlighted in our year-in-review video, Animal Outlook has achieved groundbreaking progress and victories for farmed animals in 2016, thanks to your generosity and support. Our brave investigator uncovered for the time ever the horrors hidden inside chicken breeding factory farms. We successfully persuaded three top …

6 Easy Things You Can Do for Animals in the New Year

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When it comes to making the world a better place for animals, there is so much to be done that it’s easy to lose yourself in “shoulds.” Think: I should be attending outreach events, I should be eating a completely vegan diet, I should be converting everyone I know into an advocate … and so on. You could spend all day thinking …

Liam Hemsworth & Paul Wesley Speak Out Against Hormel’s High Speed Slaughter!

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Earlier this month, COK released a powerful new undercover video exposing horrors for pigs inside a slaughter plant that exclusively supplies Hormel, the makers of SPAM. This facility is one of five in the US operating under a USDA-approve pilot program — known as HIMP — that allows for faster slaughter speeds and fewer on-site government inspectors. What we found is …

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Campaign Update: Starbucks & Vegan Food Options

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Oct. 2017 UPDATE: In response to consumer demand, Starbucks now offers new vegan items in select stores. Read about the progress and find out how to get more vegan treats in your hometown. Starbucks was one of the first national coffee chains to offer soy milk, and in the past year, the company has also added coconut milk to its …

Meatless Monday Momentum: NYC Council Introduces Resolution!

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The New York City Council just took a momentous step that could make the Big Apple the next – and the largest – city in the US  to officially embrace and endorse Meatless Monday. Last Thursday, on the steps of City Hall, over 50 people rallied in support of this healthy-eating initiative, including Jane Velez-Mitchell and NYC Council Member Helen Rosenthal who …

Live and Let Live: Examining Our Relationship with Animals

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Written and directed by sociologist and author Marc Pierschel, Live and Let Live is a beautiful examination of our relationships with animals — those we choose to love and those we choose to eat. Interweaving six stories of people’s paths to vegan eating, the poignant documentary delves into the ethical, environmental, and health reasons for leaving animals off of our plates. Well-paced and …

Four Ways to Celebrate Food Day

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Want to help change the world in a day? That’s what the annual Food Day celebration aims to do. Hosted each year on October 24, Food Day  is a global awareness campaign created by the Center for Science in Public Interest (CSPI) that offers a platform to take action on food-related issues.  Who’s invited? Everyone and anyone who eats — and that means YOU! So now …

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Campaign Victory: Dunkin’ Now Offers Almond Milk

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Dunkin’, the world’s largest coffee and baked goods chain, has more than 7,500 locations throughout the United States, including its first Los Angeles location that opened during Labor Day weekend. Yet, it’s one of the only national coffee chains that hasn’t offered dairy-free milk to all customers – until now, thanks to your requests. We’re thrilled to share this We …