Compassion Over Killing News & Press – Old

 

January

• Op-ed: Will This Poultry Giant Stop Crippling Birds for Rapid Growth in Virginia? AltDaily 
• GRAPHIC: USDA Faces Call to Stop ‘Inhumane High Speed Slaughter Plant Based News 
•  Tell the USDA to protect “organic” farm animals Jane Velez-Mitchell’s Jane Unchained
  
• Recipes: Tofu French Toast Green Living AZ Magazine
• Award-winning sustainable dining app vanilla bean comes to U.S. KLTV
• Guest Blog: 7 Easy Ways to Save Animals in 2018 The Kind Life with Alicia Silverstone
• Two Major Groups Merge Forces to Fight for Animals VegNews
• Compassion Over Killing & Farm Animal Rights Movement Fight to Protect Animals While Promoting Veganism World Animal News
• Two Major Non Profits Join Forces to Spread Vegan and Animal Rights Message LIVEKINDLY
• Advocating for those without a voice Harvard Clinical and Pro Bono Programs

February

• A Woman Director Speaks Out About Harassment in the Animal Rights Movement Lady Freethinker 
• Animal Protection, Environment Groups Oppose New Pork Rules Associated Press 
• Stop High-Speed Slaughter Hell for Pigs Lady Freethinker
• 36 Groups Fight USDA High-Speed Pig Slaughter Program VegNews
• Leilani Münter and Vegan Strong Announce Extended ARCA Racing Schedule Speedway Digest
• Leilani Münter, Looking to Turn on the Speed and Turn Auto Racing Fans on to a Vegan Diet at Daytona Green Sports Blog
• Singing Sensation LP Demands Vegan Food at Starbucks VegNews
• Soulful Meatless Monday Dish Good Morning Washington
• New Campaign Urges Kraft to Finally Make BOCA Foods 100% Vegan Lady Freethinker

March

• I’ve seen the hidden horrors of high-speed slaughterhouses The Guardian
• Undercover Investigator Exposes the Truth Behind America’s Highspeed Slaughterhouses Vegan Life
• Pro Athletes Pressure USDA to Protect Animals from High-Speed Slaughter LIVEKINDLY
• Animal rights group and athletes speak out against proposed USDA changes ABC7 WJLA
• Athletes Unite to Fight High-Speed Pig Slaughter Bill VegNews
• Star Athletes Speak Out Against High-Speed Slaughter of Pigs Lady Freethinker
• Tuesday is Meatout Day in the City of Ithaca, proclaims Mayor Myrick14850.com
• Starbucks Confirms More Vegan Food Options are Coming Due to High Demand LIVEKINDLY
• Starbucks to Release Plant-Based Food Line This Year VegNews
• Starbucks Announces Plant-Based Options in Hopes of Winning Back Vegans Inverse Culture
• Starbucks to Release New Vegan Food Line Later This Year Lady Freethinker
• Starbucks, lancia una linea vegan completa: “Impossibile ignorare il mercato Vegolosi
  
• Starbucks is Betting on Lunch Refinery29
• Starbucks is Adding Lots of Vegan Items to Its Menu The Daily Meal
• Erica Meier and Nil Zacharias Our Hen House podcast

April

• This Shocking New Documentary Will Make You Second-Guess a Glass of Milk Vogue
• New 8-Part Vegan Documentary Series Exposes Corruption in the Food Industry LIVEKINDLY
• Celebs Pledge to Eat Green for VegWeek 2018: DC Outlook
• Celebs Pledge to Eat Green for VegWeek 2018 Look to the Stars
• Vegan Celebs Mya and Alicia Silverstone Encourage Thousands to Go Meat-Free for VegWeek LIVEKINDLY
• Lady Freethinker is a Proud VegWeek Sponsor to Promote Clean, Cruelty-Free Eating Lady Freethinker
• Jane Velez-Mitchell Talks High-Speed Slaughter with COK’s Mary Beth Wood, JaneUnchained Facebook
• Jane Velez-Mitchell interviews COK’s Erica Meier & Mary Beth Wood: Voice America Radio
• Take the VegPledge for Earth Week The Kind Life with Alicia Silverstone
• We’re kicking off VegWeek with delicious meals for anyone to explore Good Morning Washington
• Alicia Silverstone, Mya, & More Are Recruiting People To Go Meat-Free During VegWeek World Animal News
• Pret A Manger to Launch Vegan Options LIVE KINDLY
• 7-day VegPledge (+ Rewards!) KimberlyWilson.com
• VegWeek 2018: Vegans in San Diego
• High-Speed Pig Slaughter Scheme Is ‘Abusive And Painful’, Say Campaigners Plant Based News
• USDA Accepts Petition to Stop High-Speed Pig Slaughter Pilot Program: ABC7
• Not so Fast, USDA: Rally for Pigs DC Social Guide
• Help Stop High Speed Slaughter Jane UnChained
• Olympian Dotsie Bausch on Training, Protein and Better Standards for Factory Farm Animals The Dinner Party with Elysabeth Alfano
• Activists Deliver 250,000 Petition Signatures to USDA to Stop High-Speed Pig Slaughter Lady Freethinker
• This Slaughterhouse Kills a Pig Every 5 Seconds. Many More Could Follow Suit The Every Animal Project
• Interview with COK’s Erica Meier Foodie and the Beast

May

• Starbucks Debuts Vegan Cookie Nationwide VegNews
• 40,000 Campaigners Rally To Fight ‘Abusive And Painful’ High-Speed Pig Slaughter Plan Plant Based News
  
• Jessica’s Journey Plant Powered Sistas
• All-One Activist: Erica Meier of Compassion Over Killing Dr. Bronner’s

 

June

• Fly-Over Protest to Ruffle Feathers at Tyson VegNews
• 8 charities every vegan should support VeganHoodies.com
• Fayetteville’s First Vegan FestivalUp and Coming Weekly
• 14 Vegan Fathers Dispelling the Myth that You Need Meat to Be Masculine LIVE KINDLY
• Activists Rally at Poultry Festival, saying ‘Tyson’s Cruelty Won’t Fly’ Lady Freethinker
• Vegan Festival Celebrates Healthy Holistic Lifestyle  The Fayetteville Observer
  
• On This Video Tour, People Can Earn $1 By Watching The Truth About Farm Animal Suffering Lady Freethinker

July

• Meatless Monday: Taste of the Islands Good Morning Washington
• Meat Industry Averages Two Amputations Per Week VegNews
• Kimberly Elise Asks Kraft Heinz to Offer Families Healthier BOCA Brand by Dropping Dairy Look to the Stars
  
• Can you go meatless? Industry Night with Foodie & The Beast
  
• Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Assures Vegan Options are On the Way VegNews
  
• Dunkin’ Donuts New CEO Promises More Vegan Options Soon Lady Freethinker
• Millions Seeing Misery Behind McDonald’s Menu in Giant Times Square Ad EcoHustler
  
• What is meat? A “Clean Meat” Follow-Up FarmWeek
  
• The Smart Parent’s Guide to Raising Vegan Kids Go Green Radio
• California’s Democratic Party Unanimously Endorses Prop 12 LIVE KINDLY
• New Billboard in Times Square Shows the Truth About McDonald’s Cruelty Lady Freethinker
• Dr. Neal Barnard and Ginny Messina Among Speakers At 2018 DC VegFest Plant Based News
• Subway to Launch Vegan Falafel Sandwich Across Australia and New Zealand LIVE KINDLY
• ‘Beyond The Lies’ is More than Just Protecting our Animals GAFollowers
  
• Powerful ‘Beyond The Lies’ Summer Video Tour to Bring Thousands Nationwide the Shocking Truth of Life and Death for Farmed Animals Guitar Girl Magazine
  
• ‘Beyond The Lies’: Preventing animal cruelty one step at a time Blasting News
• The 10th Annual VegFest is Coming Soon to DC Lady Freethinker
• Warped Tour x Compassion Over Killing’s Beyond The Lies Vans Warped Tour
• 10th Annual DC VegFest Bringing Food and Fun September 15 Vegan Magazine
• DC VegFest announces date and keynote speakers for 2018 Mens Life DC

August

• BOCA Launches Vegan Turkey Burger VegNews
• DC VegFest 2018 BIG 100
• Recipe: Pasta Primavera with with Lemon Garlic Jackfruit The Jackfruit Co. 
  
• Try Attending Sonoma County VegFest Aug. 18 The Community Voice
• Sopranos Star Edie Falco Protests Against Animal Exploitation at McDonald’s Plant Based News
• Sopranos Star Edie Falco Tells McDonald’s to Treat Animals Better and Add Vegan Options LIVE KINDLY
  
• BOCA Launches All-Vegan ‘Turkey’ Burger Lady Freethinker
• ‘Singing Chicken’ at McDonald’s Highlights Plight of Animals Suffering Plant Based News
• DC VegFest 2018: See You There! Meaty Vegan
• “Protest Kitchen” Launch at Washington DC VegFest CarolJAdams.com
• Singing Chicken Telegram Urges McDonald’s to Stop Cruelty to Birds Lady Freethinker
  
• Jada Pinkett-Smith Promotes Vegan Rapper to 2.7 Millions Fans VegNews
• DC VegFest 2018 – Erica Meier interview Jane Unchained with Jane Velez-Mitchell
• Pizza Giant Little Caesars Urged To Add Vegan Cheese – By YouTuber Hannah Shaw Plant Based News
• ‘Kitten Lady’ to Little Caesars: We Want Vegan Cheese! Lady Freethinker

September

• Vegan Chef Jessica Carter of Compassion Over Killing Awesome Vegans
• I caught on hidden camera what Tyson doesn’t want you to know about its chickens Medium
• A taste of DC VegFest The Pet Show
• Vegan fine dining with DC VegFest Good Morning Washington
• Amazon’s Alexa May Be the Key to Vegan Dunkin’ Donuts LIVE KINDLY
• Let’s go vegan! Foodie and the Beast
  
• Krispy Kreme & Dunkin’ Donuts Customers Battle Over Who Will Launch a Vegan Donut First LIVE KINDLY
• Dunkin’ Donuts vs. Krispy Kreme: Who’s releasing the first vegan donut? Guilty Eats
• Hurricane Florence Death Toll Climbs to More Than 4 Million Farmed Animals VegNews

October

• Death Toll of Farmed Animals Left in Hurricane Florence Climbs Over 4  Million Veggie Athletic
• Subway Trials Vegan Patty in Select UK Locations LIVE KINDLY
• Hidden Camera Exposes High Speed Slaughter of Pigs Kinder World
  

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2017 Media Coverage

January

• Milking it Snopes
  
• If You've Bought Milk In the Past 14 Years, You May Be Eligible For This Settlement VICE 
• You May Be Eligible For A Cash Payout If You Bought Milk In This Timeframe Huffington Post
• Milk Money: You Might Be Eligible For Cash Payout Under This Dairy Lawsuit Settlement Tech Times
  
• Big Dairy Might Owe You a Little Money MSN
  
• Calling All Milk Drinkers, You May Be Eligible to Get Some Money in “Damages” Food & Wine
  
• If You’ve Bought Milk in These 15 States, You May Be Entitled to $70 Good Housekeeping
  
• 'Herd retirement: A nice dairy industry term for slaughtering 500K productive cows Washington Post
  
• If You’ve Bought Milk in These 15 States, You May Be Entitled to $70 Country Living
  
• Milk Producers Pay Back Millions In Price-Fixing Settlement NPR
  
• Got Price-Fixing? Big Dairy to Fork Over $52M in Rebates for Killing Cows Forbes
  

February

• Animal Rights Group Says Video Shows Abuse of Sheep The New York Times
• The UGGly Truth About What Happens Inside a Sheep Slaughterhouse World Animal News
• Lamb Slaughterhouse Investigation Exposes Cruelty VegNews
  
• Our First Look Inside a Lamb Slaughterhouse is a Nightmare Care2
  
• UCLA Launches Food Law and Policy Clinic UCLA
• Animal Film Festival Salutes Creature Features Variety
  

March

• Creatures, not commodities The Collegiate Times

April

• Celebrities Inspire Thousands to Go Meat-Free for VegWeek Look to the Stars
  
• San Diegans pledge to be vegetarian for ‘VegWeek’ KUSI
• Dish: Veg Out Washington Life
• For Earth Day, You May Adopt a Piece of Earth from NASA Tech Times
  
• VegWeek: San Diego Officials Commit to Meat-Free Eating on Behalf of Animal Rights Patch
  
• VegWeek 2017 Guide Brightest Young Things
• VegWeek 2017 with Paulette Benjamin, COK America Meditating Radio
• This is how to go vegetarian for a week in Austin CultureMap Austin
• San Diego Politicians Go Veg for a Week VegNews
• Veg Week campaign Fox Baltimore
• Food giant Tyson Foods to buy AdvancePierre Portland Press Herald
• Take a Bite Out of Climate Change: Choose Plant-Based Foods Huffington Post

May

• Top Ten Vegan and Vegetarian Food Festivals in America Ecophiles
  
• Top Veterinary Group Proposes Guidelines That Allow Burying Chickens Alive Care2
  
• How a barbaric, unknown chicken industry practice got exposed & nearly eliminated in weeks Huffington Post
• Undercover video at Pennsylvania dairy farm leads to employee’s firing Philly Voice
  
• Rampant Animal Abuse Exposed at Land O’Lakes VegNews
• Midstate dairy farm fires worker after video shows cows getting punched and kicked WITF
  
• Midstate man pleads guilty to animal cruelty charges WITF
• European Politicians Go Vegan to Fight Climate Change VegNews

June

• New programs at UCLA will promote research in animal law and food law UCLA
• Everything You Must Do in DC This Summer (DC VegFest) Thrillist

July

• DC VegFest, the East Coast's Largest Vegan Festival, Returns September 2 Vegan Magazine
• 'Okja' Inspiring Viewers to Consider Important Ethical Question: Are Animals Friends or Food? Alternet
• DC VegFest Returns to Yards Park on September 2 DC Outlook
• Compassion Over Killing Unites Animal Advocates Through National Campaigns & Events DatingAdvice.com

August

• Animal Welfare or Animal Rights? Nonprofit Chronicles
• DC VegFest 2017 Let's Talk Live
• Tyson workers convicted of abusing chickens The Daily Progress
• DC VegFest and meatless tacos, sloppy joes and "beef" stir fry Good Morning Washington
• High-Speed Slaughter is Hell for Pigs Lady Freethinker
• Seven sentenced after animal rights activists film abuse at chicken farms The Washington Post
• Seven Convicted of Animal Cruelty at Tyson Chicken Farms in Virginia Courthouse News
• DC VegFest celebrates vegan lifestyle for ninth year The Eagle

September

• New hotline launched to report animal cruelty and more at factory farms and slaughterhouse Lady Freethinker
• Rain or shine, VegFest went on The Eagle
• Starbucks Goes Vegan on National Coffee Day (We Wish) VegWorld Magazine
• Vegans Around The World Are Writing THIS Message On Starbucks Coffee Cups My Vegan Journal
• Vegan food, please! Take Jane Velez-Mitchell's Starbucks Cup Challenge Foods City

October

• Famed News Anchor Asks Starbucks for More Vegan Food VegNews
• TV Anchor Team with Animal Rights Group to Request Vegan Menu at Starbucks Live Kindly
• Animal Rights Groups Band Together to Challenge Iowa’s ‘Ag-Gag’ Law Care2
• Starbucks Rolling Out Vegan Cupcake at Select Locations Latest Vegan News
• Vegan Cupcakes Debut at Starbucks VegNews
• Starbucks Debuts Its First Vegan Dessert Option with New Passionfruit Cupcakes Live Kindly
• Olympic Medalist & Animal Advocate Dotsie Bausch Asks Papa John to Make an Even "Better Pizza" by Offering Vegan Cheese USA Vegan
• Dr. Bronner's Donates $600K to Animal Rights Causes VegNews
• Compassion Over Killing with Undercover Investigator, Scott David Plant Trainers Podcast
• Dr. Bronner's Donated $600,000 in 2017 to Support Animal Causes One Green Planet
• Called to Rescue Film Celebrates Those Who Spend Their Lives Helping Farm Animals Lady Freethinker

November

• Olympic Medalist Campaigns for Vegan Cheese at Papa John's Pizza Live Kindly
• Compassion Over Killing Executive Director Erica Meier is Building a Kinder World for Animals Lady Freethinker
• Vegan Thanksgiving Fox 45 Baltimore

December

• Meatless Monday: Vegan holiday brunch spectacular Good Morning Washington
• 'You need to kill him?': Tyson Food contractors caught on video mistreating chickens Washington Post
• Undercover footage shows chickens being kicked and impaled at a farm that reportedly supplies Tyson Foods Business Insider
• 'Hit him on the head, then kill him': Tyson Foods responds to mistreatment in video Delmarva Daily Times
• Organic Authority: ‘Systemic Horrors’: Rampant Animal Abuse Caught on Film at Tyson Chicken Supplier
• Delmarva Public Radio: Tyson Acts After Mistreatment of Chickens Revealed on Video
• World Animal News: Breaking! Compassion Over Killing Releases New Undercover Video From Another Tyson Food Supplier
• Over 82,000 Say "No" to Slaughtering Chickens Even Faster Yahoo News