Vegan menus have become a top wedding trend. According to Vogue: "The vegan movement is well on its way... Vegan used to mean the grilled portobello mushroom; today’s chefs are preparing exquisite and delicious vegan options."
A new organization, Encompass, is making diversity in the animal protection movement its mission. "If we want our collective mission--to reduce suffering--to take hold, our movement must reflect the country we're trying to change. We must be the change."
After 16 years of efforts to institute a ban, British Columbia’s infamous grizzly trophy hunt has now come to an end, as the Canadian province has finally outlawed the blood sport.
The LCA's campaign urges law enforcement agencies to join the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System. Go to FBITracksAnimalCruelty.com to learn whether your state law enforcement agencies report to NIBRS, and who to contact if they don't.
As a result of an investigation into Mexican slaughterhouses, Deputy Alejandro Hermosillo and Dulce Ramirez, Executive Director of AE in Mexico, introduced an initiative to make cruelty to farmed animals a felony crime.
Game of Thrones sparked an increased demand for Siberian huskies because of their similar appearance to direwolves and the new dog owners are now surrendering them to already overcrowded shelters after realizing how much work it takes to care for them.
"The meat industry spends millions on deceptive advertising to persuade consumers that farmed animals roam freely on bucolic pastures. But we’ve been piloting drones over factory farms for years, and the video tells a different story."
A vegan ad campaign run by Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary in Ireland ran a newspaper ad highlighting the abuse of dairy cows. The dairy industry tried to challenge it, but the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found that the ad was NOT misleading.