In a vulnerable, insightful piece for Encompass, Jaya Bhumitra, International Director of Corporate Outreach for Animal Equality, wrote about her experience as a POC working in the corporate campaigning sector of the farmed animals protection movement.
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, getting us closer to having a statute allowing federal law enforcement agencies to crack down on malicious cruelty and sexual exploitation of animals.
USDA announced its proposal to withdraw the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule. Over 10 years in the making, the OLPP rule would have brought Organic farm practices more in line with the higher welfare standards consumers expect of the program.
Animal rights activists sued Tregembo Animal Park, represented by lawyers from PETA and two North Carolina–based law firms. Tregembo agreed to settle, and now the bears are headed to their new home at spacious, sprawling Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado.
Netflix is releasing a new show that focuses on corruption in the global food system. Rotten, a 6-part series that debuts on January 5, will dive deep into the food production underworld to expose the corruption, waste and real dangers behind your food.
After Compassion Over Killing released a gut-wrenching new investigation of Tyson Foods & a petition asking Tyson to shift toward vegan proteins, the nation’s largest chicken producer increased its investment in plant-based company, Beyond Meat.
Sea Shepherd is teaming up with UK-based design duo Ed and James Harrison on their conservation project 'Under the Skin,’ an art series specializing in limited-edition, interactive screen prints of endangered animals from across the globe.
The American Diabetes Association has included a vegan diet as a way to mitigate the onset and effects of Type 2 diabetes in its 2018 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes.