California has just joined New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island in banning the practice, which is also illegal in 40 countries and dozens of American cities. If you live with a cat and you have considered declawing them, please don't.

The meals consumed by a typical American family cause more greenhouse gases than all of the energy used to heat, cool and power their home. Meat production, particularly beef and dairy, is one of the leading cause of climate change – greater than the entire transportation sector.

The owner's request was not completely unreasonable, and the police did rescue as many piglets as they could. But they also sought to protect the meat industry by keeping the press at bay. And those pigs that survived still went to the industrial farm and then to the slaughterhouse six months later.

Vogue, the world's premier fashion magazine, has just announced its breakup with the vile fur industry, joining scores of magazines, clothing designers, retailers, cities and countries that have rejected the idea that it's okay to wear the skins of tortured animals.

A new comprehensive study from the EAT Lancet Commission concluded that unless most on the people in the wealthier countries adopt a mostly plant-based diet, the worst effects of climate change will be unavoidable, even if humans successfully switch to cleaner energy.

Here is yet another reminder of why it's a good thing to eat plenty of fruit.

Reducing the disease burden caused by processed meat by 30% could free up $21 Billion annually in healthcare spending in the US alone. This is enough money to pay the salaries of 247,000 skilled nurses.

We bid an appreciative farewell to one of the most influential voices for the animals and the planet, and one of our personal heroes. We will miss you, Jane Goodall.

Everyone has someone who fits inside their circle of compassion. A vegan's circle of compassion expands to include all living beings.

Recently the Philippines has designated more than 200 square miles of its coastal waters as the Panaon Island Protected Seascape: home to schools of juvenile fish, sea turtles, sea anemones and other marine life. Thanks to this new protection, this area is now off-limits to fishing.

A industrial farm has been quietly clearing land to build enough new barns to house 434,000 chickens. Neighbors alerted the Coalition Against Factory Farming, who alerted the Breckland Council in Norfolk about the unauthorized expansion. The Council has now ordered Hook 2 Sisters to halt production.

Florida is now issuing 187 permits to kill a total of 187 bears. Enterprising animal advocates are buying as many applications as they can afford. Each permit that is bought by an animal advocate is one that is off-limits to the hunters and will save the life of another bear.

At Vegan Street, we have been fighting against vivisection for more than 30 years. We have made a lot of progress since then, and now most people agree that testing cosmetics on animals is bad. Animal activists have made a difference, and we're not stopping until this cruel practice is banned.

Virtually all pigs live in foul smelling overcrowded prisons where they can't think about much beyond trying to survive in such a hostile environment.

According to the National Chicken Council, chicken consumption in the US is 103.7 pounds per capita in 2025. Since a chicken contains 4 pounds of flesh, a typical American will eat 25 whole chickens this year. Multiply that by the 340 million people living in the US and that's 8.5 billion chickens.

Hundreds of cities and towns are converting parts of the parks and parkways or even streets and alleys into Pollinator Pathways, attracting millions of butterflies, bees and other beneficial insects.

Over the years, the US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee have slowly shifted their recommendations away from meat, dairy and eggs and toward eating more plants, much to the anger of the meat, dairy and egg industries. Now they recommend shifting away from meat toward plant sources. For PROTEIN!

Fur coats that a couple of decades ago were seen as the epitome of high fashion are now regarded with derision and disgust, and the fur industry is seeing just a faint shadow of its former glory. We are not letting up though, and we won't stop until this cruel practice is completely dead.

There are so many delicious plant milks on the market right now that there is no excuse for drinking milk from cows.

As we age, our brains develop tiny lesions that can lead to an increased risk of dementia. Researchers from Japan analyzed data from 8,766 volunteers over the age of 65 and discovered that those who regularly drank green tea showed fewer of these lesions and had less chance of developing dementia.

Marla and I from Vegan Street are part of a team building a new vegan community engagement site called ROOTIFUL. lWe need a good strong CEO to help make this happen. If you are interested in this job, or know somebody who would be, please visit www.rootiful.net/ceo to learn more.

Of course, from our point of view at Vegan Street, all mammalian milk is bad news beyond that which mothers provide for their own children. But pasteurization and homogenization were developed for a reason and they have saved a lot of lives – lives that be at risk by drinking raw milk.

Nothing terrifies the animal killing industries than the voices and actions of compassionate people who draw attention to the institutional animal abuse and work to bring some protections to the victims. Call your Representative and demand they vote no on the Save the Bacon Act.

Rest in peace, Lady. I am so sorry we failed you in this way. This should have never happened to you. Run free, Lady.

A group of researchers, entrepreneurs and economists is betting that putting a price on whales – this time to facilitate financial investment in their carbon-storing services – will help to both offset carbon emissions and protect the animals.

Yes, there are ultraprocessed vegan foods, but you won't find that many of them in a typical 7-Eleven. Still, it's best to eat mostly whole plant foods for a lot of reasons including reducing your risk of getting the world's most deadly cancer.

Just a reminder that there are lots of really good people out there working together to build great things. These great things need to be celebrated as much as the bad things need to be condemned. forestrycommission.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/12/a...

Iowa is the country's leading producer of both pigs and corn which produces billions of tons of manure that contains very unhealthy levels of nitrate and potassium which sometimes causes cancer and birth defects. In fact, half of all Iowa waterways tested contain dangerous levels of these chemicals.

California's popular Proposition 12 was an attempt to help alleviate some suffering these poor souls endure, and it passed in 2018 by a wide margin. Now the Food Security & Farm Protection Act is trying to repeal it. Those of us who defend animals need to step up and help out.

Far too many people, and older folks in particular, don't get enough exercise. The best cure for this, might just be a good training partner. Dogs can connect you with your neighbors, get you some fresh air, and help strengthen your heart, lungs and muscles and improve your mood.

Bacon, sausages, deli meats, ham, hot dogs, salami, meat sticks and such are among the most popular foods out there even though they a classified as Group 1 carcinogens, and are major causes of diabetes and heart disease.

The idea of forcing animals into servitude for the sake of entertainment is rapidly falling out of favor with more and more people as many aquatic parks are closing, circuses are removing animal acts, bullfighting and dog and horse racing, and rodeos are facing harsh laws and diminishing audiences.

One of the greatest problems in the world is that far too many people only see values in the things they can profit from personally.

Despite the best efforts of the oil companies and the politicians in their thrall, green energy sources are thriving and providing even more benefits than they promised. Offshore wind farms are creating thriving ecosystems and providing a much needed boost to the declining fish populations.

MAGA Republicans plan to desecrate and forever severely damage and possible destroy one of America's most sacred National Parks – the Florida Everglades – simply so they can inflict the maximum amount of pain on the people they have decided they don't like.

We could feed everyone using far, far less land and convert millions of acres of farmland to thriving ecosystems that would greatly clean our air and water and protect against climate change, while providing everyone with delicious, healthy, diverse and abundant foods.

We can stop the "Big Beautiful Bill" and all the immense damage this will do to all Americans and the land we live on. Call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and demand that they oppose and do everything they can to stop this hateful bill. Our country's future literally depends on it.

ProVeg Brasil has come up with a pilot plan to help alleviate some of the immense damage of animal agriculture. They are offering free training in the areas of agronomy, law, and marketing for beef and dairy producers who are willing to transition to producing plant-based foods.

A recent study suggests that dietary changes can have a huge effect on your body. Specifically, women in the study who adopted a vegan diet that included daily soy consumption reduced moderate to severe hot flashes by as much as 90% – even when they ate a lot of plant-based foods.

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Most people eat far less fiber than they should. In fact, most Americans eat less than half of the recommended amount. Fiber is essential to prevent constipation and reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer.

Being vegan means that you not only have a healthier heart, but you also have a bigger, kinder and more compassionate heart. For that reason alone, the world needs more vegans.

It is increasing difficult to convince our governments, particularly here in the US, that climate change is real and has reached crisis proportions, glaciologists believe the Birch Glacier collapsed and buried the Swiss town of Blatten because of climate change.

As part of their "Big Beautiful Budget Bill" that will destroy or damage a great many things most Americans rely on, House Republicans introduced an amendment that would begin selling of public lands adjacent to some of our National Parks to mining and deforesting companies.

Major spontaneous wildfires in northern Minnesota in early May is just not natural. The climate crisis is very real, and if we can't count on the government to fight it, we have to take action ourselves. If you want to make the biggest difference, stop eating animals – particularly beef and dairy.

It's almost incomprehensible how many animals people eat in a year – averaging more than 10 chickens per year for each adult and child on the planet. Yet it's even more astonishing that more than a trillion shrimp, fish and other sea animals die to end up on our plates.

I'm not going to excuse or downplay for one second the vast damage Trump's DOGE goons have done to the health, safety and well being of all Americans, but there is one group that stands to gain from all of this – laboratory animals. The FDA is now pledging to phase out animal testing.

It is still possible that we can stop this if we make our voices heard. Contact your Senators and demand that they speak out against The Food Security and Farm Protection Act (S. 1326), which will do the exact opposite of what it proclaims to do.

The Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument is considered vital to the future health of the oceans and the planet. But to corrupt government officials like Donald Trump, areas like this are for sale to the highest bidder and the planet and all of its inhabitants be damned.

Red Dye 40 is not remotely healthy and not even necessarily safe to eat, but at least it's vegan unlike the second most popular red dye, called carmine or cochineal, which is made from dead bugs.