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'Veganism is a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals ...'
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On the 17th of March 2025, a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed that grass-fed cows and bulls, often promoted as a more planet-friendly alternative to…
The precedent in prisons exists.
A new report documents how manure and other contaminants find their way into treated water.
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Soy, Slaughter, and Survival: How Animal Agriculture Fuels Rainforest Loss and Why Veganism Holds the Key
The Amazon rainforest — that magnificent cathedral of biodiversity and planetary respiration — stands not merely at risk but at the…
Not all animal suffering is loud or visible — much of it hides in the smallest, most personal vulnerabilities.
Multiple economic time bombs are ticking.
FDA Plans to Phase Out Animal Testing Requirement
FDA plans to phase out animal testing requirements
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it would begin phasing out animal testing requirements for antibody therapies and other drugs and move toward AI-based models and other tools it deems "human-relevant."
Animals That Feel the Slice of the Knife
An insider offers a grim picture of life inside a cattle slaughterhouse.
It’s the most invisible — and the hardest to solve.
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Eat-Lancet report recommended shift to more plant-based, climate-friendly diet but was extensively attacked online
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/4567060
The report recommended that if global red meat eating was cut by 50%, the “planetary health diet” would provide nutritious food to all while tackling the harms caused by animal agriculture, which accounts for over 14% of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. It suggested individuals – particularly in wealthy countries – should increase their consumption of nuts, pulses and other plant-based foods while cutting meat and sugar from their diets.
A leaked document seen by the climate website DeSmog reveals that helping to fuel this backlash was a PR firm, Red Flag, which represented the Animal Agriculture Alliance, a meat and dairy industry coalition set up to protect the sector against “emerging threats”, and which has staff from Cargill and Smithfield Foods – two of the world’s five largest meat companies – on its board.
JAKARTA — Consumers in the U.S. might be unknowingly exposed to palm oil products that come from deforestation, despite major consumer goods producers there adopting zero-deforestation pledges. That’s because these companies, which include the makers of iconic foods like Snickers, Kit Kat and Nutell...
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20636883
This indirect use of palm oil is often overlooked in the zero-deforestation accounting process, despite its growing use, according to a report by U.S.-based advocacy group Rainforest Action Network (RAN). The report found that palm oil-based animal feed is now the single largest palm oil product category imported by the U.S., accounting for 36% of all palm oil imports into the country by weight.
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Scale of environmental damage attributed to huge number of dogs globally as well as ‘lax or uninformed behaviour of dog owners’
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/20611755
.Pet dogs have ‘extensive and multifarious’ impact on environment, new research finds
An Australian review of existing studies has argued that “the environmental impact of owned dogs is far greater, more insidious, and more concerning than is generally recognised”.
The carbon footprint of pets is also significant. A 2020 study found the dry pet food industry had an environmental footprint of around twice the land area of the UK, with greenhouse gas emissions – 56 to 151 Mt CO2 – equivalent to the 60th highest-emitting country.
Let alone in Austrailia the enormous death rate from koalas from dogs.
Owning other beings leads to widespread problems. Imagine that.
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The goal is to allow meatpacking plants to set their own processing line speeds, an agency spokesperson said
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41917613
