International agreements like CITES do not ban trade in wild animals. They manage it. They decide which species can be sold, in what quantities, under what paperwork, and under what definition of “sustainable use”.

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I have social anxiety. I’m an introvert. I don’t enjoy public speaking. And. I’ll do it every single time until every cage is empty. 

Joining the March for Animals was an extremely empowering experience for me. I was joined with some amazing members from the Vegan Squad team. 

We got blisters, I got some chafing, but none of it compares to the horrors the animals being tested on at Marshall Bio Resources. Please keep speaking and sharing this story until they close for good.

Some people, when shown suffering, respond with empathy. Others respond with defence. That divide runs deeper than statistics. It runs into what we are up against: a culture built on domination.

Hi everyone,

I recently stumbled upon content on tiktok showing severe animal mistreatment. i made a lot of research (with the help of someone) and figured out that the account that post on tiktok is just reposting from another platform that has the actual account with over 5k videos of the same "content". the platform turned out to be Douyin and Because the account is based on an overseas platform where I cannot easily create an account or report directly due to geographic restrictions, I am trying to figure out the most effective channels to submit this evidence and get any sort of help that's possible.

I have already saved the account IDs, links, and relevant clips for evidence preservation from other accounts that posted on various platforms like facebook and tiktok. So far, I have already submitted my report to SMACC.

Has anyone here dealt with reporting abusive content on foreign social media platforms before? Are there specific animal protection organizations or established reporting workflows that specialize in escalating these cases directly to platform trust & safety teams?

I'm gonna leave the link to the account on douyin and some some other links providing videos from facebook and tiktok (IN COMMENTS)

The truth is simple: a horse’s good life is not defined by human goals. It is defined by the horse, grazing, moving, playing, choosing. Until that is recognised, welfare will always be rhetoric, not reality.

Animal Outlook

Let your voice be heard! If you're a local who wants these vile bloodsports to be a thing of the past, join us on Saturday the 17th of October. Let's take a stand against the hunts and show them they are not welcome in Oxfordshire.

Oxfordshire Hunt Sabs on Facebook and Instagram for updates.

I was outreaching by boosting a Palestinian post with a comment about how animals suffer and going Vegan will end their suffering and someone commented asking me how I feel about people that hunt for food and I told them people who live in the country suburbs and urban areas can find Vegan options at their grocery stores and have choices. Then they thanked me for suggesting Challenge 22 to them and said they’d Go Vegan once they became independent and lived away from their parents but now they asked about how I feel about consuming invasive species and I don’t know how to respond to this person. What should I say that’s the truth? I never get asked about invasive species so I am uncertain how to answer this.

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"After seeing the conditions at Luna’s farm whilst investigating it, in April Michelle, Liam, and Tom decided to rescue Leila, Nova, and Maia, and take them to freedom.

These piglets are now living happy lives in a sanctuary, but there are still millions trapped in animal factories across the UK - like Luna.

The only way to do that is ending factory farming.

Sign the petition calling on Luna's release into a sanctuary and get involved: https://act.animalrising.org/free_lun... "

Researchers are told, explicitly or implicitly: harm animals, or your career suffers. That is not impartial. That is not progress. And it is certainly not science.

I used to sacrifice animals for Eid.

In 2014, I saw what was happening to Cows in the dairy industry.

I couldn't unsee it.

So I became Vegan.

I'm still Muslim. I just couldn't keep hurting animals once I knew 🤍

Autumn and I had a lot of great conversations on Monday handing out Vegan Outreach booklets and vegan cookies at Indiana University Bloomington! Ashton and Katie from the new on-campus Allied Scholars for Animal Protection chapter met up with us to hand some booklets out before their normal weekly activism too. Ashton actually found a Vegan Outreach "Why Vegan" booklet left on a campus table last year which sparked his passion to learn more and become a vegan activist himself! He now helps lead the IU ASAP chapter. Katie also went vegan and joined the chapter soon after.

Offering Vegan Outreach booklets is an effective way to reach hundreds of people, spark conversations, and give compassionate thinkers the info and motivation to go and stay vegan. We ended up handing out nearly 900 booklets and 654 cookies! Vegan Outreach leafleters have visited over a hundred colleges this semester - you can see leafleting records and request your own at adoptacollege.org Read some of the interactions Autumn and I had Monday:

🌱 Daniel tried going vegan after discussing animal rights in philosophy classes sparked his interest, but he said the honest reason he couldn't maintain a fully vegan diet now was because of cravings outside the house and finding food to eat at restaurants. I shared some local vegan options and mentioned the The Vault Pub on campus who won an award for their vegan dishes in the Bloomington IN Vegan Chef Challenge a couple years ago. He agreed the key to staying vegan is to both maintain your dedication to respecting animal lives while finding the diet enjoyable enough to sustain long-term, so he agreed to start 10 Weeks to Vegan to help with both! He agreed to take a photo afterward.

🌱 Mishay was very moved by doing a factory farming VR experience on campus a few years ago and now mostly eats vegan and even watches vegan recipe channels like Pick Up Limes! We talked through some of her challenges being fully vegan which was mainly eating outside the house. She's motivated to keep learning more from the booklet and agreed to take a photo!

🌱 "Enie and her friend were very interested in going vegan and seemed to resonate with them. They wondered how possible it was to be vegan on campus. I talked to them about how the cafeteria has items labeled vegan, and they have signs saying you can ask for vegan options or other allergy friendly meals. I told them about signing up for 10 Weeks to Vegan to get recipes ideas!" - Autumn Gwinn

🌱 "One student wanted to try to eliminate more animal products. She said she already didn't eat red meat or dairy. She wanted to continue to take steps with elimination of animal products. She said she had felt pushed by other students to go vegan. They wanted her to do an all or nothing kinda thing, but she wanted to take it slow. I talked to her about signing up for 10 Weeks to Vegan for recipes, tips, swaps, etc." - Autumn Gwinn

🌱 "One student wanted to try to change her diet, but she wanted to take it slow. She wanted to go pescatarian because she worried about getting all of her essential nutrients. She said she ate a lot of tofu because it had high protein and other good nutrients. She was mainly worried about amino acids, protein, etc. I talked with her about how easy it is to get all of your vitamins and minerals on a well planned vegan diet. I talked to her about supplementing B12. I told her to do her research on good balanced vegan recipes. I talked to her about signing up for 10 Weeks to Vegan for recipes, tips, swaps, etc." - Autumn Gwinn

🌱 Regan heard me say "Info to help animals," so she said she loved animals and pointed out a dog on her phone. I talked about our recent visit to The Goat's Conspiracy Sanctuary 20 minutes from campus and how similar the goats were to playful dogs. The owners decided to go vegan and turn their goat milk farm into an animal sanctuary after realizing how much cruelty was necessary even on what they thought was an ideal farm. Regan felt moved by the story and said she'd sign up for 10 Weeks to Vegan!

🌱 Tanu is now a vegetarian but was previously vegan before she ran into challenges like finding enough protein. She was surprised soy milk had as much or more protein than dairy milk, and we talked more about vegan proteins. Tanu feels bad she quit veganism and said she wanted to try it again with more support, so she said she'll check out 10 Weeks to Vegan!

🌱 Yutong seemed unfamiliar with veganism but curious about it and where I got my protein from. I explained veganism is simply about deciding animals aren't ours to use, and there's many vegan protein options like beans, lentils, and vegan meats. She was interested to learn more from the booklet.

In Antarctica, penguins are breeding earlier than in any recorded history. Some gentoo colonies have shifted their breeding season forward by up to 24 days in a decade. That is the fastest phenological shift recorded in any bird. This is what ecological stress looks like.