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Animal Welfare
Good News: Iceland Plans a Permanent Whaling Ban
Iceland's government will introduce a bill in February 2027 that considers a permanent whaling ban.
Sep 15
Animal Welfare
Irrawaddy Dolphins in Songkhla Lake: How a Bridge Is Meant to Protect the Last Ones
Thailand is building a bridge across the lake of its last inland Irrawaddy dolphins. The World Bank loan comes with a conservation …
Sep 13
News
Croatia moves to punish animal cruelty with up to eight years in prison
Croatia's cabinet has sent a criminal law reform to parliament: far higher sentences for cruelty, a new offence for the sexual exploitation …
Sep 12
Lifestyle
DOBE.: Aljosha Muttardi Launches a Fashion Label With a Stance
Aljosha Muttardi has launched the fashion label DOBE. We explain the designs and check how fair and vegan the collection is.
Sep 11
Animal Rights & Activism
Sebastian Everding Interview: The Animal Rights Advocate in the EU Parliament on Lobbyists, Canteens and 0.4 Percent Vegans
Three of 720 Members of the European Parliament are vegan. One of them is Sebastian Everding of Germany's Animal Protection Party. On …
Sep 10
Food
Vegan Oktoberfest 2026: All Vegan Dishes in the Beer Tents, With Prices
Vegan at Oktoberfest 2026: we checked the beer tent menus. Vegan dishes from 14.80 euros, stall snacks, is the beer vegan, animal …
Sep 8
Animal Rights & Activism
Volunteer at animal shelters worldwide for free: the World Animal Welfare platform
World Animal Welfare connects shelters and volunteers worldwide, free for both sides. A look at the platform and its founder Jessica Dzikonski.
Sep 6
Animal Rights & Activism
Undercover Under a False Name: Samara Eckardt on Her Years Inside the Animal Industry
Animal rights activist Samara Eckardt went undercover into a certified animal welfare farm under a false name. The key passages from our …
Sep 6
Food
Ube Cake: A Vegan Recipe for the Purple Cheesecake From the Yam
Vegan ube cake with a cheesecake filling made from purple yam, a soaked sponge layer and aquafaba meringue. Plus what ube is, …
Sep 4
Animal Rights & Activism
Why Coconuts Are Not Always Vegan: Chained Macaques in the Harvest
In southern Thailand, chained macaques pick coconuts. What a study of 158 animals found, which products are affected and what to check …
Sep 4
News
£22 Million for Mini Organs: The UK Speeds Up Its Move Away From Animal Testing
Miniature organs grown from patient tissue, lab-grown ear models, AI instead of dogs and monkeys: the UK is investing £22 million in …
Sep 2
News
Four Weeks Vegan Shift Gene Regulation: What the Study Shows and What It Does Not
A randomised trial finds altered DNA methylation after one month on a vegan diet. What was measured, what follows from it, and …
Aug 31

Is Billie Eilish Vegan? Yes, and Louder Than Ever

Billie Eilish with green sunglasses sticking out her tongue at an iHeartRadio event

Vegan since she was 12, funding millions of plant-based meals on tour, and telling the internet that eating meat is inherently wrong. Here’s the full Billie Eilish story.

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Joaquin Phoenix at a farm sanctuary meadow

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5 min

Is Joaquin Phoenix Vegan? He’s Been Vegan Since 1977, Before It Had a Scene

Vegan since age 3, Oscar speech about stolen calves, a rescued cow named Liberty. Joaquin Phoenix might be the most committed vegan in Hollywood. The full story.

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Seb Alex und Yannick Haldenwanger stehen nebeneinander im Podcast-Studio auf Bali

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20 min

Seb Alex Interview: The Animal Rights Activist Who Feeds Animals Under Airstrikes in Lebanon

He left architecture and the UN to film slaughterhouses, founded the Middle East Vegan Society and went into Beirut’s most bombed neighbourhood to feed cats and dogs. On the Plantbased Podcast, Seb Alex talks about halal, hotels, mental health and the sentence that made him quit his job.

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Large blue and white striped circus tent with flags on top, photographed from outside across a meadow

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7 min

Germany is the only EU country with no rules for circus wild animals. This week it boiled over

Three activists climbed a circus tent in Hamburg. Both sides filed assault charges. Behind the scuffle sits a fact most Europeans find hard to believe: 26 of 27 EU states regulate wild animals in circuses. Germany does not.

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Dunkle Labormaus sitzt auf der Handfläche einer Person mit blauem Einmalhandschuh

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5 min

Swiss animal testing hits a record low. Severe suffering hits a 26-year high

Switzerland used 507,863 animals in experiments in 2025, the lowest figure since records began in 1983. At the same time, 29,413 animals went through the most severe category of experiments, more than in any year since 1999.

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Close-up of a large bird of prey's talons with leather straps on its legs, resting on a falconer's glove

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5 min

Animal cruelty suspicion: German police search wildlife park with birds of prey centre

Around 800 animals, some 140 species and a court-ordered search: investigators in Rhineland-Palatinate suspect the operator of a wildlife park of breaking Germany’s Animal Welfare Act. What we know, what we don’t, and the rules for such parks.

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Flasche Likör ohne Ei von Warlich in der zensierten Edition auf einer Holzbank vor Dünengras und blauem Himmel

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8 min

„Likör ohne Ei“ keeps its name: German court allows vegan liqueur label, bans one word

A German appeal court ruled that a vegan soy-based liqueur may keep the name „Likör ohne Ei“ (liqueur without egg). The word egg liqueur, however, has to go from its advertising.

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Verschiedene vegane Pflanzendrinks in Glasflaschen mit Zutaten daneben, Hafer Mandel Kokos Reis und Soja

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5 min

Same oats, new name: Danone renames the Alpro oat drink after a Swiss court ruling

Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court ruled that “this is not milk” still counts as milk. Danone has renamed its Alpro oat drink and dropped the added sugar.

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Zwei Buckelwale tauchen vor der Bergkulisse bei Húsavík in Nordisland ab

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5 min

Good News: Iceland Plans a Permanent Whaling Ban

Iceland’s government will introduce a bill in February 2027 that considers a permanent whaling ban.

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Wild lebender Irawadi-Delfin taucht mit Rücken und kleiner Finne aus ruhigem Wasser auf

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7 min

Irrawaddy Dolphins in Songkhla Lake: How a Bridge Is Meant to Protect the Last Ones

Thailand is building a bridge across the lake of its last inland Irrawaddy dolphins. The World Bank loan comes with a conservation plan. We checked what it delivers.

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Dreifarbige Katze sitzt allein auf einer Straße zwischen geparkten Autos und schaut in die Kamera

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6 min

Croatia moves to punish animal cruelty with up to eight years in prison

Croatia’s cabinet has sent a criminal law reform to parliament: far higher sentences for cruelty, a new offence for the sexual exploitation of animals, life imprisonment for the worst destruction of nature. One detail gets lost in the coverage.

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Aljosha Muttardi and models wearing three shirts from his fashion label DOBE.: a plain black shirt, Team Oat Milk and Protect All Animals

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8 min

DOBE.: Aljosha Muttardi Launches a Fashion Label With a Stance

Aljosha Muttardi has launched the fashion label DOBE. We explain the designs and check how fair and vegan the collection is.

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