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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.
Speciesism: Why We Stroke the Dog and Eat the Pig
29 August is the World Day for the End of Speciesism. The day is the occasion, the question underneath is bigger: what justifies stroking one animal and eating the other?
Who Owns Your Tofu? These Brands Are Still Independent [Overview]
Since Müller bought tofu pioneer Berief, many people look twice in the chiller aisle. Our traffic-light overview shows, with receipts, which tofu and plant-drink brands are independent and which belong to a meat or dairy corporation.
29 Cents for an Empty Shampoo Bottle: Inside Germany’s Return Scheme for Cosmetics Packaging
A start-up in Heilbronn takes empty cosmetics packaging back through beverage machines and pays 29 cents. What works already, what does not, and whether the four brands are vegan.
Three Times More Often Against: Study Reveals Agricultural Interests in the EU Parliament
Some studies prove what many already suspect. This is one of them, and it comes with a number: MEPs with private financial interests in the agricultural and food sector voted…
Bird Flu on a US Mink Farm: Why the Case Puts Pressure on the EU
In Salt Lake County, Utah, US authorities last week confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza on a mink farm for the first time. What sounds like a local notice is the…
Outside for the First Time: Tigress Saphira and Her Five Cubs Explore Their New Enclosure
Born in circus wagons on an industrial site, raised behind bars: six tigers from a private facility in northern Saxony have just experienced something entirely new. For the first time…
“The Perpetrators Are Completely Ordinary People”: Wiebke Plasse on Animal Cruelty on Social Media
Nobody would stand in a marketplace with a cat and shout: “I’m going to torture her now, who wants to watch?” On social media, exactly that happens every day, millions…
Müller Buys Berief: What the Takeover Means for Everyone Who Shops Plant-Based
For forty years, Berief from Beckum was one of Germany’s largest independent producers of plant-based foods. Since July 2026 that era is over: Berief Food GmbH now belongs entirely to…
Two Mice, One Bloodstream: German Court Halts Parabiosis Experiment in Bonn
Two living mice, cut open at the flanks and stitched together, sharing a bloodstream for eight weeks, then separated and dissected. That was the experiment the LIMES Institute at the…
The End of Botox Animal Tests Draws Closer: Europe Moves to Scrap the Mouse Test
To this day, mice suffocate for smooth foreheads. That may soon end: the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM) has announced it will gradually remove the cruel mouse…