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…
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Yannick Haldenwanger
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Hi, ich bin Yannick. Aufgewachsen im Schwarzwald, 2019 habe ich This Is Vegan gegründet, heute lebe ich auf Bali. Von hier aus treibe ich Tierschutzprojekte voran und reise um die Welt.
Fleisch lag bei mir schon im Grundschulalter nicht mehr auf dem Teller, vegan lebe ich seit über 10 Jahren. Ein schlechtes Gewissen zu machen war nie mein Ansatz. Ich zeige lieber, wie einfach, lecker und entspannt das im Alltag funktioniert.
Genau dafür gibt es dieses Online-Magazin und den Plantbased Podcast: Menschen inspirieren, sich für Tiere und Umwelt stark zu machen und vegan zu leben.
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…
Veggie Burger Ban, Round Three: EU Parliament Reopens the Naming Fight
The hard-fought EU compromise on names for plant-based products has been in force for barely a week, and MEPs are already sawing away at it again. The European Parliament is…
Germany’s Planned Sugar Tax Could Hit Plant Drinks, but Not Cow’s Milk
An oat drink without a single gram of added sugar could soon be taxed in Germany. Cow’s milk, with its natural milk sugar, would stay tax-free. That is what the…
Are Vegan Meat Alternatives Ultra-Processed? What the Evidence Says
An eight-week trial compared two diets with identical nutrition and changed only the degree of processing. The result is awkward for both sides of the argument.
World Plant Milk Day: Plant Milk Is Eleven Thousand Years Old
Today is World Plant Milk Day. The history of plant milk starts eleven thousand years ago, and today’s numbers show where it is heading.