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Yannick Haldenwanger

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Hi, I'm Yannick. Meat has been off my plate since I was six, and I have lived vegan for more than ten years. Animal protection has been part of my life for as long as I can remember, and I have always stood up against injustice, whether it hits people or animals. Guilt-tripping was never my approach. I would rather show how well vegan works day to day. At the same time I stay honest and show what happens behind the scenes of the industry. With This Is Vegan and the Plantbased Podcast I want to make animal protection, veganism and environmental protection visible, so that more people get started themselves.

£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 non-animal methods. Germany never published the strategy it promised.

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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 what the same group found when they counted cells directly.

Schwein blickt aufmerksam in die Kamera, im Hintergrund eine Weide

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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?

Tofuwürfel mit Sojasauce und Sesam auf einem Teller, daneben verstreute Sojabohnen

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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.

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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.

Das Gebäude des Europäischen Parlaments in Straßburg an einem bewölkten Tag

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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…

Zwei Polarfüchse sitzen in einem engen Drahtkäfig auf einer Pelzfarm

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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…

Tiger liegt entspannt auf Naturboden im Außengehege des AAP-Rettungszentrums

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Tiger Rescue in Saxony: Saphira and Her Cubs Move Into Their New Enclosure

Born in circus wagons on an industrial site, raised in private ownership: six tigers from a private facility in northern Saxony have stepped into their enclosure at the Spanish AAP…

Wiebke Plasse, Leiterin Kommunikation der Welttierschutzgesellschaft, im Porträt

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“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…

Luftaufnahme des Berief-Werks in Beckum mit Solardach und Lkw-Verladung

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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…

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