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.
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.
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.
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.
„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.
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.