Out of the 31 discussions I had, only 1 involved a commitment to Veganism. 0.03%. Not enough.

I felt worthless. I needed to do something more effective.

In 2025, my new year’s resolution was to focus on a single experiment:

“Host one Cube of Truth every month and measure the effectiveness of this style of activism.”

I know showing the Truth is effective. I watched Dominion and went Vegan.

I was less sure about whether or not Anonymous for the Voiceless’ methods of creating Vegans were effective.

An Anonymous for the Voiceless (AV) Cube of Truth goes like this:

• Show bystanders the Truth.

• Put Non-Vegans in their victim’s position.

• Hold Non-Vegans Accountable.

• Call the Non-Vegan to Act.

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I needed to put these AV principles to the test.

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In 2025, I became an AV Organizer and changed my life.

• I outreached 207 people across 12 Cubes of Truth in three different cities.

• I got 34 people to commit to living Vegan.

• I got 4 people to do Vegan activism immediately.

I leveled up my Vegan activism using principles that just work.

Using the AV Flowchart, I got 16.8% of people outreached to commit to living Vegan. A huge increase from last year and a personal VEGAN VICTORY!

I can’t follow up with every Vegan, but I know at least our conversations are remembered and some animals are being spared.

• I met 23 new Vegan activists across three cities!

Joining a large international organization like AV unlocked fun networking I didn’t expect. I can easily meet fellow Vegan activists by coordinating a Cube of Truth and post-social with their local AV chapter!

• I taught the AV Outreach Masterclass.

Paul, Co-Founder and Director of AV, is a great teacher. I’ve watched or listened to each of his Masterclasses multiple times.

I adapted his slides, recited them, presented it to 6 Vegans, and missed lots of examples...

It was good enough for other Vegans in my community to now know how to effectively defend animals. That’s a win.

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2025 Direct Actions

• 2025-01-03 - Cube of Truth - 21 outreached, 6 commitments - 2.5 hours

• 2025-02-26 - Cube of Truth - 25 outreached, 4 commitments - 2.5 hours

• 2025-03-29 - Cube of Truth - 18 outreached, 4 commitments - 2.5 hours

• 2025-04-12 - Cube of Truth - 9 outreached, 0 commitments - 2.5 hours

• 2025-05-03 - Unity Cube of Truth - ~12 outreached, 0 commitments - 3 hours

• 2025-06-06 - Cube of Truth - 8 outreached, 2 commitments - 2 hours

• 2025-08-01 - Cube of Truth - 11 outreached, 5 commitments - 2.5 hours

• 2025-09-05 - Cube of Truth - 39 outreached, 2 commitments - 2.5 hours

• 2025-09-13 - Animal Sanctuary Volunteering - 1 orientation - 2 hours

• 2025-10-12 - Cube of Truth - 3 outreached, 0 commitments - 2 hours

• 2025-10-29 - Cube of Truth - 9 outreached, 0 commitments - 1.5 hours

• 2025-11-07 - Cube of Truth - 28 outreached, 6 commitments - 2.5 hours

• 2025-11-16 - Animal Sanctuary Volunteering - 1 coop built - 2 hours

• 2025-12-05 - Cube of Truth - 24 outreached, 5 commitments - 2.5 hours

• 2025——— - 32.5 hours defending animals

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2025 Indirect Actions

• 2025-11-01 - Teaching the AV Outreach Masterclass - 2 hours

• 2025——— - 2 hours indirectly helping animals

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2025 Unaccounted Actions

To become an AV Organizer, the reading, application, and induction took me ~6 hours.

To set up two new AV TVs, add ~8 hours for reading, buying equipment, and building.

To organize each Cube of Truth, it takes me ~2 hours of work to organize the event, practice, transport, set up, write posts.

To teach the AV Outreach Masterclass, I spent 10 hours adapting the slides, 1 hour building a website to collect registrations, 3 hours writing daily emails for promotion, 2 hours on recital, and 2 hours teaching it.

To write VEGANWORLD.NOW, I easily spent over 160 hours. This year I studied other top performing newsletters, read a book on writing, and spent a tremendous amount of time updating the format and website. Please save Angus.

2025——— ~212 hours unaccounted

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2025 Bonus Actions

• I re-made a map of every Vegan option in Tallahassee, FL.

This was a useful lead magnet to get people to join TALLY VEGAN!

• I revamped our local Vegan Facebook group.

I took it from having no recognizable identity or posts to having an identity with a clear Vegan message, and regular moderation and posting. This took ~10 hours. Sort of…

• I hosted an in-person Vegan meetup for 53 local Vegans!

For every Vegan that showed, I donated $5 to Flying Pig Animal Sanctuary ($265). As a bonus, I also donated an extra $100!

It was awesome seeing some Vegans from the meetup volunteer at Flying Pig and attend the AV Masterclass!

To host a Vegan meetup, I easily spent over 120 hours. I learned and did far too much to put it all in this post.

Since I’m unsure if I will be able to repeat the work and success in 2026, I am writing a series of posts for you sharing everything I’ve learned!

2025——— - ~130 hours bonus

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2026 Resolution

2025 was about experimenting with something new. I ran the year-long experiment, and I learned how to outreach Non-Vegans effectively.

I don’t feel worthless anymore. I do feel exhausted.

Still, 2026 will be about doubling down on what works, and proving it.

My 2026 resolution is to record and upload as many AV outreaches as possible.

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What’s yours? I’m curious! Reply or comment how you plan on showing up in the Vegan movement in 2026.

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Until every animal is free,
DANI LINAVI ✊

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P.S. Want to host a Vegan meetup but aren’t sure where to start? Reply or comment with any question and I’ll do my best to answer!

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Happy new year!

This month’s edition takes 3 minutes to read :)

ONE BIG WIN

1. Fur Bans in Poland & New York

Poland 🇵🇱, New York, United States 🇺🇸

Viva! Poland campaigned against fur farming for over 20 years. With the help of Open Cages, It paid off.

Why it matters:

• Poland is the world’s second largest exploiter for fur behind China.

• Over 3 million Foxes, Minks, and Raccoons live their whole lives on metal wires until they’re killed.

Poland deciding to ban fur is a huge win for these animals!

How it happened:
Thousands of Polish citizens sent hand written cards to their president with one message: end fur farming. It might’ve been the nail in the coffin.

The backstory:

“Cezary Wyszyński, a trustee of Viva! Poland, has fought tirelessly for a ban at great personal risk, investigating farms that can only be described as hell on earth and lobbying politicians to support the Bill.”

— Juliet Gellatley, Founder and International Director of Viva! UK and Viva! Poland.

Dig deeper:
I know I said just one big win, but did I mention that New York Fashion Week also banned fur? It’s not like the The Council of Fashion Designers of America can get fur from Poland anymore anyways. :)

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VEGAN LIVING

2. Major City Makes Plant-Based Default

Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
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Fellow Vegan Activist is going to like this one:

1.2 million Minnesotans will now get plant-based meals as the default option at county meetings and events! Animal-based “food” is now only available upon request in Hennepin County!

Minnesotans asked for it:
A public opinion survey conducted earlier this year in Hennepin County found…

• 69.5% of respondents supported increased government purchasing of plant-based foods.

• 86.3% of respondents said local government should act to reduce the environmental impact of food consumption.

With the help of Mercy for Animal’s Civic Plate and Wholesome Minnesota, thousands of animals will be spared from being exploited for lunch time sandwiches.

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3. 1st Ever Vegan @ Mr. Olympia

Alexandria, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
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I think fellow Substacker may like this one:

The only Vegan reaching Peak bodybuilding!

Torre Washington, 50+ year old IFBB Pro and Vegan since 1988, will be the first Vegan to go to the Olympics of bodybuilding. He’ll face head to head with bodybuilders on the biggest bodybuilding stage in the world.

Winner of the 2025 Ben Weider Naturals Pro Bodybuilding Competition and now going to the Olympia, Torre is a 30+ year Vegan and 10+ years older than his competition!

A legendary example of Vegan performance. — DL

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‌‌THE VICTORY PLATE

Recipe tested and approved by me, DANI LINAVI, VEGANWORLD.NOW founder and Vegan Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

🥦 Creamy Broccoli Soup

(Rainbow Plant Life)

I made this for my mother in-law this month. We loved it! I added TVP to the Crispy Nutty Crumbles for extra protein and it was delicious. — DL

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IN OTHER GOOD NEWS

4. Army Banned from Killing Goats and Pigs

United States 🇺🇸

US Army Medics trained by operating on goats and pigs shot with high caliber rifles. Since 1984, the US Army has shot thousands of goats and pigs in these “wound labs.”

Activists fought for alternatives:

• In 2017, PETA and PCRM backed the BEST Practices Act. This tried to make the military use Human simulator tech, and failed.

• The PETA and PCRM backed 2018 National Defense Authorization Act won. They made human-simulation technology the trauma training gold standard!

The US Coast Guard switched to using the tech, but the other military branches didn’t follow.

Now, the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act orders ALL US millitary branches:

(1) ensure that live animals, including dogs, cats, nonhuman primates, and marine mammals, are not used in any live fire trauma training conducted by the Department of Defense; and

(2) in conducting such training, replace such live animals, to the extent determined necessary by the Secretary, with advanced simulators, mannequins, cadavers, or actors.

This is a major VEGAN VICTORY for thousands of Goats and Pigs. — DL

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ODDS & ENDS

🗓️ This month, last year: India’s first cultivated meat tasting was held!

🧥 That’s interesting: Tax-deductible donations for donating old fur clothing?

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🍗 New: Taste-testers preferred the new Just Meat over conventional Chicken?

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QUOTE OF NOTE

“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.”

— Thomas Edison

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Until every animal is free,
DANI LINAVI ✊

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For most people, he’s become a hyper-real object.

A burger. A leather bag.

For me, Angus is just a lil’ guy.

He’s got places he likes to chill at, friends, family.

Angus is his own person.

Yet I can purchase him as objects.

In 90 days, he’s set to become burgers and bags.

Angus is only 2 years old - a child. It’s like if I were killed at 8 years old and then put between bread, or in a car trunk.

I want Angus to live.

With so many like him bred, killed, and commodified as children, Angus living out his life feels like a fantasy.

MSCHF is trying to fulfill this fantasy by leaving Angus’ fate to the market.

Here’s how I voted for Angus to live:

1. I purchased the Angus Token.

2. I voided my Angus Token intended for a 3-pack of his burgers (gross).

3. The money then goes to supporting the rest of his life on a sanctuary (epic).

A game of death, or life.

This is not a game that should legally exist, but right now, it does. A friend showed it to me when it started. I played.

I want Angus to live.

I think about Angus a lot:

• I see his “token” each day in my home.

• I get the newsletter that shows me his growth.

• I check the votes on if he’ll become burgers and bags, or if he’ll become respected.

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I don’t regret tearing off the token’s Seal of Regret.

I regret not showing Angus to you earlier.

The wager on Angus’ life has been shown to the wrong people. The people who want him as burgers. As leather bags. People whose exploitation we will inevitably write laws against.

I know you see Angus like I do.

You see Angus as a person. A lil’ guy. A guy with friends and family.

In 90 days, I want MSCHF, this popular luxury brand, to tell a positive story. A VEGAN VICTORY of how people voted against their own interests. How people donated to set Angus free.

A lot of people right now are telling you to give to “effective charities.” That’s great. In another post, I’ll share how much I gave to my local animal sanctuary this year.

For now, I want Angus to live.

In 90 days, he’ll be killed.

Donate to save Angus:
ourcowangus.com

For Angus’ freedom,
DANI LINAVI ✊

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Happy end of World Vegan Month!

This month’s edition only takes 2 minutes to read. Enjoy! :D

ONE BIG WIN

Vegan Activists Help Non-Vegans Live Vegan

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These important yet under reported moments led to Non-Vegans committing to live Vegan!

• Paul Bashir, Vegan activist and founder of Anonymous for the Voiceless (AV), holds a Non-Vegan accountable.

• Oliver Loos, Vegan activist and AV Regional Organizer, proves how accountability gets commitments to living Vegan.

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Why it matters:

These courageous activists do not get the praise they deserve!

In all levels of today’s society, accountability is absent.

• We do not hold politicians accountable for corrupt financing.

• We do not hold everyday citizens accountable for exploiting animals.

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The consequences of absent accountability are decay and death.

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The reality:

Many people live their entire lives with no one ever holding them accountable.

• Very few people live according to their own values (Vegan).

• Very few people hold others accountable to their own values.

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Yet, popular people will try and gaslight you into thinking we need more information. There is an over supply of information and an under supply of accountability.

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We need more accountability.

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At AV, activists work to supply the most important thing in today’s corrupted society: accountability. If we don’t hold Non-Vegans accountable, animal exploitation is normalized. If we do, animals are spared, and Vegans win.

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This World Vegan Month, I’m celebrating the activists championing one form of activism that just works: holding non-Vegans accountable. On behalf of the animals, I am grateful.

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Watch how they hold Non-Vegans Accountable:

• Oliver Loos (Instagram)

• Paul Bashir (Instagram)

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Until every animal is free,
DANI LINAVI ✊

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P.S. Do you agree that we should actively defend animals? jointhecube.com

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Happy Halloween! If you’re reading this on November 1st, happy World Vegan Day!

If you’re a Vegan in Tallahassee, FL, US… come celebrate and learn how I got 21 Non-Vegans to commit to living Vegan at the AV Tallahassee Outreach Masterclass!

You will learn:

• The three core principles proven to help non-Vegans live Vegan.

• The four control points that makes outreaching strangers easy.

• The single most effective question you can ask in response to any anti-Vegan argument.

Do you feel it’s acceptable that others disrespect animals? If no → av.tallyvegan.com

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ONE BIG WIN

1. Four Major Fashion Brands Go Fur-Free

World 🌎

Condé Nast, the parent company for Vogue, Glamour, GQ, Vanity Fair and more, announced a fur-free policy for all 22 of its publications!

Why it matters:
1 billion people worldwide read at least one of Condé Nast’s publications. Deciding to finally ban images of fur is the nail in the coffin for the industry. Fur is no longer in Vogue. Literally. ‎

How it happened:
This was a multi-decade fight from relentless advocacy groups all around the world.

• In 1993, PETA disrupted Vogue offices with the iconic campaign, “I’d rather go naked than wear fur.”

• In 2025, CAFT led over 100 protests outside Condé Nast executives’ homes and commercial connections.

What the fur industry is saying:

“Fur is under attack like never before. Hardly a week goes by without news of some brand dropping fur, or a jurisdiction proposing to ban its production or sale. This tsunami of negativity fuels a self-reinforcing cycle. As major retailers stop selling fur, successful brands have less incentive to stand up to relentless activist pressure. With less business at stake, it becomes harder for politicians to resist activist pressure for production or sales bans. Worse, the barrage of negative news can create the false but potentially self-fulfilling impression that “society” has decided it is no longer ethically acceptable to wear fur”

— Alan Herscovici, Senior Researcher, Truth About Fur

Dig deeper:
After the announcement, the Boston Fashion Week confirmed it will also be fur free going forward!

What’s next:
Skin. Leather. Feathers. We’re coming! Fortunately, some of us are already here. Stella McCartney’s brand uses Vegan alternatives for their glam:

• FEVVERS is a revolutionary feather alternative with the same ethereal aesthetic without the birds.

• YATAY M is a mycelium-based alternative to snake’s skin.

The future of fashion is Vegan, and it never looked so good.

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POLICY

2. Largest US State Bans Cat Declawing

California, United States 🇺🇸

Declawing involves the removal of the last bone of a cat’s toes. This is equivalent to amputating a human fingertip at the last joint.

VEGAN VICTORY:
After over 900 emails sent from In Defense of Animals to Governor Gavin Newsom, he finally signed AB 867 into law!

• This makes California the fifth no-declaw state after Rhode Island, New York, Maryland, and Massachusetts.

At least 40,500 emails to go until declawing is banned nationwide! — DL

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THE VICTORY PLATE

Recipe tested and approved by me, Dani Linavi, VEGAN WORLD NOW founder and Vegan Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

🍝 Restaurant-Style Carbonara

(Pick Up Limes)

This goes so good with some tempeh bacon! — DL
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VEGAN LIVING

3. State Fair Gets 1st Ever Vegan Vendor

Dallas, Texas, United States 🇺🇸 ‎ ‎

After 139 years, the Texas State Fair finally got their 1st ever fully Vegan vendor, Vegan Vibrationz!

Respect to the twin brothers who worked for 24 days straight serving Bacun Jalapeño Cheddar burgers and more Vegan deliciousness to Texans!

‎ “I just love to share that with other people and just help change lives, one plate at a time.”

—Jovan Cole, Vegan Vibrationz

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FUTURE FOOD TECH

4. First Retail Sales of Cultivated Meat

Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸

Mission Barns is selling meatballs made with cultivated meat for $13.99.

• This makes them the first company to sell cultivated meat out of a grocery store in the US!

• The others that came and went were limited to fancy restaurants.

The future of food is here. Only for four days.

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IN OTHER GOOD NEWS

5. 70 Year Old Aquarium Finally Closes

Miami, Florida, United States 🇺🇸

I went to Miami Seaquarium as a kid. I remember taking pictures in front of a giant shark hung upside down. The thought disgusts me.

The backstory:
Since 1955, at least 120 dolphins and whales have died in Miami Seaquarium.

One of these whales were Tokitae, an Orca stolen from her family when she was 4 years old. Tokitae spent the next 52 years in the world’s smallest Orca tank in North America - Miami Seaquarium.

• PETA pressured them to release Tokitae, and she had a scheduled release date, but it was too late.

• She performed until her death.

Tokitae - better known as Lolita - was Miami Seaquarium’s most famous animal. Her death, along with continued pressure from PETA, led to the eventual closure.

There’s a bittersweet feeling that happens when the oppressors I supported as a Non-Vegan end up losing. Now, for me and other marine animals, this is a VEGAN VICTORY worth some champagne. — DL

ODDS & ENDS

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🗓️ This month, last year: Romania banned fur farming for good!

🥔 That’s interesting: These are the “most accepted” plant-proteins..?

🗞️ Newsletter: writes about how to bring Dominion to Non-Vegans with ease. Subscribe and get the guide here.

🥞 New: 40g protein plant-based pancakes in a pouch by Eat Just.

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QUOTE OF NOTE

“Our grandchildren will ask us one day, where were you during the Holocaust of the animals? What did you do against these horrifying crimes? We won’t be able to offer the same excuse for the second time, that we didn’t know.”

— Helmut Kaplan

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Until every animal is free,
DANI LINAVI ✊

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P.S. If you were in the animal’s position, how fast would you need to be defended? Defend animals with me and my Vegan team → av.tallyvegan.com

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Vegans in Tallahassee, FL, US: meetup this Saturday!

For every Vegan that shows, we’re donating $5 to Flying Pig Animal Sanctuary. With 103 people registered, this is approaching the biggest Vegan meetup Tallahassee has ever seen!

Let’s make it a Vegan Victory → register.tallyvegan.com

ONE BIG WIN

1. The Great Koala National Park

Australia 🇦🇺

Australia creates a park ~5.5x the size of New York City to protect their national treasure. :)

Why it matters:
2025 has been the worst year ever for Australian forest and habitat destruction. Yet, these are home to more than 100 threatened species including Gliders, Owls, and Koalas.

How it’s happening:

• Reserved 476,000-hectares (roughly the size of the Grand Canyon National Park)

  • An immediate moratorium on deforestation

• A comprehensive worker and industry support package

  • $6 million for community and small businesses

  • $60 million to establish the park

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The bigger picture:
This park will protect over 12,000 koalas, 36,000 Greater Gliders, and habitats of over 100 other threatened species. A monumental win!

VEGAN VICTORIES AROUND THE WORLD

1. The Greatest Park (you just read this one!)

2. Good Dogs and Cats

3. Tax-advantaged Vegans

4. Big Vegan investment

5. Majority Vegan grocer

6. Vegan sales soar

7. Eggless omelets

8. Mice spared

9. Puppy mill rescue

POLICY

2. Stop Puppy Mills Campaign Working

Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸

Denver just banned the retail sale of Dogs and Cats!

Why it matters:
Puppy mills breed and sell Dogs out of crowded, dirty cages. The sale of these animals as products creates systems of suffering.

Zoom out:
Last month, I said other cities would join West Hollywood in banning retail sales of live animals. While this ban isn’t as comprehensive, it’s a big move!

75% of the USA’s largest cities no longer allow pet stores to sell puppy mill puppies.
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3. More Incentives for Plant Products

India 🇮🇳

The old deal:
Plant-based meats, soy milk, and even nutritional yeast taxed at 12-18%.
Animal-proteins taxed at 5%. You and I both know this isn’t fair or good…

The new deal:

• Plant products now taxed at the same rate as animal products!

The tax-reform also covers products beyond food… Cosmetics, home goods, electronics, medicines, and even transportation.

Why it matters:
This incentive increases accessibility to plenty of Vegan foods! Going Vegan in India just got easier. :)
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4. Big Europe Investment Towards Vegan Future

Denmark 🇩🇰 Czechia 🇨🇿 Portugal 🇵🇹

Uniting organizations across Europe want a VEGAN WORLD NOW, and they’re putting their money where their mouth is.

Here’s the breakdown of a new and big $2.5 million USD investment:

• Portugal to support farmers to grow legumes and create new legume-based products.

• Czechia to expand plant-based options across their government.

• Denmark to teach plant-based nutrition classes to doctors.

Zoom out:
2 months ago, I said I was watching for progress in “Denmark’s Plant-Based Diplomacy.” Now I got you some more details. This project builds on Denmark’s 2023 roadmap for plant-based food. With Denmark holding the EU Presidency, they’re set to keep making moves toward a Vegan future!

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VEGAN LIVING

5. These ALDIS Are Now Majority Vegan

Germany 🇩🇪

ALDI SÜD offers over 1,400 Vegan-labelled products…

• 43.6% of their range is animal-based (boo…).

• Now, 56.4% of ALDI SÜD’s entire range is plant-based (yeah!).

Vegans are winning!

It’s no coincidence that Anonymous for the Voiceless just did the yearly Vegan activism campaign in Germany this year. No coincidence at all. Definitely pointless activism that you should never do. ;) — DL

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6. Big Demands for Products Vegan

Great Britain 🇬🇧

Lidl GB’s own-brand plant-based product sales have increased by nearly 700%!

What’s great is they said they’re just “responding to rising demand for plant-based options.” Their Vemondo range recently added 20 new products!

Dig deeper:
What’s more, these products outperformed their fleshy counterparts. Think, “bean burger doing better than Impossible burger.” The demand isn’t increasing just for plant-based products, but for whole-food plant-based ones.

Zoom out:
Since 2020, Lidl GB has been aiming for 25% of their protein sales to be plant-based by 2030. While some companies (Ahem - Aldi) are far past them in The Food Transition, this is a big step forward!

Did I say Vegans are winning yet? — DL

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THE VICTORY PLATE

Recipe tested and approved by me, Dani Linavi, VEGAN WORLD NOW founder and Vegan Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

🍛 Red Lentil Curry (Rainbow Plant Life)

One of my favorite bases to load up on TVP! — DL
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FUTURE FOOD TECH

7. FDA Approved Fermented Chicken-Free Egg

Finland 🇫🇮 United States 🇺🇸

Onego Bio produces recombinant egg proteins through precision fermentation. It has received a ‘no questions’ letter from the FDA!

Why it matters:
Every second, there’s a Hen out there that’s in pain. I don’t want to be responsible for that, but I miss omelets. Onego Bio process uses 95% less land, 97% less water, and 100% less Hens.

Onego Bio’s Wisconsin plant will allow them to sell in the USA!

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IN OTHER GOOD NEWS

8. Ending Sepsis Testing on Mice

Kent, England 🇬🇧

The University of Kent pledged not to use animals in future sepsis research.

Why it matters:
Torn intestines, spilling feces into their abdomen. Fever, chills, diarrhea, shock, and multiple organ failure before they die. Mice and Rats endure severe pain as sepsis destroys their organs.

• Still, top scientists believe this slows the progress of treatments for humans.

  • Some researchers continue the cruelty anyway…

Kent is the first UK institution to commit to PETA after hearing about the suffering!

Mice are someone like us, and they just got a huge VEGAN VICTORY! — DL

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9. Over 100 Dogs Rescued from Puppy Mills

Havre De Grace, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸

Humane World for Animals rescue team took 100 Dogs out of a terrible life.

“You can’t even tell where the leg ends and the matting begins”

This described several Dogs matted with feces-covered fur before Humane World for Animals’ rescue.

Watch a clip of the cute Dog below transforming after their care. :)

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ODDS & ENDS

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🗓️ This month, last year: PETA released Vegan D&D sub-classes

🚘 That’s interesting: World’s First Vegan-Certified Car

🗞️ Newsletter: Rory Cardy writes how “The Food Transition” could be a tactile term for the Vegan movement to get behind for a larger collective voice (I used it in this newsletter!). Subscribe to Rory’s Substack, Living on the Vedge, here.

🌱 New: My family’s favorite Vegan restaurant chain is emerging from the ashes of bankruptcy

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QUOTE OF NOTE

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.”

— Margaret Mead

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Until every animal is free,
DANI LINAVI ✊

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P.S. Here’s a meme of me at our TALLY VEGAN Meetup on Saturday :)

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Vegans in Tallahassee, FL, US: come join my party and meet new Vegans!

My friends and I put together charcuterie boards (V), games (+prizes), and secret gifts for the biggest Vegan meetup Tallahassee has ever seen. We’ve had a bunch of Vegans already pre-register, so we added a bonus for animals - only if you show.

Let’s make it a Vegan Victory → register.tallyvegan.com (34 slots left)

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ONE BIG WIN

1. Bill Sparing Animals from Beauty Testing Now Law

Brazil 🇧🇷

Brazil becomes the 45th country to ban cruel animal testing for beauty products!

Why it matters:
Rabbits, guinea pigs, and mice suffer for beauty products, like mascara. In a world where 3D human cell models exist, some brands continue to pour chemicals into their eyes.

• This animal suffering is unnecessary, and governments are listening to their pain.

• The law bans exploiting animals to develop any hygiene, cosmetic, or beauty product!

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The bigger picture:
Last month, we saw Brazil weighing the idea of becoming the 45th country to sign this historic bill into law. With 80 other countries currently developing beauty products (ISFCC), the fight goes on. Still, Brazil took the leap and made big progress for animals!

VEGAN VICTORIES AROUND THE WORLD

1. Big Beautiful Bill (for animals) (you just read this one!)

2. Adopt don’t shop

3. No more meats

4. Powerful Vegan woman

5. Strictly Vegan products

6. Male chicks spared

7. Respecting Horses

POLICY

2. Selling Animals Banned - Adoptions Only

West Hollywood, California, United States 🇺🇸

West Hollywood became the only U.S. city to pass a comprehensive ban on the retail sale of all live animals!

Why it matters:
Breeders sell fish, birds, hamsters, reptiles, and other small animals out of crowded, dirty cages. The sale of these animals as products contributes to their overpopulation and neglect.

Zoom out:
“We’re not trying to take away people’s ability to have pets,” one council member said during the vote. “We want to encourage adoption."

Dig Deeper:
Pet stores can still sell under the ban, as long as the animals come from animal control, or an animal rescue.

West Hollywood has a progressive history of trailblazing animal protection.

• They banned fur sales in 2011.

• They outlawed cat declawing in 2003.

  • Most U.S. cities only started getting around to it this year!

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If other cities continue to follow West Hollywood’s lead, we might see an end to the cruel pet trade! — DL
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3. Processed Meats Banned in Schools & Hospitals

New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸

No more carcinogenic processed meats! Instead, the new standards released by the New York City Health Department promote whole fruits, vegetables, grains, and plant-proteins.

Doubling Down:

• NYC Health+Hospitals offers plant-based meals as the default option for at least one meal daily (with 90% patient satisfaction rate!).

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Now that processed meats are out of the picture too, we can expect even more plant-based meals to be served!

The bigger picture:
NYC is cutting down on chronic diseases and addressing inequities that make healthy eating hard. While better health is a valuable societal pursuit, I’m most happy that it gets us closer to a VEGAN WORLD NOW, for animals. — DL

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VEGAN LIVING

4. Europe’s Strongest Woman is Vegan

France 🇫🇷

Angeline Berva, a Vegan of 14 years, set a world record in the Axle Deadlift. She lifted 301 kg and won the Official Strongman European Championships!

Victory speech:

“I built my physique and my performance while being Vegan. Many think that the two are incompatible – not at all. You can very well be Vegan and reach a high level. Nothing is impossible. You have to go get what you deserve.”

— Angeline Berva, Vegan Strongwoman

We celebrate strong and relentless Vegans here! — DL

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5. New Vegan Certifications Meeting Demand

Taiwan 🇹🇼

Taiwan has launched the world's third official national Vegan certification label (全植物素 VEGAN). Only behind Argentina and Japan.

Numbers going up:
The Vegan food market is set to hit $37.5 billion by 2030. Asia Pacific is set to be the fastest-growing Vegan food market with an 11.6% compound annual growth rate. In the wake of this growth, Taiwan is cementing itself as Vegan-friendly!

Around the world:
NSF, a leading global organization in public health and safety, also unveiled its new Vegan and Cruelty-Free Certification Program. The initiative is NSF Protocol 543: Vegan and Cruelty-Free Products (NSF P543), and it’s comprehensive.

As someone who only buys NSF-certified Vegan supplements, I’m happy NSF is taking their strict standards and applying them to an even stricter Vegan lens! — DL

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THE VICTORY PLATE

Recipe tested and approved by me, Dani Linavi, VEGAN WORLD NOW founder and Vegan Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

🥓 Tempeh Bacon (Rainbow Plant Life)

My friends brought me some artisanal Vegan bacon that I’m saving for a special occasion (thank you!)… Until then, I’ve been using this recipe for my BLT cravings! — DL
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FUTURE FOOD TECH

6. Male Chicks Spared with New Technology

Denver, Colorado 🇺🇸

NestFresh now uses in-egg sexing technology to find out a chick’s sex before it hatches.

Why it matters:
Every year, about 300 million male chicks in U.S. hatcheries are ground up or gassed. Only because they can't lay eggs. This HumanelyHatched™ program prevents the cruelty before it starts.

The bottom line:
I’m not an advocate for “better ways” to exploit other animals, but I won’t deny a step in a better direction when I see one: NestFresh has already spared 245,000+ male chicks to date with this technology.

“Now we need the rest of the industry to act—or be held accountable.”
‎ — Kelcie Leach, Corporate Relations Manager (U.S. & Canada), Mercy for Animals.

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IN OTHER GOOD NEWS

7. Last Private Horse Track Finally Closes

Thurles, Ireland 🇮🇪

After 293 years of exploiting Horses, Ireland's only private Horse racetrack finally closes.

Zoom out:
Since the 1700s, Thurles has been forcing horses to race. In 2025, horse race tracks around the world are shutting down, and Thurles is one of them.

People are realizing that we shouldn't treat horses like cars, but with respect.

Mainstream news outlets report a "huge blow for Irish racing.” Here, we know it’s a major VEGAN VICTORY, for Horses! — DL

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QUOTE OF NOTE

"Don’t be the Vegan that other Vegans and non-Vegans want you to be. Be the Vegan that animals need you to be."

— Paul Bashir

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Until every animal is free,
Dani Linavi ✊

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ONE BIG WIN

1. Food Labels Must Declare Animal Suffering

Switzerland 🇨🇭

There’s a new Swiss labeling law for products that come from animals who experienced painful procedures…!

How it works:
Swiss supermarkets, restaurants, small businesses, and even imported animal products must label how animals experienced suffering.

Examples:

• “BEEF from animals that have been castrated or de-horned without pain relief”

• “PORK from Pigs if castration, tail docking, or teeth clipping was performed without pain relief”

• “EGGS and meat from Chickens whose beaks were clipped without pain relief”

• “MILK from Cows de-horned without pain relief”

• “LIVER of Geese and Ducks that were force-fed”

The bigger picture:
Cigarette warning labels reduce smoking rates.
Calorie counts on menus lead to lower-calorie food choices.
Behavior change happens when consumers are confronted with truth!
I’m positive this increased transparency will lead to fewer animals being exploited. — DL

VEGAN VICTORIES AROUND THE WORLD

1. Labeling the truth (you just read this one!)

2. Fur imports banned

3. Plant-based hospitals

4. Entire stadium Vegan

5. Plant-based parks

6. Dutch meat decline

7. Scaling cultivated meat

8. Dairy farm shutdown

9. Nationwide farm inspection

10. Slaughterhouse to sanctuary

POLICY

2. Fur Trade Coming to a Close

Switzerland 🇨🇭

This month, Switzerland became the first European country to ban fur imports!

By the numbers:
In 2023, Switzerland imported over $30M worth of fur from around the world.
Today, that number drops to 0.

• Tens of thousands of animals will no longer suffer and die for a coat or scarf!

Zoom out:
Over a decade ago, the Swiss government required labels on all fur products to show how the fur was made.

• This is much like the new Swiss labeling rule for animal products.

If Switzerland follows the same path, we might see a ban on imported animal products in the next ten years! — DL
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VEGAN LIVING

3. Hospitals Increasing Plant-Based Meals

Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹

ProVeg Portugal’s Sustainable Meals Program will expand into four major hospitals!

Catch up quick:

• ProVeg Portugal has served over 58,000 plant-based meals across 90 schools this year alone!

• NYC Health+Hospitals offers plant-based meals as the default option for at least one meal daily (with 90% patient satisfaction rate!).

Between the lines:
When hospitals see “plant-based,” they don’t always see climate justice, better health, or millions of animals saved. They see dollar signs. Still, we continue to use this powerful lever to make a VEGAN WORLD NOW! — DL

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4. The Entire Stadium Goes Vegan

London, Great Britain 🇬🇧

For 6 nights, Billie Eilish had 120,000 of her concertgoers eat only Vegan!

The backstory:
Billie Eilish grew up Vegetarian, and decided to go Vegan at 12 years old. At 18, she made history as the youngest person to win a Grammy. Now, she’s 23, but she’s still done more for Veganism than many have in a lifetime:

• During her 2022 Happier Than Ever world tour, she had the same arena go 100% Vegan.

• At each show, visitors were shown The Pledge. This campaign inspired her fans to eat a plant-based meal every day for 30 days.

• She gave Oscar de la Renta’s CEO an ultimatum - she would only wear their designer gown if the brand ditch fur forever. They did.

There aren’t many “Vegan celebrities” that leverage their power for animals as much as Billie does. Let’s go! — DL

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5. National Parks Commit to More Vegan Meals

United States 🇺🇸

If you plan on going to Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon in the next two years, expect 50% of the menu to be plant-based!

Why it matters:
Xanterra travel collection serves around three million visitors each year. This makes it one of the largest plant-based food initiatives in public tourism. It's a huge win for our environment and animals!

“By making plant-based food more accessible to millions of park visitors, Xanterra proves that caring for animals, people, and the planet can go hand in hand.”

— Jennifer Behr, Director of Corporate Engagement, Mercy for Animals

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6. Supermarkets Scale Back on Meat Promotions

Netherlands 🇳🇱

For the 2nd year in a row, Dutch supermarkets decreased their promotions of meat!

By the numbers:

• Hoogvliet (-23%)

• Spar (-26%)

• Jumbo (-42%) + stopped offering discounts on meat all together!

By 2030:
11 major Dutch supermarkets will have 60% of their proteins come from plants.

• Currently, 25-33% of protein sales are plant-based, and boy can you feel it already!

I’ve been to these stores! As an American Vegan, they’re light years ahead. — DL

The bigger picture:
Supply is still just one side of the equation. For a VEGAN WORLD NOW, we need to increase the supply of plant-based products and reduce the demand for animal-based ones. Promote Veganism!
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THE VICTORY PLATE

Recipe tested and approved by Dani Linavi, VEGAN WORLD NOW founder and Vegan Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

🍲 Creamy Cauliflower Soup (Rainbow Plant Life)

I meal prep this for my partner twice a month. She loves it with rice! — DL

FUTURE FOOD TECH

7. Massive Cultivated Meat Facility Ramps Up

Wilson, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸

The world’s first large-scale cultivated meat production site is built!

The bottom line:
Believer Meats is awaiting the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) final inspection before production. Fortunately, they received “no questions” from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their cultivated meat!
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IN OTHER GOOD NEWS

8. Investigation Leads to Mega-Dairy Shutdown

Roswell, New Mexico, United States 🇺🇸

When exposed, a Coca-Cola owned Fairlife Dairy Farm collapsed!

How it happened:
Animal Recovery Mission (ARM) investigators found workers abusing nearly 6,000 mothers and calves. ARM took the investigation to the local sheriff’s office and Department of Agriculture to open a criminal case. The Dairy farm was forced to offload it’s equipment and never operate again!

The pressure is on:
This is the 9th time a Fairlife Dairy farm has been accused of cruelty. It also backs two class-action lawsuits against Fairlife for lying to its customers. If (and when) they lose, we’ll have an even bigger VEGAN VICTORY!

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9. Farm Closure Causes Nationwide Industry Panic

Kramolin, Bulgaria 🇧🇬

A small local animal protection group got one of the largest egg farms in the country to stop operations!

How it happened:
Невидими животни, or “Invisible Animals,” documented cruelty towards over 46,000 Hens. They told the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency that they’ll release the footage in seven days: “You have until then to act.”

David (and friends) meet Goliath:
Except, they didn’t just have footage ready. They had support from many:

• Open Wing Alliance

• Anima International

• European Parliament members

• National Assembly representatives

A cascade of wins:
Together, they managed to close the 16-year-old factory farm. Then, they got the Bulgarian Food Safety Authority to begin inspecting all egg farms in the country! When local groups are backed by global resources, even young organizations can win against entrenched systems of cruelty. Justice for Hens!

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10. Bull Escaped Slaughterhouse to Find Sanctuary

Norfolk, Great Britain 🇬🇧

A local animal sanctuary likely rescued a bull that was destined to die!

Aww:
Lost and stressed, the unnamed Cow was running around the streets of Birmingham. After no one claimed him, Hillside Animal Sanctuary came to the rescue! They gave him big bales of straw and his first name: Liam. Liam now lives with 750 other rescued animals doing what he wants!

Unlike so many others like him, Liam’s story has a happy ending. :)

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WHAT ELSE I’M WATCHING

Good Vegan news, but not yet set-in-stone VEGAN VICTORIES.

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• Brazil’s vote to ban cosmetics tested on animals (awaiting president to sign into law).

• Denmark’s "Plant-Based Diplomacy Initiative”

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ODDS & ENDS

🗓️ This month, last year: The Vegan label broke a new certifications record!

🍔 That’s interesting: Protein intakes remain sufficient after swapping meat for plants.

🗞️ Newsletter: shares 10 powerful reasons to feel optimistic about the Vegan movement.

🍕 New: Vegan pizza collaboration with La Vie and Papa John’s UK stays for good!
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QUOTE OF NOTE

"Now I can look at you in peace; I don't eat you anymore."

— Franz Kafka

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Until every animal is free,
Dani Linavi ✊

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P.S. I’m trying a new writing style and would really appreciate your feedback on it!

THE BIG VEGAN VICTORY

Lima, PE 🇵🇪

Peru protects 699,300 acres (283,000 hectares) of land, home to over 1,800 species in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. That spans longer than New York to Miami!

No more deforestation for factory farms here.

The new conservation area connects with three other protected areas as part of Peru's 30x30 initiative: protect 30% of its natural ecosystems by 2030.

Plus, the 16 indigenous communities that steward this land now have formal legal recognition.

As other countries attempt to sell or exploit protected land, this victory gives me hope.

Hope that we will preserve the lungs of our Earth!

— DL

THE VEGAN VICTORIES THIS MONTH

1. Animal rights empowered

2. Marine mammals protected

3. Two plant-based firsts

4. Save this date

5. Tasty climate solutions

6. Vegan to Olympia

7. Cultivated salmon for sale

8. International “quail” expansion

9. Stopping animal testing

10. Livestock → Plants

11. No factory farms here

12. Hands off Elephants

POLICY

1. Animals Gain Legal Status

IT 🇮🇹

Italy is moving past the idea that animals only matter because humans care about them.

Out with "Crimes against the human sentiment toward animals." In with "Crimes against animals."

The former law implies that animals are just objects that can upset Humans if hurt. The new law states that animals are individuals deserving protection in their own right.

This legal recognition for more animal rights in Italy strengthens the case for animal rights everywhere!

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2. Dolphin Shows Banned Nationwide

MX 🇲🇽

After three years of pressure from activists, Mexico has joined Costa Rica and Chile. Mexico is now the third Latin American country to ban dolphin shows!

When the people demanded change, lawmakers delivered.

In recent years, oppressors have exploited over 300 dolphins across Mexico despite resistance. Many of these Dolphins were born into a cycle of confinement-related suffering.

No more:

• Dolphin shows

• Using Dolphins for therapy or non-conservatory research

• Breeding Dolphins

Dolphins currently in captivity will still live out their natural lives. However, they are retired from most exploitation and have stricter welfare standards.

The cycle of exploitation of these intelligent marine mammals is finally ending!

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3. Cities Endorse Plant-Based Treaty

Parla, ES 🇪🇸 + Nova Lima, BR 🇧🇷

"Systemic changes are needed to transition from a food model based on exploitation to one that cares for the planet, people, and animals."

— Miguel Fuentes, Councillor, Más Madrid

Parla became the first Spanish city to follow through with this and endorse the Plant-Based Treaty! Plus, Nova Lima in Brazil became the first Latin American City to endorse it as well!

Here's how these cities will transform:

• No more expansion of intensive livestock farming and slaughterhouses.

• No more deforestation for grazing/animal feed production.

• More promotions for a shift to a plant-based food system.

• More reforestation, ecosystem restoration, and landscape restructuring.

From 0 Spanish/LATAM cities to 1. From 39 cities to 41.

Every movement counts!

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VEGAN LIVING

4. Annual Animal Rights Day

Tabriz, IR + 🇮🇷 160 cities 🌎

Every first Sunday of June, there is a special day: National Animal Rights Day (NARD).

Did you miss the 15th annual NARD events held to commemorate the animals who are lost each day by us?

Like in Bournemouth, UK, where over 100 activists marched through the city in silence. Or in Tabriz, Iran, where they did the same.

There were memorials.

Still, several speakers, live music, and a feast of Vegan food punctuated the memorials. I'm confident that energy was empowering!

We also celebrated our progress!

Save the date: June 7th, 2026 - National Animal Rights Day

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5. UN Climate Conference Mainly Plant-Based

Bonn, DE 🇩🇪

The UN June Climate Meetings with over 5,000 attendees is serving a menu that is 57% Vegan. A big win in recognizing the non-Human animal deaths that haunt our climate.

This may be an increase from COP28 66% "plant-based" menu in 2023!

“It gives the opportunity for delegates at this important global conference to enjoy climate-friendly food and realize how tasty the solutions to climate change can really be. Plant-based food emits half the amount of greenhouse gases as animal-based food, so nations need to promote plant-based food where they can.”

—Jasmijn de Boo, CEO, ProVeg Global

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6. 50 Years Old, 28 Years Vegan, Bodybuilding Champ

Nevada, US 🇺🇸

Torre Washington wins the 2025 IFBB Las Vegas Pro competition! He is now qualified for Olympia.

Torre is a longtime bodybuilder, Vegan of 28 years, and 10 years older than some of his competitors. See Torre’s win here.

A relentless force and an inspiration!

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RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Tested and approved by Dani Linavi, VEGAN WORLD NOW founder and Vegan Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

🥘 Eggy Tofu Scramble by Rainbow Plant Life

FUTURE FOOD TECH

7. Cultivated Salmon Approved by FDA

US 🇺🇸

Wildtype’s joins UPSIDE and GOOD Meat in the list of cell-based foods approved for sale in the US. Wildtype’s cultivated salmon is the first cultivated seafood approved for sale in the US!

You can eat the “salmon” at Kann, a restaurant in Portland, OR, or in OTOKO's omakase experience in Austin, TX.

Real fish sushi. No real fish.

The future is here!

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8. Cultivated Quail Sold in Restaurants

AU 🇦🇺 + NZ 🇳🇿

Vow's "forged gras" made from Japanese cultivated quail is already sold in Hong Kong. Now, it's expanded to Australia and New Zealand.

After multi-year reviews by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ), Vow received permission to sell their cultivated quail.

Vow has over 50 restaurants lined up to serve it!

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🏩 Visit one of these 15 luxurious Vegan hotels!

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💪 Boost muscle and recovery with the only NSF-certified creatine gummies.

IN OTHER GOOD NEWS

9. Navy Bans All Dog & Cat Experimentation

Virginia, US 🇺🇸

The US taxpayer has wastefully paid for Dogs and Cats to be tortured by the Navy for “research.”

The White Coat Waste Project, a bipartisan watchdog group, seeks to end this problem: cut wasteful government spending.

After they successfully shut down a $10 million Navy laboratory aimed at electrocuting Cats, the Navy shut it all down.

The US Navy announced a ban on all experiments involving Dogs and Cats. This ban includes a review of all current medical research to ensure it aligns with ethical guidelines.

In an increasingly divided country, it is encouraging to know there’s unity against this form of animal cruelty.

— DL

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10. Pathway for Transitioning to Plant Farming

BR 🇧🇷

90% of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest is from agriculture. Much of it for exploiting animals.

Brazil plays a big role in this problem.

This cruelty leads to over half of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions! It also makes it hard for Brazil to provide minimally processed food options.

Brazil needs economically viable, environmentally sustainable, and socially fair alternatives for their farmers.

Enter ProVeg Brazil’s Cultiva Project. Much like Mercy for Animals’ Transfarmation Project, it speeds up the transition to plant-based farming!

Every farmer will get a personalized plan to set up at least 2.74 acres (1 hectare) of agroforestry on their land and nine months of implementation assistance.

A great start and another win for the Amazon rainforest!

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11. Factory Farm Blocked by Court

Shrewsbury, UK 🇬🇧

They kill hundreds of thousands of animals each year. They spray bird shit all over the surroundings and contaminate nearby towns.

They’re a moral stain and stench, and River Action UK has had enough.

“Our rivers are choking on chicken muck. Today, the court drew a line: no more megafarms…The reckless spread of intensive agriculture must end now.”

— Emma Dearnaley, Head of Legal, River Action UK

And thus, the UK High Court quashed a potential 200,000-bird factory farm. That’s 200,000 spared birds!

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12. Elephant Exploitation Denied

Colorado, US 🇺🇸

For decades, Elephant exploitation was facilitated by two major companies:

1. A Texas-based exhibitor, Trunks and Humps, supplied Elephants stolen from Africa to the Colorado Renaissance Fair.

2. The largest cruise line in the world, Carnival Corporation, promoted excursions that force Elephants to be ridden.

After PETA unleashed 40,000 of its activists to fight for Elephants, they got big wins in return:

• Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) denied a permit for circus-style Elephant shows at the Colorado Renaissance Fair.

• Carnival Corporation pledged not to offer exploitative encounters with Elephants.

VEGAN TEAM WALL OF FAME

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QUOTE OF THE MONTH

"Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test … consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals."

— Milan Kundera

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Until every animal is free,
Dani Linavi ✊

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P.S. If you want to help preserve our national parks of the US, please tell your Senator to oppose the reconciliation bill’s provision that will mandate the sale of up to 1.2 million acres of public land.

THE BIG VEGAN VICTORY

AU 🇦🇺

Adidas, ASICS, and Mizuno, all end their use of Kangaroo leather in their shoes.

Each year, millions of Australian Kangaroos are shot and skinned for “K-leather” under the pretense of “population control.“ The Center of Humane Economy looked to change that.

After years of investigations, protests, litigation, and international coalition-building, the Kangaroos Are Not Shoes pressure campaign was successful!

The #1 contributor to the K-leather trade - Adidas - is no longer using K-leather in their shoes. Shortly after, ASICS and Mizuno both pledged to no longer have K-leather in their supply chain by the end of 2025!

Cruelty has no place in commerce.

Since companies are made up of Humans, they behave like Humans. It takes just one influential person to say “no” to something for everyone else to feel like it’s okay to say no to it as well. Pressure campaigns targeting the powerful work, and they start with us!

— DL

THE VEGAN VICTORIES THIS MONTH

1. Organs on chips

2. Leveraging Vegan expertise

3. Winning a big bake off

4. Britain’s Strongest Man…

5. Taste = Plants + (Animal Flavors)?

6. From byproduct to companion

7. Justice > veterinary internship

8. Dog meat survivors

POLICY

1. NIH Moves Away From Animal Testing

US 🇺🇸

The National Institutes of Health shut down a Beagle lab, and is now prioritizing human over animal testing for research!

Over 90% of basic research, most of which involves animals like Beagles, fails to lead to treatments for Humans. This makes the biggest funder of research in the world, NIH, responsible for hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths.

Here's how the NIH will spare animal lives:

• "Organ on a chip" systems model Human disease and capture Human variability.

• Data insights into Human health outcomes at community and population levels.

• Computational models simulate complex biological Human systems, disease pathways, and drug interactions.

“This human-based approach will accelerate innovation, improve healthcare outcomes, and deliver life-changing treatments.”

— Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, NIH Director

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VEGAN LIVING

2. Vegan Pros Help Community Transition

Trujillo, PE 🇵🇪

Alimentos por el Planeta (Food for the Planet) helped get the #1 ranked Peruvian university, Pontifical Universidad Católica del Perú, to add Vegan options in their dining halls!

This Peruvian organization is led by an all-Vegan team of nutritionists, economists, communicators, and biologists. They leverage their expertise to help create attractive and balanced menus that institutions can easily integrate. By also working directly with students, they get consumer approval too.

This isn’t their first win either - they’ve been implementing Vegan options in restaurants all around Peru!

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3. Vegan Pasty Wins National Pie Competition

Leicestershire, UK 🇬🇧

Hundreds of slaughter-based baked goods dominate the British Pie Awards annually, but this year, a Vegan pasty took a win!

Now in its 17th year, the British Pie Awards is the UK’s leading competition for pies. This year, The Keralan Cauliflower, Chickpea & Onion Bhaji Pasty by Phat Pasty Co. impressed even non-Vegan judges. Its bold flavors and ingredient innovation led to it being crowned Pasty of the Year!

Awards like these show even the most stubborn non-Vegan that eating Vegan can be epic.

— DL

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4. Britain’s Strongest Man...is Vegan

Bolton, UK 🇬🇧

4-year Vegan, Tom Butts (U90 kg), won the 2025 British Official Strongman competition!

Official Strongman is the competition that can lead to an invite to the World’s Strongest Man competition. If Tom continues to win, we could see another Vegan join Patrik Baboumian as the World’s Strongest Man!

“I think me going from not at all veggie to fully Vegan and then still getting stronger, is a great thing to appeal to men especially who are obsessed with meat and think it’s essential to optimize their progression in the gym.”

— Tom Butts

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RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Tested and approved by Dani Linavi, VEGAN WORLD NOW founder and Vegan Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

🥪 Buffalo Chickpea Sandwich by Pick Up Limes

FUTURE FOOD TECH

5. Complex Animal Flavors Replicated in Vegan Food

Tokyo, JP 🇯🇵

Can plant-based meats ever nail those undeniable umami flavors?

Global leader in designer flavors and aromas, T. Hasegawa, wants to find out. With their new technology, PLANTREACT, they mimic the complex flavor profiles of animal proteins like chicken and beef on Vegan food products.

Vegan food is about to get a whole lot tastier!

— DL

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IN OTHER GOOD NEWS

6. Male Dairy Calves Given Second Chance

New South Wales, AU 🇦🇺

Companion Cows Australia, a non-profit organization, rescued 7 Calves destined for slaughter.

Each year, Australian "farmers" steal hundreds of thousands of newborn male Calves from their mothers, and kill them for Veal. This is because the Calves can never produce milk.

Sammy was one of these Cows.

He arrived with an eye infection that would later leave him blind. Still, he’s been receiving love and care as a Companion Cow!

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7. Vegans Rescue Goats from their Veterinary “Internship”

Barneveld, NL 🇳🇱

Imagine: you, a Vegan, want to be a Veterinarian to save even more animals. As part of your training, you’re required to do an internship at a dairy Goat farm. You know what that looks like, and when you arrive, it’s exactly how you imagined.

This was the reality for two Vegans, Jáshmin Domínguez Orozco and Diya Noordman, and they did not comply.

The interns instead called the Animal Emergency Assistance Committee and the Flappus Foundation asking if they could help them find shelter for the Goats. As their internship went on, they coordinated to re-home the Goats. The interns even raised money from family and friends to help care for the Goats!

In doing these rescues, the interns learned skills infinitely more valuable than those they would’ve learned in their internship!

— DL

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8. Dog Meat Survivors Find Sanctuary

Cheongju, KR 🇰🇷

South Korea’s National Assembly finally passed a legislative ban on Dog Meat last year. However, it doesn’t come into full effect until 2027.

There are still Dogs on farms waiting to be rescued!

The Humane World for Animals Models for Change program worked cooperatively with farmers to permanently close 18 Dog meat farms and rescue more than 2,700 dogs. They’re not done yet.

A 40-year old Dog meat farm was shut down for good, with 67 more Dogs re-homed!

“They have nothing but soft beds, full bellies and lots of love ahead of them.”

— Sangkyung Lee, Campaign Manager, Humane World for Animals Korea.

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"The moral arc of the universe bends toward justice for all living beings."

— Martin Luther King Jr.

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THE BIG VEGAN VICTORY

Nijmegen, NL 🇳🇱

The Party for the Animals Nijmegen of the Netherlands, has been advocating for the ban of meat ads for years.

It finally happened.

They also introduced the Plant Based Treaty to the city, which brings even more major changes:

• No expansion of intensive livestock farming and slaughterhouses. No more deforestation for grazing/animal feed production.

• Active promotion of a shift to a plant-based food system.

• Reforestation, ecosystem restoration, and landscape restructuring.

This is a two-in-one victory and a big leap towards a pro-Vegan future!

— DL

VEGAN WORLD TOUR

1. The circus is over

2. Local Bulls relieved

3. Ending animal testing

4. Plant-based authority

5. Tabletop Veganism

6. Plant-Based hospital stays

7. Earthling Ed’s Phoenix

8. Vegan whole milk

9. Trout-less Trout

10. Oil to end deforestation

11. 150+ Dogs rescued

12. Vegan x Vegan power collab

13. Fin whales keep fins

14. Fur industry dying

15. Door to door activism

POLICY

1. Wild Animals Banned from Traveling Circuses

Washington, US 🇺🇸

SB 5065 was signed into law. It bans the use of elephants, big cats, bears, and primates from traveling circuses in Washington.

It will take more time to legislate against the cruelty in food. Still, most people are recognizing it in entertainment. We know both are not needed, but this win is a big step to ending animal exploitation everywhere!

— DL

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2. Bullfighting Banned

Michoacán, MX 🇲🇽

The animal rights group Todos Somos Animales has been hard at work for animals. Their Movimiento México Sin Toreo has won to get bullfighting banned in a 7th Mexican state!

“By stepping away from this tradition, Michoacán is advocating for a future that embraces cultural evolution and respects animal welfare.”

— Claudia Edwards, Campaign Director, Humane World for Animals Mexico

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3. Animal Testing Gets Phased-Out

US 🇺🇸

The FDA and EPA want animal testing to be the exception, not the rule.

The FDA is replacing animal testing to develop drugs with more human-relevant methods. They're also incentivizing the transition by prioritizing the review of studies that use non-Animal methods!

Many animals are currently used to test the safety of pesticides and herbicides. The EPA aims to phase out animal testing by 2035. There is also a commitment to retire some of the test animals as soon as this year!

A strong 86% of Americans believe in the replacement of animal testing. The University of Arizona is already ahead, replacing animals in surgery training!

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4. Plant-Based Nutrition Mandates

CH 🇨🇭 + ES 🇪🇸

The Swiss are eating too many animals, and too few plants. Their government says that more diet-related diseases and emissions mean change is necessary. To do so, the new Swiss nutrition strategy for 2025-2032 puts plant-based diets in the spotlight.

Noelia Estraviz is the president of the Association of Families United for a School Vegan Menu (FEUMVE). The group has fought for Vegan rights in Spanish schools for years. This month, they finally got their first win: the Healthy and Sustainable Cafeterias Decree.

The law protects children's right to a 100% plant-based menu in schools. If this can't happen, schools must find ways to chill and warm food that students bring from home!

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VEGAN LIVING

5. Play Catan the Vegan Way

Tabletops everywhere 🌍

We all know Sheep aren’t resources, they’re individuals.

PETA acknowledges this, and gives us a way to enjoy Catan without Sheep: hemp. An animal-free alternative to wool, Hemp is used for clothing, rope, and most importantly, in Catan. Plus, you can get literal VEGAN VICTORY points with this expansion!

I’ll trade you two hemp for one brick? I know you need that settlement…
(don’t pay attention to my 8 roads)

— DL

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6. Plant-Based Default at 200 More Hospitals

US 🇺🇸

Since 2022, Greener by Default has teamed up with 131 Sodexo-led hospitals. The duo now offers plant-based meals as the default option! Now, an additional 200 hospitals are set to transition by 2026!

The new hospital menus place nutritious plant-based meals as the default option for at least one meal daily.

Quick math for animals: If just 10% of the 290,000 meals Sodexo serves to patients per day shift from meat-based to plant-based, the company could spare over 1 million individual animals per year (conservative estimate).

— DL

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7. Famous Vegan Diner Closes...Then Reopens!

London, UK 🇬🇧

Like a phoenix, Earthling Ed’s Unity Diner rises from the ashes.

Unity Diner shut down two months ago, citing rising costs. After the closure, the restaurant and its sanctuary got big donations from Vegans. The 7-year-old Vegan restaurant will reopen after talks with their landlords and an investment from a co-founder!

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RECIPE OF THE MONTH

Tested and approved by Dani Linavi, VEGAN WORLD NOW founder and Vegan Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.

🥗 High Protein Vegan Caesar Pasta Salad by That Vegan Babe

You can also try replacing the chickpeas with air-fried tofu (I use fava bean tofu for less calories and higher protein), and replace the broccoli with spinach for a more salad like experience. This is how I eat it!

— DL

FUTURE FOOD TECH

8. Dairy-Free Whole Milk Identical to Dairy

California, US 🇺🇸

Eclipse created Non-Dairy Whole Milk by isolating proteins from peas and chickpeas. This process helps mimic the molecular structure of whole milk. It is shelf-stable and will target coffee shops, smoothie bars, bakeries, and cafes.

No Cows. No compromises.

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9. India’s 1st Cultivated Trout Fillet

Mumbai, IN 🇮🇳

Biokraft Foods uses its own 3D bioprinting with Rainbow Trout cell lines. This process transforms the cells into whole-cuts with the same structure and nutrition!

“…Launching India’s first cultivated trout product [is] a breakthrough that preserves our precious aquatic biodiversity and brings cleaner, cruelty-free fish to the plate.”

— Kamalnayan Tibrewal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Biokraft Foods.

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10. World’s 1st Palm Oil from Fermented Algae

California, US 🇺🇸

Conventional palm oil production leads to deforestation and excessive emissions. It also struggles with high costs and requires a lot of labor. Checkerspot offers a clean and scalable alternative to conventional agriculture: microalgae fermentation.

“By leveraging microalgae fermentation, we’ve created a scalable solution that addresses both environmental concerns and the supply chain vulnerabilities associated with the production of tropical fats such as high-oleic palm oil.”

— Scott Franklin, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Checkerspot

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IN OTHER GOOD NEWS

11. 150+ Dogs Rescued from Dogfighting

South Carolina, US 🇺🇸

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) teamed up with local law enforcement to rescue 150+ Dogs. The Dogs had significant scarring, and were likely involved in Dog fighting. Now, they’re receiving critical care and are free.

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12. Vegan Ad Showcasing Hypocrisy Replicated

France 🇫🇷 + Vegan companies everywhere 🌍

La Vie released an impactful ad with a humorous twist. It shows someone eating ham in front of a rescued Piglet, Leon. Now, La Vie is inviting other Vegan brands to re-create the ad with their food product and other rescued animals.

Vegan companies are accepting the invitation.

Beyond Meat remade the ad by eating their burger in front of a rescued Calf, Barbara. THIS™, Heura, and Juicy Marbles are expected to join in on the impact!

“This campaign was never meant to stay ours. It’s a visual that makes people stop, smile, and think.”

— Romain Jolivet, Chief Marketing Officer, La Vie

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13. All Fin Whale Hunts Cancelled

IS 🇮🇸

Hvalur hf, an Icelandic company, and the last whaling company on Earth, has decided not to hunt Fin Whales this year.

Why?

Animal advocates around the world are speaking out against whaling's cruelty. As a result, global demand for whale meat has dropped.

Can’t argue against supply and demand, baby. Keep reading for a similar VEGAN VICTORY.

— DL

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14. Fur Industry Drastically Declining

CN 🇨🇳

China has the biggest fur industry in the world. However, from 2023 to 2024, fur production businesses in China dropped from 18,053 to 10,707.

41% of China’s fur producers went bankrupt.

Why?

Opposition to fur farming is increasing around the world. Europe, Japan, New Zealand, and parts of North America, have been implementing restrictions, phase-outs, and bans. This decrease in demand has lead to a massive decrease in supply, and the oppressors can’t afford it!

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15. All Locals Outreached and 3 Join Protest

Brompton, UK 🇬🇧

There are 2,400+ Cows trapped in Lowfields Farm. Activists reached every single door, every street, every corner, and every letterbox to leave a leaflet exposing this reality of dairy.

It paid off.

Three locals were shocked by what they read in the leaflets and heard from the activists. So, they decided to join the protest at the farm!

The protest was then covered by BBC North Yorkshire, Greatest Hits Radio, and more. The message against dairy is now in living rooms, on airwaves, and in headlines.

This win is a big light against the darkness of the dairy industry!

— DL

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QUOTE OF THE MONTH

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

— Mahatama Gandhi

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P.S. If you want to stand up for animals, consider joining Anonymous for the Voiceless for the annual Unity Cube Day (2025-05-03)! Chapters from across the world are uniting for bigger Cubes of Truth for greatest impact. It’s simple and effective: wear a mask and hold up slaughterhouse footage. I’ll be with AV Miami!

If you’re new here, my name is Dani. I’m a 5 year Vegan and animal rights activist who is no stranger to a lack of time, cynicism, and Vegan burnout. I’ve been writing the VEGAN VICTORIES MONTHLY to inform and uplift myself by curating all of this month’s most positive Vegan news from around the world. Turns out, other people like it too.

Even though this month’s is a short one, I hope it uplifts you like it does for Cheryl and I.

Enjoy! 👇️

🇲🇽 Mexico City Bans Killing Bulls

With 61 votes in favor and only 1 in opposition, Mexico City has voted to ban the stabbing and killing of Bulls inside or outside bullfighting rings. Of course, we settle for no less than an outright ban of using non-Human animals for entertainment, but this is major progress for Bull’s rights!

We’re going in the right direction. Just look at what Mexico City’s head of government, Clara Brugada, had to say:

"The spectacle of blood cannot be justified as art or tradition. Culture evolves, and we have the responsibility to transform it in favor of animal welfare.”

Damn right!

Plus, in Tuscon, AZ, US, a traditional Bull-Run festival was cancelled. Even more Bulls spared from needless exploitation!

🦒 Austin, TX, Gets US’ 1st Holographic Zoo

The future is a VEGAN WORLD, and in that future, Humans still love to see other animals! One way we can see other animals without exploiting them would be by using…holograms.

Yes, holograms! Named one of Time Magazine’s “Best Inventions of 2023,” Axiom Holographic’s, Zoocade, is an innovative 60-foot tunnel where visitors wearing 3D glasses can see elephants, giraffes, hippos, and dinosaurs, without contributing to animal cruelty! Zoos are becoming more obsolete every day.

There are Zoocades in Australia, China, Canada, and now, the US!

Big future-forward win for non-Human animals.

📅 63% of VegPledge Participants Remain Vegan

Animal Outlook released their 2024 behavior change report, which showcases the power of the VegPledge: 63% of VegPledge participants pledged to remain Vegan for life after pledging to be Vegan for a day, week, or month.

This VEGAN VICTORY is only possible due to thousands of volunteers advocating to make the switch. You can be one of them!

☕ Another Major Coffee Chain Drops Milk Tax

Just four months ago, Starbucks dropped their Vegan milk up-charge. Then, last month, Scooter’s and Dutch Bros did the same, and I said “your move, Dunkin’.”

Then last month, Dunkin did!

This month, Peet’s Coffee followed suit and dropped the plant milk tax. Except, it took the Beatles’ Paul McCartney and almost 40,000 Vegan activists to tell them to do so…

There’s only 7 major chains in the US left. Let’s keep up the pressure for more of these easy VEGAN VICTORIES!

🏅 10-Year Vegan Breaks Squat World Record

Sahy Malaga, Belgian power lifter, broke the world record for squat in the M1 63 kg division with a massive 3x body weight 182.5 kg (401.5 lbs) squat! This was just one of eleven records at National level or above she broke that day – including the M1 European record for a total in competition!

I wonder, what does a 10-year Vegan champion like her eat?

”I also eat lots of protein smoothies, kidney beans, lentils, chickpeas, black beans, tempeh, seitan, quinoa, bulgur and seasonal fruit and veggies.”

Just like the rest of us!

Let’s go!!

🧈 Butter Can Now Be Made With Captured Carbon

No animals harmed. No plants harvested.

And yet, butter can still be made! By using a proprietary fermentation-based process, a US company called Savor converts captured carbon dioxide (CO₂), green hydrogen (GH₂), and methane (CH₄) into structured fats (like butter and palm oil), without relying on animals or plants.

Wow.

Check out Savor’s website on how they do it - it’s beautiful, and will probably make you hungry!

🥓 Cultivated Pork Fat Approved for Sale in US

In light of certain US states doing all they can to ban these products, companies like GOOD Meat and Upside Foods are doing all they can to quickly move past and through this.

This month, one other company joins them: Mission Barns.

Mission Barns received regulatory approval from the US Food and Drug Administration, and plans to rollout their hybrid plant protein + cultivated pork fat products at Sprouts Farmers Markets across the US!

This will be the first time cultivated meat will be sold in a US supermarket, and the first time cultivated pork will be sold in the world!

A VEGAN WORLD is coming fast.

🤝 Vegans and Feminists Unite for Women’s Day

Animal Justice Project found that 52% of people do not know that dairy cows are impregnated annually to enable milk production, and 83% are unaware that calves are often separated from cows within 24 hours of birth.

These are feminist issues that have been hiding in the dark, and Vegans around the world took to the streets on International Women’s Day to shine a light on them.

Speciesism.wtf founder Stephanie Lane coordinated the “Milk is not Human(e)” protest across across 14 UK cities and international locations including New York, Mumbai, Sydney, Paris, Copenhagen, and Berlin. The protest had partially topless women wearing makeshift breast-milking machines to highlight the inherently anti-feminist reality of the dairy industry.

Thousands of people went from not knowing, to knowing. Once we know better, we can do better!

A VEGAN VICTORY for mother Cows, whom desperately need it.

🧥 100 Fashion Brands Pledge to End Live Lamb Cutting

Live lamb cutting, or mulesing, is where oppressors cut large strips of skin from the hindquarters of lambs between two and twelve weeks old, usually without pain relief.

Australia is only country in the world where live lamb cutting is legally and commonly practiced. Since 80% of the fine merino wool for the global fashion market comes from Australia, 100 fashion brands pledging to end live lamb cutting leaves a big mark on this cruel industry.

Step by step, we’re moving away from exploiting animals for their wool.

📹 Investigation Leads to Suspension of Italian Turkey “Farm”

After the hit documentary “Food for Profit” was broadcast on Italy’s national television, a Rieti, IT, turkey “farming” operation that oppresses up to 43,000 turkeys was fined €12,000 and suspended from operating.

When we hold oppressors accountable at scale, we can spare thousands of turkeys from needless suffering.

A big VEGAN VICTORY for the turkeys!

🐵 After Pressuring NIH, Lab Chimps Relocated to Sanctuary

Some Chimpanzees like Al have been exploited in laboratories for decades. He lived in a lab and was set to die in a lab.

Not anymore.

After a winning lawsuit and thousands of Humane World for Animals supporters demanding the National Institute of Health (NIH) relocate Chimps from Alamogordo Primate Facility—a federally owned laboratory in New Mexico—to a sanctuary, Al and others are finally going home.

Their new home? Chimp Haven: a 200-acre (the world’s largest) forested sanctuary in Louisiana specifically designed to cater to the unique needs of Chimps formerly used in biomedical research.

We’re concluding this month’s VEGAN VICTORIES with this win for Al and 9 other Chimpanzees: a win of hope and peace.

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Dani ✊

2025-03-31

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🇺🇸 All City Events Vegan by Default in Sammamish, WA, US

In a major win for non-human animals, the City of Sammamish in Washington has decided that Vegan food must be served as the default option at all its city-run events!

Just a few months ago, I reported that Hollywood, CA, did the same. Slowly but surely, the USA west coast is leading the way for how cities can stop contributing to cruel animal agriculture.

🇬🇧 UK Bans Bee-Killing Pesticide

Without the bees, so much of our “Vegan food,” would be impossible to grow outdoors. Fortunately, the EU knows this and has already banned the neonicotinoid pesticide, “Cruiser SB.”

This month, the UK banned the pesticide as well.

A huge VEGAN VICTORY for our precious pollinators!

📅 Veganuary Breaks Records and Sets Sights on China

In 2024, I reported that Veganuary celebrated 1.8 million people signing up. That year, I helped by heading to the streets and encouraged people to try it!

This year, it looks like even more activists helped. Heck, even the entire City of West Hollywood voted in favor of a resolution and proclamation to promote Veganuary to residents, staff, and businesses!

This year, in 2025, Veganuary saw a monumental 25.8 million people sign up. That’s a 1,333% gain in participants! If Veganuary were a stock we invest in, we’d be rich. Fortunately, millions of non-Human animals benefit from this growth!

And we’re not even done yet.

The Veganuary team is using this tremendous momentum to partner with The China Vegan Society to expand into China for a NEW Lunar New Year version of Veganuary: Mangchun Sanyue (茻春三月), roughly translated to Vegan Spring March, or V-March for short. That’s right, more non-Human animals will be spared from oppressors in China for the entire month of March!

Let’s go!

🏫 US Universities Double Down on Vegan Dining and Classes

Since 2011, the University of North Texas (UNT) has been operating the US’ first 100% Vegan dining hall, Mean Greens Café. Last month, they were rated #2 by Humane World for Animals’ Protein Sustainability Scorecard. This month, UNT is doubling down and committing to make 60% of its campus dining options plant-based by 2027. In Texas.

In California, Miyoko Schinner is leveraging her decades long, phenomenally Vegan expertise to teach everything plant-based at all nine University of California campuses. The course already has 55 students enrolled, and according to the Vegan Dairy Queen, they’re not all Vegan:

“Not everyone’s vegan or vegetarian either. It is an incredibly international group of students. We have students from all over the world – people from Asia, Africa, just everywhere.”

Since college campuses don’t really teach (or serve) Vegan cooking, this is a huge win for the next generation of students and for all the future non-Human animals spared as a result!

🏅 Vegans Win Michelin Stars, Gold Medals, and Grammys

Are you noticing? There were so many VEGAN VICTORIES this month that I had to group them! The abundance continues.

When I first went Vegan in 2020, there was only ONE Vegan restaurant with a Michelin Star: Seven Swans. Now, in 2025, there are FIVE, with the UK restaurant, Plates, becoming the latest (and first UK Vegan restaurant) to obtain a Michelin Star!

Winner of the 2025 Speed Skating World Cup, Kristen Santos-Griswold, a Vegan since 2018, became one of only two US short-track skaters to win Gold at all three individual distances in the history of the World Cup! The guilt must be so heavy for the losers that it slows them down, ha!

French metal band, Gojira (whose lead singer is an outspoken Vegan), has won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance for their epic act at the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony! It was righteous. Give it a watch!

🍳 Surging Egg Prices Lead to Increases in Vegan Egg Purchases

Last month, I reported how there were very little eggs on US grocery store shelves due to increases in welfare requirements for Hens and avian-flu outbreaks. I mentioned that people may be satisfying their demand for eggs with products like the Vegan Just Egg.

This month, we have data showing that this is exactly what’s happening, and more!

Just Egg grew 5X faster this past month compared to the same period last year, 91% of Just Egg consumers are neither Vegan nor Vegetarian, and 56% of Just Egg buyers returned for a second purchase (or more), signaling a permanent shift in egg-buying habits!

Not only that, but competitors are swooping in on this opportunity, with UK Vegan egg brand, Crackd, entering into the US market this month, and so many others too!

There will be more outbreaks, but at least now there will be less people paying for them to happen. A new study revealed that shopping Vegan is cheaper, anyways!

☕ Vegans Continue to Win in Dropping the Milk Tax

Just three months ago, Starbucks dropped their Vegan milk up-charge. Then, last month, Scooter’s and Dutch Bros did the same, and I said “your move, Dunkin’.”

This month, Dunkin’ predictably dropped their Vegan milk up-charge. Now pretty much all of the US doesn’t have to pay extra for Vegan milks!

Canada gets this VEGAN VICTORY too, with Tim Hortons dropping the Vegan milk tax this month as well!

🐶 World’s 1st Cultivated Dog Food Hits UK Shelves

Three months ago, I reported that Meatly was conducting taste tests on Dogs for their cultivated Dog food products, and it went really well! In fact, it went so well that this month, Meatly launched Chick Bites, the world’s 1st cultivated Dog food that consumers can now buy.

The product combines plant-based ingredients with Meatly’s cultivated chicken, and a limited release of the product will be available at Pets at Home Brentford, in London, UK.

First our companion animals, then us!

🎪 Animals in Entertainment Spared from Further Abuse

Following requests made by over 50,000 PETA activists, the Mysterious Circus has committed to going animal-free. Not only this, but the same pressure led to AirBnB and various other companies pulling away from Camel rides around the Pyramids of Giza.

Keep up the pressure, team.

🏷️ Carbon Labels Nudge Consumers Into Choosing Plant-Based Options

A new study found that small moral judgements (nudges) highlighting a food’s carbon footprint actually do help to nudge consumers into choosing plant-based options over slaughter-based ones.

In the EU, there are nutrient scores that rate foods from A to E based on how nutritious they are, and these labels work in the same way.

Right now, “Humane Certified” labels are misleading on purpose. I have hope we’ll soon see similar (better) labeling for animal welfare too! For now, I’ll take this as a small step towards a VEGAN WORLD NOW.

🐮 Anti Dairy Ad Plays in UK Theaters

Ads are powerful, and it’s part of the reason why so many kind hearted people are tricked into thinking dairy isn’t scary.

Animal rights organization, Viva, is fighting back. For what’s said to be the first time ever, an advertisement will be putting viewers into the perspective of a mother Cow to show the reality of oppressors taking her babies away from her for her milk.

Watch it here.

🥼 PETA Saves Rats, Mice, Pigs, and Sheep from Cruel Experimentation

More major VEGAN VICTORIES from PETA!

After years of activist pressure from PETA, the University Of Bristol finally banned cruel forced swim tests on mice and rats, and the European Respiratory Society has committed to ending its use of live animals like Pigs and Sheep in all of its medical training programs.

The Mice and Rats are forced to swim until they “give up,” in an effort to measure “depression,” and the Pigs and Sheep are used to train up and coming medical professionals to perform bronchoscopies and thoracoscopies.

This doesn’t have to be this way, and thanks to PETA’s activist pressure, it won’t be anymore!

⛑️ 600+ Animals Rescued in Kansas, US, Malaga, ES, and Norway

Over 400 Roosters & Hens were rescued from a suspected Cockfighting operation In Kansas, US, 195 animals were rescued from a cruel, but unnamed operation in Malaga, ES, and the last Mink fur farm in Norway finally shut down.

The VEGAN VICTORIES MONTHLY just wouldn’t be as impactful without these life-saving actions.

I salute The Humane Society of Greater Kansas City, Malaga’s Civil Guard, and Norwegian animal protection organization, NOAH, for these righteous rescues!

To the 18 new subscribers added to our now 434-strong Vegan team, I’m honored you’ve given me your attention. You could have given it to the animals, and you chose to invest it with me. I take it in the highest regard.

If this month’s newsletter uplifted you, please consider sharing it with a fellow Vegan! It’s a free, 7-second, fun surprise gesture of goodwill that will make them see you as their source of Vegan inspiration. I guarantee you’ll be making their day a little more hopeful and our movement a little more positive. :)

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Thank you.

Until every animal is free,
Dani ✊

2025-02-28

P.S. Want to help create what could be a next VEGAN VICTORY? Join PETA’s action alert team. Sometimes all it takes for an organization to end their participation in these injustices is just a few texts from all of us!

Happy Veganuary!

Did you previously participate in Veganuary or do you know someone who has? It’s really never been easier to go and stay Vegan in today’s world, as you’ll see in this month’s second section of…

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🇪🇨 Ecuador Now Rules That Marine Ecosystems Have Rights

In 2008, Ecuador became the first country to recognize and protect the rights of “nature” at a constitutional level. What are “nature’s” rights? To exist, persist, evolve, and regenerate. Of course, these rights are often pitted against Human “rights,” which I assume include our interest in breeding animals to kill them in factory farms often separated from natural ecosystems. Fortunately, these laws also recognize the right of any person or organization to defend, protect, and enforce those rights on behalf of nature, and for payment of recovered damages to government to provide for the full restoration of nature.

Now, these same rights are being extended towards marine ecosystems! This is a big win, as there’s likely solid legal grounds for ending these factory farms both on land, and now in water. Speaking of…

🇺🇸 Washington, US, Bans Net-Pen Fish Farming

In my opinion, these Fish factory farms are orders of magnitude more disgusting than the factory farms on land. If you haven’t seen these Fish factory farms, you can here.

Then, you’ll understand how big of a VEGAN VICTORY this really is!

Millions of innocent Fish will be spared from a life of perpetual suffering.

🇺🇸 Massachusetts, US, Bans Cat Declawing

We’re gaining momentum! 70% of Veterinarians already oppose the cruel practice of literally chopping Cats’ fingers off, and many even refuse to perform it.

Last month, we saw a city in Illinois get a huge win with this same ban. This month, Massachusetts became the 3rd state in the US to pass the ban on Cat declawing! I’m hopeful that the momentum will continue and more states continue to ban the practice.

🇺🇸 Los Angeles County Mandates 2:1 Ratio of Plant-Based to Slaughter-Based Meals

In LA, the Vegans are taking over the government!

From now on, not only may Vegan food outnumber slaughter-based food, but ALL county food programs are required to provide a daily Vegan meal option and plant-based dairy alternatives.

It seems like California is leading the way in their recognition of the impact of animal agriculture on climate change. They really cannot afford any more fires!

🇺🇸 Colorado & Michigan Bans Eggs from Caged Hens

I’m an abolitionist, so it’s hard for me to consider this a big VEGAN VICTORY, but it’s a win in the right direction for Chickens in Colorado and Michigan nonetheless!

Cage-free eggs means higher prices and less supply. Prices that retailers and people already can’t afford due to low-supply from constant avian-flu outbreaks. Supply so low that supermarket shelves in the egg aisle are completely empty.

People may satisfy their demand by reaching for egg alternatives like Just Egg or the classic tofu scramble!

☕ Two Largest Coffee Drive-Thru Chains Drop Vegan Milk Up-Charge

Just two months ago, Starbucks dropped their Vegan milk up-charge. In the name of competition, Scooter’s and Dutch Bros did the same this month! All of a sudden they’re saying things like, “we’re encouraging customers to make more sustainable choices without an added financial burden.”

Yeah, okay… We know the truth is that activist pressure led to the initial win, and now they’re forced to ride the wave that two-tailed green mermaid started. We’ll take this VEGAN VICTORY anyways!

Your move, Dunkin’.

📈 21.6% Increase of Vegan-Friendly Restaurants in Latin America

In a new study conducted by Veganuary and Happy Cow, it was found that there are now over 10,000 Vegan-friendly restaurants in Latin America! This is huge, as in just 1 year, 1,700 more restaurants were added as either Vegan, vegetarian, or Vegan-friendly.

There’s even an entire festival dedicated solely to Vegan tamales in Mexico!

While Brazil took the lead in this study though, this is just more proof that all around the world, it’s getting easier to be Vegan.

📉 Dutch App Gets 73% of Users to Eat Less Animals and More Plants

Fork Ranger is a Dutch app created to educate people on the impacts of their “food” choices on Earth’s climate by providing plant-based recipes to users after they complete short quizzes and read educational info graphics.

After using the app, 73% of omnivores reported that they cut down on flesh intake by at least once a day. If they keep it up, this small win can lead to bigger long-term wins!

🏷️ 1st Cultivated Meat Certifier is Vegan

There’s only one VEGAN VICTORY in the cell agriculture space this month, but it’s a big one.

Finally, we have a way of certifying that a cultivated meat product is nearly up to Vegan standards.

6 months ago, I reported that V-Label became the world’s largest certifier of Vegan products. They’re not done yet. This month, they introduced C-Label, the world’s first certification of cultivated meat products! The only way to get certified under the C-Label is to meet extensive criteria: the use of animal-free-media and the proof that all interventions and procedures, in particular invasive ones, such as biopsies, must be demonstrably necessary, as well as being as painless and stress-free for the animals as possible. No animals are allowed to be killed in and for the entire procurement and manufacturing process!

A landmark VEGAN VICTORY for the history of cultivated meat transparency.

🦊 250+ Coyotes and Foxes Saved From Slaughter

Coyotes and foxes are caught, bred, exploited, and killed for their fur and their urine across rural United States. Their fur is sold for fashion, and their urine is sold to farmers as a product to deter other animals from eating their crops.

Even though this is banned, some operations still exist in the shadows. That’s where the Humane Society came in to liberated over 250 Coyotes and Foxes from this Ohio hell hole.

The victims used to live in filthy wire cages, now they can be seen playing in the snow! I’m happy to end this month with a wholesome VEGAN VICTORY!

To the 31 new subscribers added to our now 418-strong Vegan team, I’m honored you’ve given me your attention. You could have given it to the animals, and you chose to invest it with me. I take it in the highest regard.

If this month’s newsletter uplifted you, please consider sharing it with a fellow Vegan! It’s a free, 7-second, fun surprise gesture of goodwill that will make them see you as their source of Vegan inspiration. I guarantee you’ll be making their day a little more hopeful and our movement a little more positive. :)

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Thank you.

Until every animal is free,
Dani ✌️

2025-01-31

P.S. Want to help create what could be a next VEGAN VICTORY? I’m writing to the Advisory Committee for the 2025 US Dietary Guidelines so they emphasize plant-based proteins over slaughter-based proteins. Leave a comment with me by clicking here. If you want, you can copy and paste my own comment (comment tracking # m6l-m9xr-2dl8):

I urge you to prioritize plant-based proteins over animal-based proteins in the 2025 Dietary Guidelines. Not only do proteins derived from animals contribute to immense suffering, but they are also a leading cause of the climate crisis, driving deadly weather events through their significant greenhouse gas emissions.

In contrast, plant-based proteins, as supported by numerous meta-analyses, improve health outcomes by reducing the risk of our nation’s top killers: heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and obesity. Furthermore, plant proteins lead to a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions, offering a more sustainable future.

It’s time to shift the focus toward plant-based proteins as the primary source of protein for Americans. Please prioritize them for the health of our nation, for the environment, and for the animals.

You are responsible for the safety of your four legally blind friends standing shoulder-to-shoulder with expensive laptops in their hands. They’re surrounded by a dozen rowdy teenagers who are touching them and looking to yank their laptops away. At the same time, you’re having a conversation with a guy who is about to commit to going Vegan. Skateboarders are whizzing by, the teenagers are closing in, but you just need to ask the guy two more questions. Then, you’ll know he’ll be Vegan.

What do you do?

If I received no training, I think I would have prioritized getting the person to go Vegan…

However, since I am now a trained organizer for Anonymous for the Voiceless, I instead chose to defend the Cube.

I shoved this adult-sized teenager back after he touched the laptop. As he tumbled back, I gave him a death stare and continued to make space between the Cube and the other bystanders. He began to threaten to “slap the shit out of me.” But you see, I had already scared the shit out of him, and that was my biggest mistake.

While he was backing up, yelling obscenities, and corroborating with what was now his own personal skater mob, I was making the connection that my small act of violence was leading to the Cube’s safety being compromised further. The skateboarders got uncomfortably close, and I noticed the disgruntled teen sent over one of his cronies. With a fist in his pocket and a devious look on his face, I had a feeling this one is going to slap more than just the shit out of me…

“DISPERSE!” I yelled.

Each Cuber left their position, and so did that potential new Vegan.

I failed. I was overwhelmed and angry, and I let my anger compromise the safety of not just the Cube, but some of my closest friends. While no one was hurt, I felt ashamed.

How did it get to this point?

Food Trucks.

It was 5:45PM on Friday, 2025-01-03. This was the First Friday of the month, and that means there’s a festival at Railroad Square Art Park with around a thousand people attending. Or so I thought. At these First Fridays, there are at least 4 food trucks all serving dead animals at the center of it, and we planned on setting up right in the middle of them.

“Alright, y’all. I spoke with the owner of that food truck over there, and she says that she thinks this black building behind me owns this land, but I spoke to them and they said that they aren’t sure who owns this land, so I went to the police and asked them who owns the land and they said they didn’t know either. No one knows who owns this land! So I told the police we’d be doing a peaceful demonstration involving screens on the land, but that the footage we’d be playing is graphic. She told me she didn’t care, so I think we’re good.”

And so for the first time, my friends became Cubers, and got into position. I can’t thank them enough for putting themselves out there like that. Except, there definitely were not thousands of people in attendance.

“Where is everyone!?” I thought to myself. When planning this, I was so focused on the success of the Cube itself that I didn’t stop to consider that winter break in a college town means everything is dead… There goes my hopes for thousands of attendees.

Nevertheless, things picked up a bit more as the sun went down. I had outreached a few people at this point, and the food truck owners started to take notice. Each of them were staring at us in between customers, and one started to make that dreaded phone call…

15 minutes later, and 40 minutes into our demonstration, an older man and woman clad in high-vis vests approached the Cube. The cubers stood their ground, and I left the outreach conversation I was having to insert myself between them and these apparent security guards.

“I’m with them. What’s the issue?”

“We received a call and I gotta let y’all know that y’all can’t be here. […] This land is owned by Railroad Square.”

Shit. The police can’t help me with this one.

“Okay, we’ll leave, but only if you let me ask you some questions.”

“Fine.”

“How does this footage make you feel?”

There was no way we were leaving without me outreaching these high-vis vested fools first.

It didn’t work.

We relocated to the nearest public sidewalk, which leads to a skatepark—a popular hangout for local teenagers at this time of year. Fortunately, we were a bit of walk away from it, and adults passed by as well - it’s a nice walk after all.

From there, many people stopped to look at the truth the Cubers were holding up. In total I outreached 21 people, and 6 of them committed to going Vegan. A 500% increase in the number of people I got to commit to going Vegan last year—all in just one day!

It worked.

The Cubes of Truth and their accompanying outreach protocol worked.

I felt vindicated. Throughout 2024, I tried using motivational interviewing to break down barriers and encourage non-Vegans to align their behaviors with their values. It never felt right. I had no protocol, I was overly positive, and I appealed to whatever I thought was most important to people. Not just animals, but health and environment too. I demonstrated respect to people who didn’t deserve it, and I wasted my time debating lots of people that clearly weren’t reachable.

At my first Cube of Truth, I not only learned that I should never initiate unnecessary conflict, but that these people don’t need to be debated. They don’t need to be respected. They don’t need to be appealed to. They don’t need to be motivated.

They need to be held accountable.

They need to be held accountable for their hypocrisy and funding of animal slavery.

This need—this opportunity—to hold these non-Vegans accountable is both important and powerful. Think about it. This interaction might be the only time in their entire lives where they have someone hold up a mirror to their character.

That’s the power we have as Animal Rights Activists.

While I regret some of my actions during my first Cube of Truth, I’ll never forget this important lesson.

I can’t wait to do it again.

Until every animal is free,
Dani ✊

2025-01-17

This is your annual reminder that you're running out of time to achieve them.

My goal with this essay is simple: if you haven't started working on your great thing yet, after reading this, you will.

Let me be clear, even as a Vegan, you will not live to 100. In the US, that's as likely as you winning the lottery. Since the odds are against you, I'm betting that you'll live to the median age of 75 years old.

That means your midpoint age is around 37.

If you just sighed in relief because you're 36 years old or less, breathe that sigh back in. As Humans, a year of experience is not always an absolute length of time. It's relative to how many years we've already lived.

Remember when you were 5 years old and one year felt like forever? That's because it was! That one year was literally 20% of your life lived.

You will NEVER have that much time ever again.

At 37 years old, one year is just 2.7% of your life (1/37 years old). 2.7% moves a lot faster than 20% - blink and it's gone. This is our perception of time, and it speeds up every year. Time isn't just passing anymore, it's accelerating.

If we account for this accelerating perception of time - starting at age 5 to also account for childhood amnesia - our midpoint through life is NOT 37 years old. It's closer to 20.

You don't have as much time as you think.

Now take another deep breath.

Look at where you are.
Look at where you started.
Living past 20 is a miracle.
Look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now.
We're part of one of the greatest movements towards justice in all of history, and we're on the right side of it.

Isn't that enough?
What would be great enough?

Why can I only achieve 3 great things in my lifetime?

Well, If you're anything like me, just eating Vegan is not enough.
Just staying neutral in this movement is not enough.
To just stay alive, it's not enough.
To just play the game, it's not enough.

I want to build.
I want to lead.
I want to fight.
I want to WIN.

A great thing, to me, is this.
Compounded over.
And over.
And over.
And over again.
Until every animal is free.

And even then, it won't be enough.
There's never enough time for enough.

...

Regardless of what your own age and actions within Veganism are, we share at least one truth: we're running out of time.

We're running out of time for our 3 great things.

It took me around 3 years after going Vegan to start fighting for animals. I've been writing this newsletter for nearly 2 years now, and despite 387 of you reading this, it's just a small good thing. It's not a big great thing.

Yet.

Big things don't happen on small timelines.

To demonstrate, let's take a look at a great thing we all know: PETA. I hope we can all agree that PETA is a pretty big great thing. The organization has over 6.5 million supporters and leads thousands of activists to dozens of VEGAN VICTORIES annually. Some of which are probably reading this very essay! I think PETA is great because I send an email to them and an activist sends me free posters and stickers to fight for animals with. Within 48 hours. You can be a part of this great thing without even having time for a second thought.

Let's have this second thought today: have you ever considered just how long PETA itself must have taken?

Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of PETA, was doing activism for 10 years before she met and co-founded PETA with Alex Pacheco in 1980. It took another 6 years to lead the iconic "I would rather go naked than wear fur" campaign that still fights fur giants (and wins) today. It took another 4 years of winning for PETA to involve celebrities and reach the status of a household name.

That's 20 years.

20 years of building.
20 years of leading.
20 years of fighting.
20 years of WINNING.

20 years for one small good thing, to become a big great thing.

It always takes longer than you think.

Many people say it takes 10,000 hours to be an expert.
That's 17 months.
Nothing.
Not many people say it takes 10,000 days to achieve a great thing.
That's 27 years.
Something.

All the big great things take an amount of time closer to 27 years, not 17 months.

If we're generous, we might shrink the timeline down to 15 years depending on the size of the great thing. Starting at 20 years old until you're 75 gives you room for 3 great things in a lifetime.

But here's the catch…

Life demands sacrifice.

We all have the same 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, and 365 days in a year. The difference is that not all of us understand the day-to-day sacrifices required for these great things. Including myself:

"I SHOULD still be able to watch TV after work."
"I SHOULD still be able to go out on the weekends."
"I SHOULD still be able to have a holiday season."

I should. I should. I should.

Sure. That's all fine, but continuing these behaviors will simply come at the cost of something else: my 3 great things. It's entitlement to think I can have my cake and eat it too.

It's not about what I think I shouldn’t need to sacrifice, it's about what is required.

I don't complain about the cost of my $225 luxury handbag. I either pay it, or I don't. I've noticed that the activists who win the most are the ones who sacrifice the most for the great things that they want.

It always costs more than you think.

What's more, I also want to use my time for maintaining 1 great relationship network and family, and 1 great practice of health as well. If I've made the trade to keep these, I'm now down to just 1 great thing for the next 15 years. If you're anything like me, so are you.

This great thing can be anything, but not everything.

The best part?
We can start today.

Forget 10,000 days.
Forget 10,000 hours.
It really only takes 20 hours of focused work to be decent at anything.
That's ~3 seven hour work days.
Nothing.

If Ingrid Newkirk had waited for the 'perfect time' to start, or quit after 20 hours, or even 10,000 hours, PETA, and the Vegan movement as a whole might not exist in the same way it does today.

While you'll suck at first, great things only happen step by step. Day by day. Starting today.

So, what will it be?
What will you sacrifice for it?

You're running out of time.

Make your move,
Dani ✌️

2025-01-01

P.S. If your move is towards a great thing within animal rights, I want to make that move with you (mine is here). Reply or comment with what your next move is and what you’ll need to give up to achieve it, and I'll send you free animal rights outreach zines made by my team and I, AND an exclusive VEGAN WORLD NOW embroidered hat ($39 total value, only 6 hats remain) as a reminder that small actions lead to great things. Plus, only the coolest animal rights activists wear them. ;)

Happy new year!

For me, it’s a special day. It’s special for two reasons. The 1st is that I get to write the most positive Vegan newsletter on the internet! The second is in the comments. :)

Before you go look, welcome back to your only free source for all of this month’s most positive Vegan news from around the world.👇️

🇲🇽 Mexico Enshrines Animal Protection in Constitution

Mexican lawmakers will now have the authority to legislate on animal issues and mandate animal education to schools across the country.

It would not have been possible without help from Humane Society International, who drafted many legislative proposals and trained enforcement officials for months to get this passed.

This is the first step towards animal rights in Mexico!

🇳🇿 New Zealand Bans Greyhound Racing

When the dogs can’t race anymore, they are no longer deemed useful. They are then killed, abandoned, or sold off for purposes like illegal gambling or breeding. This ban stops this from happening.

A big win for Greyhounds!

🇺🇸 City in Illiois, US, Bans Cat Declawing

Imagine if your oppressors chopped off your fingers. That’s what happens to cats who are declawed.

While animal law professionals work to pass a nationwide declawing ban, Evanston, Illinois charges ahead with a ban in the right direction!

🤮 After Veganuary, Participants Become Disgusted with Meat

A new study found that meat-eaters (animal oppressors) who take part in Veganuary are more likely to think that meat is disgusting after giving it up for the month.

This is more proof showcasing that behavior change leads to changes in our morality, and NOT the other way around.

More Human disgust, less non-Human animals exploited.

🥇 Vegan Wins Grappling World Championship

Phillip Palmejar, a Vegan for 8 years, took home the gold for Pankration and Grappling!

Pankration started in Greece hundreds of years ago and if you’re anything like me you have no idea what it is. All I know is that competitors have added modern techniques from boxing and wrestling - similar to MMA - which makes it extremely difficult to master.

Fortunately, a Vegan is the master :)

Let’s go!

🍗 1st Cultivated Chicken Tasting in India

Ahead of regulations, Mumbai-based startup Biokraft Foods hosted India’s first formal tasting of cultivated meat last week.

They plan on launching the product at price-parity with “premium Chicken” flesh in 2025.

This just put India’s cell agriculture industry on the map!

🧪 Another Animal-Free Growth Serum Achieved

Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) is usually the product that makes many cultivated meat products non-Vegan. Since some companies are still using this cruel product, an alternative is necessary.

Enter, British biotech company Multus. They developed Proliferum B, a new animal-free alternative to FBS.

Heres what Multus’ CEO, Cai Linton said about the new invention,

“We want cultivated meat to be affordable and accessible to all. To achieve that, we need to make media development much more efficient so cultivated meat companies can progress and scale faster.”

Let’s go!

🐠 Europe’s Largest Aquarium Shuts Down

After years of relentless campaigning by PETA, animal protection groups, and thousands of activists, Marineland d’Antibes (Marineland France) will finally shut down.

It’s awesome to head into 2025 knowing there’s one less aquarium!

🏟️ Billie Eilish Makes Entire Stadium Vegan

If there’s one artist who uses her platform for good, it’s Billie. Not only did she encourage everyone to eat at Vegan restaurants during her tour, but she managed to make the entire SAP Center in San Jose, CA, US, completely Vegan for 2 days.

We’re talking Vegan hot dogs, pizza, cookies, nuggets, sliders, and even asparagus ravioli.

It sounds like the bare minimum for a Vegan artist, but if you’ve been in the event planning space, you know just how much of a win something like this truly is!

🐰 Rabbits Freed from Cruel Experimentation

Have you noticed?

In the last two VEGAN VICTORIES MONTHLY, animals have been getting spared from cruel testing left and right! This is thanks to the the US, EU, and now Brazil’s Pharmacopoeia groups!

There’s been a big push across the globe to phase out testing on animals. In this same month, a global initiative was started in order to train scientists to safely test cosmetics and chemicals without using animals.

Millions of animals will be spared because of this.

I’m happy to be concluding 2024 with epic VEGAN VICTORIES like these :)

It was a bit of a shorter one this month due to the holidays. Next year I’ll try to join in on the fun and do something a little different as well. ;)

To the 22 new subscribers added to our now 387-strong Vegan team, I’m honored you’ve given me your attention. You could have given it to the animals, and you chose to invest it with me. I take it in the highest regard.

If this month’s newsletter uplifted you, please consider sharing it with a fellow Vegan! It’s a free, 8-second, fun surprise gesture of goodwill that will make them see you as their source of Vegan inspiration. I guarantee you’ll be making their day a little more hopeful and our movement a little more positive. :)

Share

Thank you.

Until every animal is free,
Dani ✌️

2024-12-31

P.S. I’m publishing a fresh new essay tomorrow! I’ve spent the latter half of this year marinating the topic in my head and ~21 hours cooking it on flash cards, papers, and screens. Finally, I feel like it’s ready for you to read. I hope it gets seared into your head as much as it did mine!

When I first started this newsletter back in 2023, I only knew I needed to do something more than just be Vegan for the animals. I planned on collecting data from my actions for animal rights, but in hindsight, I didn’t take that too seriously… Digging through old photos and journal entries, the most information I have is that in 6 of the 12 months in 2023 I did some direct action for animals - mostly in the form of either solo megaphone/picketing protests or Joey Carbstrong style table debates like the one you see below.

Somewhere along the line I heard the quote,

“If you don’t track it, you don’t care.”

Which is a harsher version of the “you can’t manage what you don’t measure” quote I often tell my clients as a Registered Dietitian. It stuck with me, so in 2024, I have a bit more data on how my time was spent towards animal rights.

Spoiler alert: it’s not enough.

Below you’ll find a list of the days I was active, approximately how many hours I was active for, how many strangers I directly held accountable (discussions), and the type of action I took that date.

2024 Direct Actions

• 2024-01-05 - 6 discussions - 2 hours - Clif Grant style debates

• 2024-02-02 - 7 discussions - 3 hours - Clif Grant style debates

• 2024-03-01 - 5 discussions - 1.5 hours - Clif Grant style debates

• 2024-09-06 - 3 discussions - 45 minutes - 50 zines directly distributed

• 2024-10-04 - 6 discussions - 2 hours - 150 leaflets directly distributed

• 2024-11-01 - 4 discussions - 2.5 hours - 60 zines + 50 leaflets directly distributed

• 2024——— - 31 discussions - 11.75 hours spent fighting for animals

2024 Indirect Actions

• 2024-08-09 - ~100+ runners passed - 1 hour - beer mile run dressed as Soy Milk

• 2024-10-29 - ~250+ drivers passed - 1.5 hours - protest against FL ballot #2

• 2024-11-02 - ~500+ drivers passed - 1.5 hours - protest against FL ballot #2

• 2024-11-29 - ~500+ drivers passed - 1.5 hours - protest against leather

• 2024——— - ~42+ stickers placed - 30 minutes - various

• 2024——— - 3 walls written on - 1.5 hours - various

• 2024——— - 1250+ people witnessed - 7.5 hours spent “fighting” for animals

In total, I spent 19.25 hours on animal rights activism.

2024 Unaccounted Actions

Considering that this year I’ve played 189 hours of Valve’s new MOBA-shooter, Deadlock, but I call myself an Animal Rights Activist more than a gamer, spending less than 20 hours on activism in a year SUCKS.

But wait… Of course! This total does not include any of the hours that go into making these actions happen. If we account for creating and picking up the banners, driving to the locations, making the zines, getting the ink, obsessing over the optimal paper thickness for them, printing them, cutting them out, cutting cardboard, making the signs (thank you, Lia), buying spray paint, doing recon, planning with team mates, less-formal discussions with non-Vegan friends, and running this newsletter (>100 hours on VEGAN WORLD NOW alone), then yes, I am probably an Animal Rights Activist more than I am a gamer.

Phew!

2024 Bonus Actions

However, there is one thing I was more of than I was an Animal Rights Activist: a friend. Yes, this is a heartfelt “the friends we made along the way” moment!

In 2023, I had 0 real Vegan friends. In 2024, I have 9!

7 of which I’ve met through doing activism myself, 5 of which have done activism with me, and 2 of which have become my best friends (you know who you are <3). For that to happen, lots of time and energy needed to go into these relationships, and in 2024, that was a trade I was willing to make. :)

2025 Resolution

In 2024, out of the 31 discussions I’ve had, only 1 involved a commitment to Veganism. That’s 0.03%: it’s not enough.

For the animals, I can be more active. I can be more effective. I can be better. If I want to achieve anything great, I have to put in more reps at this.

This week, I am getting inducted to be an organizer for Anonymous for the Voiceless, and I’m hosting my first Cube of Truth this upcoming Friday, 2025-01-03. It’ll be the biggest action I’ve taken thus far, and most of my Vegan friends are helping! :D

My resolution is simple: host one Cube of Truth every month of 2025 and measure the effectiveness of this style of activism. Based on everything I’m learning so far, I have a good feeling about it, and I’m excited to bring these numbers up for animals in 2025.

See you in your inbox tomorrow for the last VEGAN VICTORIES MONTHLY of 2024!

Until every animal is free,
Dani ✌️

2024-12-30

P.S. I’ll be posting more essays in 2025 as well. Reply or comment “VICTORIES” if you want to be added to a distribution list that ONLY includes the VEGAN VICTORIES MONTHLY newsletter.

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🇺🇸 Berkeley, CA, Bans Factory Farms

Earlier this year, animal rights activists put Measure DD on the ballot in Berkeley, California.

This month, we made world history by passing it.

Berkeley is now the first city in the world to ban Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs AKA Factory Farms).

We did it.

We set the precedent.

🇧🇪 Belgium Permanently Bans Dolphinariums

Belgium just became the seventh country in the world to ban dolphinariums. They also banned the imports and breeding of dolphins.

Right now, there’s only one dolphinarium in Belgium left, and it must shut down.

Following the ban, only specialized shelters will be be allowed to take in injured or sick dolphins and other cetaceans. The sole purpose is to care for them until they can be released back into their natural habitats.

A big win for Dolphins!

🇫🇷 French City Bans Foie Gras

Pessac, FR, has joined municipalities including Bordeaux, Poitiers, and Montpellier in banning foie gras from being served at schools and municipal events. This makes it the the third city to do so this year, and the fifteenth overall in the country.

An epic victory for the thousands of ducks once force fed to harvest their fatty livers..

The mayor of Pessac announces that plant-based alternatives to foie gras will be served at all Pessac’s schools and catered city events instead! Maybe eventually they’ll use the new cultivated foie gras (keep reading)!

🤑 A Vegan Diet Saves You $657 Per Year

A new study found that when compared with a standard American diet, a low-fat Vegan diet has 19% lower food costs for a savings of $1.80 per day ($657 per year).

The biggest cost savings come from no longer paying $2.90 per day on meat, 50 cents per day on dairy products, and 50 cents per day on added fats. These savings were found to outweigh the increased spending of 50 cents per day on vegetables, 30 cents per day on grains, and what’s more, 50 cents per day on meat alternatives.

Imagine if the meat industry wasn’t subsidized… Still, the saving of money and the saving of animals makes a Vegan diet win once again!

💪 Beef Industry Study Finds Plant Proteins Equal to Meat

The study divided 17 healthy women into three groups and measured their muscle protein synthesis after a meal: group #1 would consume beef, group #2 would consume beans and whole wheat, while group #3 would consume what the study called “incomplete” vegan protein (straight up bread).

Obviously the meat heads expected the meat to win, but it turns out that when you match for amino acids, there was no significant difference between ANY of the groups’ muscle protein synthesis…

That’s because - say it with me now - PLANT PROTEINS ARE NOT INCOMPLETE!

They are just limiting in certain amino acids depending on the food. If you’re getting enough total protein (opinion - 1.2-1.6g/kg) from a variety of foods, you’re a winner!

Here’s a bonus report that came out this month showcasing how most plant-based alternatives are healthier than animal proteins anyways. ;)

🥇 Vegan Team Wins 48 Golds at Mr. America

Hey look, it’s a bunch of obviously protein deficient Vegans from PlantBuilt casually winning 48 gold medals across bodybuilding, powerlifting, olympic weightlifting kettle-bell, and strongman competitions!

How on earth do they get enough protein?

Now you know :)

🌆 New Cities Make “Most Vegan Friendly” List

Mexico City and Ho Chi Minh City, Viet-Nam, just landed on Happy Cow’s annual “Most Vegan Friendly Cities” list for the 1st time ever!

Here’s more proof that the world is slowly turning Vegan.

🧓 UK Care Homes See 24% Increase in Plant-Based Eaters

Vegetarian for Life, a leading UK charity working on behalf of older Vegans and vegetarians, recently published a report showcasing that 1/3 of all care homes in the UK serve at least one Vegetarian or Vegan - a 24% increase from last decade!

It’s never too late to go Vegan, and it looks like even our elders are realizing this.

🌱 Another Success for The 2nd Annual Veganic Farming Summit

Veganic farmers taught attendees techniques that can be implemented by anyone in their own garden - including you. Get the recordings to the sessions here!

Advancing cell agriculture is important, but improving traditional organic agricultural practices is essential, too. Spreading free information on how to grow plant foods without the use of synthetic fertilizer or feces as fertilizer is key to building a VEGAN WORLD NOW!

🧾 1st Cultivated Meat Sale in Hong Kong

Derived from Japanese Quail cells, Vow has created and commercially sold cultivated foie gras in Hong Kong. They call it “Forged Gras,” and you can get it in select restaurants in the region.

You’d think something like this would work better in France.

Soon!

🍗 Cultivated Chicken Reaches Price Parity

Right now, Good Meat’s cultivated chicken costs around $20/lb (€3.23/100g), which is significantly more expensive than the $11.79/lb (€2.39/100g) that “premium US pasture-raised chicken" costs.

However, another cultivated chicken company - SuperMeat - announced that it is able to produce 100% cultivated chicken (85% muscle and 15% fat) with the same cost, taste, and texture as “premium US pasture-raised chicken” in just 4 days. It takes on average, 42 days to raise, kill, and “process” a chicken for consumption.

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.

It’s only a matter of time before the animal agriculture industry becomes obsolete!

🐶 Dogs Get to Enjoy Cultivated Chicken

It’s awesome that our companion animals get to experience this tech before we do.

According to feeding safety trials by Meatly, the Dogs were found to enjoy the cultivated chicken as much or even more than their normal diet. 50% of the Dogs continued licking the bowl after completing it and 75% of owners reported higher enjoyment than the Dog’s baseline diet.

It’s even more awesome that they enjoy it! We’re up next.

🏅 TIME Recognizes Cultivated Meat as a “Best Invention of 2024”

Check out the list here.

🐠 Activists Shut Down Major Aquarium

Dozens of animals were neglected and killed in SeaQuest’s care.

Following whistleblower reports of animal cruelty and pressure from PETA, SeaQuest Fort Worth in Texas, US, was forced to shut down.

Finally, marine animals may experience some relief after this win!

🦀 Crabs Freed from Cruel Drug Testing

Drugs need to be tested to ensure they’re free of contaminants including endotoxins. An enzyme found in the blood of Horseshoe Crabs clots in the presence of these endotoxins. It follows that we’ve bred and killed thousands of Horseshoe Crabs to ensure our drugs are safe. And yes, they do feel pain.

Except, we haven’t needed to use Horseshoe Crab blood for a long time… It’s not even very effective compared to non-animal tests! It was simply required…

The United States Pharmacopeia, a quality standards group that indicates which tests are accepted in manufacturing, now allows the use of non-animal derived tests.

Thousands of Horseshoe Crabs have already been spared as a result of this change!

🎥 You Can Now Stream Christspiracy For Free

Christspiracy comes from the same creators as other popular Vegan documentaries like Cowspiracy, Seaspiracy, and What The Health.

It originally came out in theaters earlier this year. However, enough people donated enough money for Vegans like you and I to watch it for free!

You’ll be armed with the ideas that defuse religious “arguments” for carnism.

Pay-it-forward for others and/or simply watch it here for free!

🎨 Dog & Chicken Killer Turns Paint Seller

After 20 years of dirtying his conscience, Mr. Cuong, a former Dog and Chicken killer, said this to the International Humane Society’s International (HSI) Model for Change Program Coordinators:

“I don’t want to kill these animals anymore … I’m looking forward to a business where I have a clear conscience and I am not involved in slaughtering dogs.”

With this simple resolution and help from the HSI, 16 dogs were relocated out of Mr. Cuong’s slaughterhouse (and restaurant) and he is now selling paint and gas cylinders to local residents.

Another one down. Many more to go! For now, let’s take this for what it is: a win.

To the 25 new subscribers added to our now 365-strong Vegan team (one for each day of the year :D), I hope these Vegan Victories have left you feeling as hopeful and inspired as the rest of us!

I write for who I believe are the most important group of Humans in the world: those who stand up for non-Human animals. ✊ As a Vegan doing animal-rights activism on the streets myself, I know this non-Vegan world can leave us feeling hopeless, burnt out, and like we’re losing. We’re not. We just need the proof! If you relate, I’m honored you’ve given me your attention. You could have given it to animals, and you chose to invest it with me. I take it in the highest regard.

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Until every animal is free,
Dani ✌️

2024-11-30