Hey, teammate! ✊
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
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. :)
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!
Personal VEGAN VICTORY: I became Tallahassee, FL's 1st (?) organizer for Anonymous for the Voiceless! It's been a dream of mine to organize big direct actions like Cubes of Truth. Our inaugural Cube is this Friday, and I'm super excited to exercise their methods of outreach for the first time with my team mates!
Lot's of good news in this post.