✊ 699,300 acres, 1,800 species. One win.
+12 more VEGAN VICTORIES.
Monthly Edition #26
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
Animal rights empowered
Marine mammals protected
Two plant-based firsts
Save this date
Tasty climate solutions
Vegan to Olympia
Cultivated salmon for sale
International “quail” expansion
Stopping animal testing
Livestock → Plants
No factory farms here
Hands off Elephants
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!
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!
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!
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
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
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!
Tested and approved by Dani Linavi, VEGAN WORLD NOW founder and Vegan Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.
🥘 Eggy Tofu Scramble by Rainbow Plant Life
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!
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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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
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!
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!
12. Elephant Exploitation Denied
Colorado, US 🇺🇸
For decades, Elephant exploitation was facilitated by two major companies:
A Texas-based exhibitor, Trunks and Humps, supplied Elephants stolen from Africa to the Colorado Renaissance Fair.
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.
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"Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test … consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals."
— Milan Kundera
Until every animal is free,
Dani Linavi ✊
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.