Yale Law School paper predicts better litigation against the livestock industry
The meat and dairy industries are destroying the planet – are there ways to use to law to stop them? A Yale Law School paper explores the possibilities. Livestock agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, but lawsuits against the industry for...
Drones are proving invaluable for animal rights campaigners
Inexpensive and easy to use, drones are proving ‘beyond effective’ for activists monitoring illegal fishing, hunting and deforestation – as well as keeping tabs on zoos and aquariums. Late last year, UrgentSeas received an anonymous tip from a former...
EU making meat artificially cheap with subsidies
The vast majority of EU farming subsidies go to animal agriculture rather than crop production despite climate change and an unsustainable food system. EU subsidization provides animal agriculture with four times more money than it gives to the farming of produce and...
Global deforestation continues at an alarming rate
Despite major progress in Brazil and Colombia, deforestation led by farming continues at rate of 10 football pitches a minute. The destruction of the world’s most pristine rainforests continued at a relentless rate in 2023, despite dramatic falls in forest loss in the...
Your coconut milk may have involved abused monkeys
Planning a plant-based coconut-based dish? Sadly some coconut milk brands have been selling products made using the forced labor of captive monkeys. Coconut milk is increasingly popular as a dairy milk alternative, a health food, and for use in skincare products....
