Less meat, but plenty of bull at COP28
Two-thirds of the food served at COP28 will be meat-free, but a plant-based shift is unlikely to be found in the conference negotiations where climate targets are set. Over the next two weeks, an estimated 70,000 people will gather in Dubai for the United Nations...
Caviar continues to threaten endangered species
Researchers have found that almost half of all caviar is being procured from wild sturgeon despite this being illegal. Caviar made from the eggs of wild sturgeon is now illegal, as the ancient fish was brought to the edge of extinction by poaching. Caviar can only be...
Society criminalizes people for rescuing animals from cruel factory farms
Wayne Hsiung’s trial and conviction highlights the extraordinary difficulty of exposing animal cruelty on factory farms in a legal system that only sees them as property. Wayne Hsiung, an attorney and leading figure in the animal rights movement, was convicted of two...
What is no-kill caviar, and is it possible?
Sturgeon are one of the most critically endangered species on the planet due to overfishing and poaching for the illegal trade in wild-caught caviar and meat. The turning point for polar and marine scientist Angela Köhler came in 2005, when she attended a...
The impact of your roast turkey dinner
Roast turkey is often on the dinner table at major holidays. But this reliance on turkey meat is costly – for ourselves, the birds, and the planet. This Thanksgiving, approximately 46 million turkeys will be killed and cooked for peoples’ dinner tables – the...
