Media Releases

16 December 2004 The Incredible Veggie Roadshow comes to Solihull! 16 December 2004 New Report Highlights Risk of Dirty Turkey this Christmas 9 December 2004 Bert the Turkey Wins Christmas Raffle 23 November 2004 ‘Going Veggie is as easy as ABC’ say animal welfare group 18 November 2004  ‘Come and be tickled’ offer from Veggie group 8 November 2004 Local People Urged to Go Veggie and Save a Menagerie 5 November 2004 Dirtbusters Spill the Beans Nationwide! 2 November 2004 Veggies can Feed the World says Viva! 29 October 2004 Veggie Group Urges Brighton to Rise to the Occasion! 25 October 2004 Viva!’s Awards for Veggie Innovation 19 October 2004 The Incredible Veggie Roadshow comes to Brighton 24 September 2004 Veggies Rise to the Occasion! 21 September 2004 Viva! urges Channel 5 to pull sick show 7 September 2004 Viva!’s Incredible Veggie Roadshows to tour UK 4 August 2004 “Think twice” before you go Down-under urges Viva! 26 July 2004 Bristol Butcher Bins ‘Exotic’ Meats in Response to Viva!’s Cruelty Claims 22 July 2004 Australia Massacres its National Symbol on the Capital’s Doorstep 25 June 2004 Spoon it Like Beckham 23 June 2004 Viva! Claims Second Victory as M&S Duck Supplier Goes Out of Business 23 June 2004 Viva! Claims Victory as M&S Withdraw Factory-Farmed Ducks 21 June 2004 Orwell's Newspeak Sets Pig Industry Spinning 16 June 2004 Ben Bradshaw Asked to Repay Minister's Salary 9 June 2004 Ofcom Rejects Bernard Matthews' Complaint Against Viva! Exposé 25 May 2004 Oz to Attract Tourists – With Dead Kangaroos 18 May 2004 David Beckham Gets His Kicks Out of Kangaroo Slaughter 28 April 2004 EU Live Export "Failure" Welcomed 1 April 2004 Missed Opportunity to Ban Religious Slaughter Condemned 31 March 2004 Government Urged to Ban Religious Slaughter 30 March 2004 M&S cruelty to ducks provokes local protests 2 March 2004 US Food Chain Enters UK with Animal Welfare Priority 15 February 2004 New Guide Shows How to Feed the World 5 February 2004 RSPCA Rattled by Tesco Cruelty Claim 28 January 2004 End Factory Farming Before it Ends Us 21 January 2004 Nationwide Protests Against Tesco Animal Cruelty 21 December 2003 MPs Take a Stand on Controversial Religious Slaughter Issue 19 December 2003 Bernard Matthews Turkey Suffering Exposed for Third Year in a Row 11th December 2003 Save a Turkey this Christmas - Don't Serve One 10th December 2003 New Assault on Kangaroo Populations 25 November 2003 Viva! Condemns NFU Turkey CD Stunt 19 November 2003 Public Lobbies Parliament Over Religious Slaughter 27 October 2003 British Sausage Appreciation Week Protests 22 October 2003 Jerome Flynn Becomes New Viva! Patron “Jus’ Like That!” 21 October 2003 Viva! Challenges Tesco Over "Horror" Video 14 October 2003 Beckham's Boots Blamed for Penalty Miss 13 October 2003 Martin Shaw's New Veggie Cooking Guide 9 October 2003 Julia Stephenson Becomes Patron of Viva! 6 October 2003 No Public Acceptance of Religious Slaughter 8 September 2003 Too Little, Too Late: Scottish Executive Pig Welfare Rules Condemned 26 August 2003 National Protests Planned Against Adidas 20 August 2003 British Horses May be Exported for Meat under new EU Rules 8 August 2003 Animal Campaigns Group Accuses Adidas of Cruelty as Share Price Falls 24 July 2003 Vegan Diet Lowers Cholesterol: Pasty-faced Hippies have last laugh 11 July 2003 Meat Heiress To Launch Video Attacking Meat Production 10 July 2003 Daily Telegraph publishes year-old news story 25 June 2003 Activists protest at appalling conditions filmed on local pig farms 28 March 2003 Unhappy Mother's day: Campaigners Highlight Pig Cruelty 7 February 2003 ‘Bloody’ Protests outside Sports Shops highlight Adidas’s support of Kangaroo Killing 3 February 2003 2nd International Day of Action against Adidas 14 December 2002 Controversial image for Viva! Christmas card 27 November 2002 Turkey farm suffering exposed by Viva! 26th September 2002 Maneka gandhi to lead animal rights march in Bristol 6th September 2002 Beckham condemned as insensitive 15 July 2002 Viva! Rejects ASA Ruling as Perverse 3 July 2002 New Celebrity Video Condemns Factory Farming 1 July 2002 The Mollster Sniffs Out No Sweat Veggie Recipes 11 June 2002 A year of Undercover Footage Reveals Factory Farming Horrors 30th May 2002 DEFRA accused of Hypocrisy by Viva! 29th May 2002 Australian Army Cashes in on Kangaroo Slaughter 22nd May 2002 National ‘Food for Life’ Festival Announced 26th April 2002 Viva! Announces National March and Rally Against Factory Farming With Launch of new Guide. 12 March 2002 British Youth Revolt Against Factory Farming 05 March 2002 Victory for campaigners as woodland slaughterhouse application withdrawn 10 February 2002 David Beckham Urged to Drop Cruel Kangaroo Leather Football Boots 12 December 2001 Christmas Turkey Shock as Farm Conditions are Exposed 20 November 2001 ‘Save the Kangaroo’ Goes Worldwide Australia House Demo. Calls for End to Commercial ‘Roo Slaughter 9 November 2001 No protection for pets under draconian new disease control laws 8 November 2001 Virulent New Pig Diseases Caused by Factory Farming 5 November 2001 Farmers who deliberately infect animals can still cash in 24 October 2001 Wendy Turner and Cedric Say ‘No’ to Horse Meat 8 October 2001 Close Down Rynehill Pig Farm: Oxford March 9 October 2001 Dartmoor Foals ‘treated like Garbage in immoral cull’   Click Here for Earlier Press Releases