http://www.viva.org.uk/rss/news.xml Viva! Media Releases en-us Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:59:06 GMT Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:59:06 GMT info@viva.org.uk info@viva.org.uk http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=313 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=313 Cut-price supermarket Lidl has been accused by leading animal-campaigning group, Viva!, of exploiting wildlife and causing untold suffering by selling kangaroo meat in its stores (1). The group has also highlighted recent research that shows kangaroo meat has a higher amount of a chemical linked to increased risks of heart attack and stroke than any other red meat (2).Viva! have already contacted ... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=311 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=311 CHANNEL 4 has been criticised for promoting cruelty by featuring foie-gras on its popular cookery competition Come Dine with Me this week. Animal charity Viva! are leading a campaign calling on the channel to take the ethical decision to not use foie-gras on its cookery shows and not promote it via their websites. Viva! associate director, Tony Wardle who appeared as a contestant on the show back... Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=310 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=310 A BOYCOTT OF DAIRY PRODUCTS triggered by plans to kill badgers in England is gaining momentum as thousands sign up to dump the white stuff.The online pledge has been organised by animal charity Viva! as a way of highlighting the major role dairy farming will have in killing thousands of badgers across England later this summer. The charity maintains that killing badgers will not stem the spread of... Thu, 16 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=309 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=309 A GIANT BADGER will be joining activists from Bristol-based charity Viva! in Bristol city centre tomorrow. They will be raising awareness about the impending badger 'cull' due to start in the Southwest of England anytime from June 1.The badger will be carrying a placard saying Not guilty!. The message is that the slaughter of badgers will be nothing but a disaster for wildlife and will not stop th... Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=312 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=312 The campaign offers a unique diet suitable for children and adults alike designed to improve your overall health and ensure strong bones for life. Endorsed by nutritionists (see below), the Break Free diet is becoming increasingly popular.It isn't just a fad diet, it's a lifestyle described fully in a brand new Break Free report available online. Aimed at people of all ages, it shows parents how t... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=308 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=308 Mr Rimmer whose critically acclaimed photographs of Africa have been widely published has now ended his decades long association with Nikon due to the companys promotion and production of optics specifically made for hunting large animals in Africa and their support of trophy hunting.He says: Like many people around the world, I was dismayed to learn that Nikon, a company with which I have a 30 ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=307 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=307 Animal charity Viva! are leading the call for a boycott of Nikon products after it emerged that the global camera manufacturer also makes riflescopes for hunting and sponsors trophy hunting.Amongst the riflescopes Nikon manufacture is the Monarch African, which is designed for hunting 'large game' in Africa, such as lions(1). Viva! claims that Nikon who promote wildlife photography by saying Natu... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=306 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=306 Date: Wednesday, March 20Time: 11.30amPlace: Outside Malvern Tourist Information Centre, 21 Church Street Malvern Worcestershire WR14NATIONAL CHARITY VIVA! WILL BE JOINED BY MEMBERS OF LOCAL GROUP WORCESTERSHIRE VEGANS AND VEGGIES outside Malvern's Tourist Information Centre to peacefully protest against what they see as an attack on their freedom of speech.The protestors will be wearing gags and ... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=305 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=305 Europe's biggest veggie pressure group Viva! are helping push meat and dairy off the menu for thousands of people in the wake of the horseburger scandal and today announce a series of talks and demos at a brand new veggie lifestyle show at Kensington Olympia in October.Members of the Viva! team including their founder Juliet Gellatley will be out in force at the London event in their quest to h... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=304 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=304 Animal charity Viva! has today written to all major British supermarkets asking if they have tested for dog and cat meat in their processed products. It follows a claim from a Scottish MEP that shocking revelations about dog and rat meat entering the human food chain may only be days away(1). Spanish authorities are investigating a number of criminal scams where dead animals from sanctuaries, vets... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=303 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=303 ANIMAL WELFARE CHARITY VIVA! are calling on Amazon to stop selling controversial foie-gras on their British online marketplace*. This comes after a new investigation in France shows shockingly intensive force-feeding at a farm that supplies goods sold through the online giant**.Foie-gras is typically made from force-feeding ducks and geese so much grain that their livers expand up to ten times the... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=302 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=302 Meat burger sales drop by 40 per cent, Holland Barrett report a 50 per cent jump in veggie food sales and everyone wonders if we've finally discovered what happened to Shergar. Veggie campaign group Viva! says, If it ain't one thing it's another. We've had diseased cows fed to other cows, scraps of meat blasted off carcasses with water jets; sinew, gristle and bones ground up and used as 'animal ... Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=301 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=301 Further Viva! comment on the horse meat scandal by Associate Director Tony Wardle:Viva! can take some of the blame (or credit) for the current horse meat scandal during which not a single word has been spoken about the welfare of the horses. Ten years ago we discovered that 100,000 horses annually were being shipped from Poland to Italy by road - often in dilapidated lorries with a single driver... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=299 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=299 Many people will have been understandably shocked by revelations about horse meat being found in beef burgers at several national supermarket chains and in the products of household brands. However, it does throw up some other questions including why the thought of eating horses repulses us but as a nation we think nothing of eating cows?What really is the difference between a horse and a cow? Or ... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=300 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=300 DID you know one of the most effective things anyone can do to help the environment and reduce their carbon footprint is to make changes to their diet?A talk, Saving the World with Your Knife and Fork, is being held at The Environment Centre in Swansea, on Wednesday, March 6, exploring the impact of food on the world's exploding environmental catastrophes.Learn how and why reducing the amount of m... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT