An Old man and the Sea – Viva!life 77
24/10/2024
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Grimsby’s fishing legacy unfolds through Tony Wardle’s words, urging us to rethink our relationship with the sea for a sustainable future.
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Viva! Animals is here to educate about the wonderful and unique animals we share our planet with. We expose the atrocious factory farming industry which has taken over meat, dairy and egg production. Most farmed animals spend their short lives imprisoned in squalor and exploited for human use – a vast contrast to the freedoms and joys they experience in the wild.
Whilst it is often claimed that the UK has some of the highest welfare standards in the world, the reality is far worse. Read our intro to factory farming.
Billions of animals, from land to sea, are killed each year in the UK and around the world so we can unnecessarily consume animal products.
Every year in the UK around 1.2 billion land animals are slaughtered for human consumption. This includes over 1 billion chickens, 15 million turkeys, 14 million sheep, 2.8 million cattle, over 10 million pigs and almost 15 million sheep and lambs. In addition, almost one billion fish are killed and trillions of shellfish.
Red Tractor is the largest food assurance scheme in Britain, that supposedly ‘promotes and regulates food quality’. But can it really be trusted?
When Viva! investigates factory farming we report our findings to every authority who can have an influence. We may call a vet to the scene (we have contacted the RSPCA as well as private vets). Plus, of course, we give our evidence to the retailers (often supermarkets) the farm is supplying.
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Grimsby’s fishing legacy unfolds through Tony Wardle’s words, urging us to rethink our relationship with the sea for a sustainable future.
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In a world plagued by grand plans and suffering, it’s the caring ‘us’ who must triumph and the destructive ‘them’ who must fail.
On Friday 19 May, Viva! campaigners were joined by none other than Matt Pritchard! Matt joined us in Leicester Square, along with around 20 volunteers, to launch our biggest anti-dairy campaign yet.
People often think that there can’t possibly be an ethical issue with free-range eggs. Free-range, however, is nothing but a marketing ploy.
Organic meat, dairy and eggs often has no better welfare or environmental credentials than non-organic counterparts. Here’s why.
A vegan world would have a far smaller population of farmed animals, yes, but thousands of wild species would be rescued from the brink of extinction.
Despite bold claims that the UK has some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world, a disturbing lack of enforcement is rife.
