A new strain of flu with the potential to become the next global pandemic has been identified in pigs in China
Recent months have seen meat processing plants around the world become dangerous hot spots for the spread of Covid-19.
THE 1957 Asian Flu crisis is the pandemic the world just doesn’t want to talk about. In February of that year, a new influenza virus emerged in Guizhou in southwest China. The novel virus – a combination of avian and human influenza strains – swept across the world frighteningly quickly.
WE’VE been here before. In the mid-19th Century German pathologist Rudolf Virchow was the first to discover infectious diseases can be transmitted between animals and humans – coining the term “zoonoses” in 1855.
With Father’s Day just a week away on Sunday 21 June, here our top tips for the ultimate vegan celebration. We all know dads love to be treated now and again! Check out our best gift ideas and recipes so you can show him just how much he means to you!
Every year millions of farmed animals worldwide are subjected to the horrors of live transport. Join us this Sunday 14 June in calling to #BanLiveExports. Closer to home, judicial review proceedings have been started against the Scottish government to stop the export of unweaned calves on journeys over eight hours.
A new report has found that covid-19 has made a vegan diet more appealing to people in the UK. 25% of young British Millennials (aged 21-30) said veganism is now more appealing than before the pandemic, along with 22% of people living in London and 12% of all Brits, according to research by Mintel.
Most people know that saturated fats, like those found in meat, cheese, butter, pies and biscuits, are ‘bad’ and unsaturated fats, in nuts and seeds, are ‘good’. But are some of the good ones better than others and where can we find them?
The 2019 Netflix documentary The Game Changers took the sports world by storm, with hordes of bodybuilders, runners and athletes going vegan to improve their health and performance.
Some people who stop eating meat continue eating fish in the belief that it’s good for them and that fishing is less cruel and less destructive than farming. Nothing could be further from the truth.
