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Australian vegan groups criticise government nutrition guidance
While the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) revise their dietary guidelines for publication later this year, Vegan Australia and the Vegan Society of NSW are lobbying for a name alteration to be made to the “lean meat, fish, poultry, eggs, nuts, legumes” category appearing in the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating. “We […]
Patients unknowingly prescribed non-vegetarian drugs
A new study has found that a quarter of patients are unknowingly prescribed drugs containing gelatin, derived from animal bones or skin. 500 patients were surveyed by Manchester Royal Infirmary researchers who found that approximately 40% of patients preferred not to consume animal products. Out of these 200 following a vegetarian diet, 49 were found […]
4,500 hens saved!
Just one week ago, animal welfare groups Farm Sanctuary, Animal Place, and Harvest Home joined forces to rescue hens at a factory farm in Modesto, California, where 50,000 hens used for egg production had been abandoned and left to starve for two weeks. The hens were left locked in battery cages without food or water […]