Sixteen hundred. One thousand six hundred, prisoners, slaves, dancers. Sixteen hundred every single year are captured and stuffed in jackets after being torn away from their mother’s forever listless corpse. From here, they are sold to various industries worldwide that harvest Sloth Bears for their bile, their “fresh” dance moves, and their spirit. Seven to ten thousand are left in the wild. Do the math. At this rate, if there…
It's not always at a restaurant where you're forced to wonder and ask - is this cruelty free? Am I sure it's suitable for a vegan like me? Shoes, alcohol, food - all of these pose a question mark. And thanks to a small group of activist, we've now got an answer to a very intimate question - where can a vegan go for a sex toy?…
Updated – Tuesday September 9, 2014 Kabaret at Karamel On HappyCow – here. From FatGayVegan. London is getting a brand new 100% vegan venue that is part restaurant, part drinking establishment and part late night music hot spot. Yep, that’s right. After years of waiting, the capital has a 100% vegan bar and I couldn’t be happier. Kabaret is set to explode onto the scene from September 1st, 2014 and London better get…
Mitsuru Kakimoto of the Japanese Vegetarian Society writes: “A survey that I conducted of 80 Westerners, including Americans, Englishmen and Canadians, revealed that approximately half of them believed that vegetarianism originated in India. Some respondents assumed that vegetarianism had its origin in China or Japan. It seems to me that the reason Westerners associate vegetarianism with China or Japan is Buddhism. It is no wonder, and in fact we could…
Typically it's thought that vegan's take stock of our personal choices - that we want to contribute to a more sustainable future, that we don't want to avoid the cruel treatment of animals, that we want to improve our health, to eat better. But to look at it realistically - we're influenced more by our friends, family, celebrities and society than we are by our own thoughts. It's human nature to…
A field report from last month's BhakiFest, held annually in Joshua Tree, CA - Getting into Balance.…