📣🐙Join AWP & friends in saying NO to Gran Canaria’s octopus farming plans this Sat 25th May. 🏫 We’ll be meeting at 1.30pm outside the Spanish Embassy, 39 Chesham Pl, London, SW1X 8SB. 🇪🇸 #SaveTheOctopuses 🪧 More info ⤵️ Shares appreciated 🙏🏽 facebook.com/share/Z4tuEzjv…

🐙🙏🏽Thank you to those supporting our peaceful protest against Gran Canaria’s octopus farming plans held outside the 🇪🇸 Spanish Embassy, London today & part of an international day of protest to #SaveTheOctopuses. Similar events have taken place today in locations worldwide 🧵

A v interesting report by Dr Collas showing how reducing traditionally farmed meat will increase land available for other uses and thereby help reach net zero. Lets hope in in UK election, the parties make time to discuss such critical and long-term issues.

1 in 4 Belgians ready to vote for another party for animal welfare reasons | GAIA gaia.be/en/news/1-4-be…

My friends of Bangladeshi heritage are shocked that the student protests in Bangladesh (and the high number of deaths) are not getting more international news coverage. Internet largely shut down in Bangladesh. cbsnews.com/news/banglades…

This innocent, day-old piglet sits on a bare slatted floor on a pig farm, the remnants of his umbilical cord still attached. He will never step foot on grass or bask in the warm sun. Conditions like these are standard in factory farms across the country, and the pork industry is

One day, humans will look back on what we did to animals—and they'll be absolutely horrified.

How planets of solar system rotate.

‘You don’t need animals to make real meat’: the man who grows chicken in a lab | Veganism | The Guardian theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/a…

First large-scale UK onshore salmon project at risk over ‘factory farm’ claims theguardian.com/business/2024/…

Fireworks terrify local dogs and wildlife. They make hollow Paddington’s words (at end of London 2025 New Year display) about welcoming those who look nothing like the human inhabitants. bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c2…

Lab-grown meat is the future for pet food – and that’s a huge opportunity for Britain | Lucy McCormick | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Production of dog food accounts for 49 million hectares of land use, according to an Edinburgh Uni study. theguardian.com/environment/20…

World first: dog treat including cultivated meat sold at £3.49 on London Road in Brentford.

Interesting conversation between Nigel Warburton and Jonathan Birch on the “edge” of sentience and what it implies on how it (should) affect how we treat animals. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/phi…

🏟️ It’s not a game when animals suffer. Government Minister, Steve Reed, must blow the whistle on foie gras cruelty NOW! 🚨📢 Did you know that the livers of force-fed ducks and geese swell up to 10 times their normal size? Approximately the size of these small footballs!⚽️

🎉AWP is delighted at news this week that Wales will become the first country in the UK to end greyhound racing. AWP has long argued that the commercial racing of horses & dogs is inherently exploitative & has no place in modern society. 🧵 bbc.com/news/articles/…

Its sad to see nature’s creatures forced to live among our human litter. For a moment, I thought we had a new recruit for our monthly Thames21 litter pick in Hammersmith.

During this time of year, it’s totally normal to find young fawns alone. Their mothers leave them hidden in log grass grass or brushes while they go off to feed, often returning only a few times a day. It’s a natural survival tactic: fawns have very little scent, so staying