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Meeting Britain’s Vegans and Vegetarians
Vegetarianism and veganism are becoming increasingly popular in the UK. Between 2014 and 2019, the total number of vegans in Britain quadrupled. Tracking data from the UK government suggests that approximately 2-3% of the population of the UK now follows a vegan diet,...
Animal Welfare: What Are Animal Rights?
Animal rights describes a set of principles based on the understanding that animals are sentient beings who have the right to live their lives free from abuse, violation and being used to meet the desires of humans. We can support animal rights by taking measures in...
Farmed Animals: The UK Meat Market for Pigs, Sheep and Deer
Vegetarians and vegans believe that humans do not have the right to raise animals simply for the purpose of slaughtering and eating them. Over two million land animals are killed for food every day in the UK, and many of these spend their short lives in industrial...
Animal Rights: Animal Ethics
Human ethics is a philosophy and practice that explores how human beings should live and behave towards each other. Animal ethics is the same, but includes all sentient creatures. A definition of sentience can be found in the embedded short video. Animal ethicists...
Vegetarianism: The Consequences of Farming Animals for Meat
In the UK, there are more than 600,000 tonnes of fish and two million land animals killed each year to fulfil our human appetite for meat. Nevertheless, many vegetarians are choosing their lifestyle out of compassion and believe that slaughtering animals for meat is...
Exploring Animal Rights
As part of our basic human rights we expect others to treat us with minimum standards of care and respect, and in return we try not to harm to other people. Fundamental human rights are concepts that most people can understand, including not exploiting others, the...
For the Sake of the Animals: Reasons to Go Vegetarian
There are many reasons why people choose to adopt a vegetarian or vegan diet. One good reason is for personal benefit, to live a healthier lifestyle. Some of the top health benefits of a vegetarian diet can be seen in the embedded short video. While there are many...
The Embryo In Us: Online Seminar at the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust
The Embryo In Us is a four-day live online workshop which will run online from 1st-4th April 2021, taught by Dr. Jaap van der Wal. It is open to all. The workshop is hosted by the Craniosacral Therapy Educational Trust, which was founded in 1989 by Michael Kern and...
How to Help Protect Animal Rights
Humans kill and mistreat animals for many excuses. These include the meat, clothing, and fur industries; animal testing and experimentations; and for sport. However, what gives us the right to do this just because animals don’t speak our language? Animals are not...
Vegan Diets: Sourcing Elusive Nutrients
Studies have shown that eating a vegetarian or vegan diet can result in better health, as those who cut out meat and dairy foods are less likely to develop conditions such as heart disease and cancer. However, just omitting animal products isn’t enough, as we also...