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Avoid Waitrose cashmere toilet roll

Waitrose are producing a new line of toilet roll with cashmere wool as an ingredient. Sometimes the stupidity of humans overwhelms.

Avoid Ocean Spray Drinks

Ocean Spray filter some of their drinks with gelatine from cows. Because this isn't an ingredient in the final drink they do not have to list it on the cartons.

Benjamin Zephaniah in the Guardian 30Jan 2010

Our favourite vegan promoter of all things vegan

Check out this story on www.guardian.co.uk.

  • Petition to stop killing of dolphins and porpoise in Japan

    More than 20000 dolphins and porpoise meet an untimely death annually. Read more via link

  • Petition against hunting birds in Malta Spring 2010

    There are 120 000 hunters in Malta. None of whom were allowed to hunt birds in 2008 or 2009 except for turtle dove and quail. They want to kill more birds in spring this year, which will include migratory birds which tend to be at their weakest as they reach Malta. Read more about it via the link

  • IFAW petition against ivory stockpile selling

    IFAW petition against selling of ivory stock piles with the associated risk of increased poaching and illegal ivory selling. Ivory trading has been banned for 20 years, let's not let it back in by the back door.

  • Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale 24 April-2 May 2010

    Organised by Compassion for Animals a Washington DC area grass roots organisation that wants to introduce everyone to the joy and tastiness of vegan food and publicise the benefits of an animal free diet. Recipes and support available via the website. You can contact them direct using this email info@veganbakesale.org

  • Petition against animal farming

    Matthew Wallace PhD student in Teeside had set up an e-petition on the petition site against animal farming. He was aiming to achieve 10000 signatures. The petition was taken down after gaining over 2000 signatures,but now seems to be up again at 2570 or so sigs so please sign up. He also encouraged all to watch the Vegetarian Society video on the globetransformer link (http://www.globetransformer.org). It dates back to 1995 but still has a pertinent message.