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<p>Everyone from James Cleverly to Jeremy Clarkson lined up to say how nasty the footage was</p>
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I have questions for those outraged by the police car hitting a calf

<p>Ahead of the 2020 election, Swift accused Trump of ‘stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism’ </p>
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How Taylor Swift could prove crucial to the US election

<p>Researchers found elephants locked outside in cold temperatures, bears shut in concrete-walled enclosures, and wild dogs stuck outside without bedding </p>
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Why there’s no such thing as a kind zoo

<p>Queen Camilla has promised that she will buy no new fur products</p>
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Camilla giving up real fur? This is what leadership is all about

<p>Racing’s spin doctors can say they look after horses all they like – but the beings they actually look after are the greedy bosses of the gambling industry </p>
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It’s time to end the Grand National once and for all

<p>Sinéad remained a fearless, and often vindicated, truth-teller</p>
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I can’t believe I agree with Morrissey on Sinéad O’Connor

<p>Cheltenham is particularly deadly for horses </p>
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There’s something you should know about Cheltenham Festival

<p>So supermarkets are blaming the farmers, and farmers are blaming the supermarkets</p>
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Egg shortage? Good. Here’s why I hope it continues

<p>Dogs and cats don’t understand what pyrotechnics are. They just know that suddenly there are loud, terrifying explosions. The results of their panic can be deeply upsetting and tragic</p>
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If you go to firework displays, you don’t love animals

<p>Many animals are more sensitive to extreme heat than we are</p>
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Meat-eaters who get angry about dogs in hot cars are hypocrites

<p>Of the 480 different species of shark, just three ever carry out unprovoked attacks on humans</p>
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Scared of sharks? You really shouldn’t be

<p>Lamb meat is most profitable around Easter time, so farmers induce pregnancies unnaturally early in the year</p>
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Here’s why you should make this Easter a vegan one

<p>There are many healthier, more ethical alternatives to cow’s milk available</p>
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There is no longer any justification for drinking cow’s milk

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There is no longer any justification for drinking cow’s milk

<p>There are many healthier, more ethical alternatives to cow’s milk available</p>
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Ricky Gervais is right – we must get those animals out of Afghanistan

<p>Geronimo has received a tidal wave of support</p>
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Eat meat? Then spare us your tears for Geronimo the alpaca

<p>At least 2,275 horses have died on British race courses since 2007</p>
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How much more cruelty to race horses are we prepared to stomach?

A still from Netflix documentary ‘Seaspiracy’ showing a fishing trawler dragging a net of fish behind it
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If you stop eating fish for the environment, you are missing the point

A still from Netflix documentary ‘Seaspiracy’ showing a fishing trawler dragging a net of fish behind it
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If you stop eating fish for the environment, you are missing the point

<p>It’s a terrible life for a dairy cow – farmers feed her potions that make her create up to 10 times her natural capacity of milk</p>
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This Mother’s Day, let’s tackle misogyny in farming

<p>Live exports are often delayed at ports and borders, meaning animals are left in cramped, hot vehicles for hours or even days on end</p>
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Why I can’t support proposed plan to ban the live export of animals

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Bats aren’t the villains in this pandemic – we are

A butcher chops pieces of meat at an abattoir
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The forgotten frontline workers in this crisis are inside abattoirs

Donald Trump is interviewed by Piers Morgan
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Piers Morgan is right about Trump – but where was he last year?

The Cheltenham Festival went ahead this week
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After Cheltenham, it's not just horses' lives that are at risk

Burger King’s soy-based Impossible Whopper is produced by California tech start-up Impossible Foods
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Big corporate never cared about veganism, Burger King included

Liverpool were on the brink of first league title in 30 years
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The coronavirus pause shows just how ugly the beautiful game is

The Cheltenham Festival went ahead this week
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After Cheltenham, it's not just horses' lives that are at risk

Burger King’s soy-based Impossible Whopper is produced by California tech start-up Impossible Foods
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Big corporate never cared about veganism, Burger King included

Liverpool were on the brink of first league title in 30 years
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The coronavirus pause shows just how ugly the beautiful game is

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Your love of bacon is no excuse for the things we do to pigs

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Your love of bacon is no excuse for the things we do to pigs

A woman in a vegan restaurant with a plant-based burger and smoothie.
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Sorry vegans, you can't spend your way to paradise

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Our feeble fox hunting laws desperately need to change

Things have gone downhill for the club ever since the move away from Highbury to the Emirates
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Arsenal’s response to a dying fan shows us what football has lost

The Impossible Burger patty, which is in the vegan whopper, was tested on animals according to PETA
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Sorry vegans, Burger King's Impossible Whopper won't save animals

The Impossible Burger patty, which is in the vegan whopper, was tested on animals according to PETA
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Sorry vegans, Burger King's Impossible Whopper won't save animals

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Theresa May should challenge Japan’s grotesque whaling practices

Is one meal worth so much cruelty and suffering?
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This is the animal suffering that goes into your Christmas dinner

The Beyond Burger was reverse engineered to create the taste and texture of meat out of plants
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No vegan should ever want to try a 'bleeding' burger

The last time mad cow disease took over, 4.4 million cattle were slaughtered
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What the return of mad cow disease tells us about modern meat

A dairy farm turned out to be a fraud, with millions of state dollars vanishing in a web of bank accounts controlled by politically connected companies and individuals
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Buying dairy inflicts more pain on cows than you know

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Don't be angry that someone killed a giraffe for sport if you eat meat

Just imagine the scene on inauguration day if Trump – a moronic, decaying bison, was replaced by Smith – a cool, skirt-wearing youth-guru
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This is why Jaden Smith should be the next US President

The area recently came out on top of a survey of the 25 best towns and cities to live and work in
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Why the royal wedding should be held in Slough

Mike Hodge is dragged away by Shamba
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Why was Shamba the lion shot dead?

KFC first apologised for lack of chain's key ingredient on Saturday, blaming 'teething problems' with its supplier
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Let’s hope the doors of KFC stay closed for good

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Don’t be fooled by the cute photos of the cloned monkeys

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Don’t be fooled by the cute photos of the cloned monkeys

The League Against Animal Cruelty has asked for the jump to be removed
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The Grand National won’t remove their most dangerous jump

The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers has met with counter terrorism police to discuss animal rights activism
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The 'Save' animal welfare protest movement is not terrorism

If you are ditching the dairy this January, here are some helpful tips. You’ll need them
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How to answer the stupid questions you're asked as a vegan

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Debate: Queer As Folk has shocked TV audiences with its explicit

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Debate: Queer As Folk has shocked TV audiences with its explicit

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