• Blackpool Vegans - Help Wanted

  Could you help out with Blackpool Vegans?

• Stop the cull of badgers in the UK and continue research into the real cause of
• Great news!!!

  Two animal rights MPs elected For the first time in the world! Dutch raise animal rights to new level By Alix Kroeger BBC News, the Netherlands.

  It has been a busy few weeks for Marianne Thieme. Ten days ago, she made history as one of two animal-rights candidates to win election to the Dutch parliament. They are the first animal-rights MPs anywhere in the world.

  On Thursday 30 November, she and her fellow MP, Esther Ouwehand, were sworn in as MPs. Now their real work begins: to persuade the next government (which has yet to be formed) to adopt animal-friendly policies. “I miss compassion in our society,” Ms Thieme says. “When I look at animals, they are innocent. We are treating them like they are things, like they are bicycles. That's not what we have to be as human beings. We have common sense and moral awareness, so we have to use that as well.”

  In its manifesto the Party for the Animals (PvdD) says protection for animals should not be defined by the market. It wants to abolish the biotechnology industry and promote organic agriculture instead. It calls for an end to industrial farming practices such as castration and tougher penalties for those who abuse animals, as well as an end to ritual slaughter without anaesthesia.

• New Petition - lush for Blackpool

  New Petition for a lush in Blackpool.

• Blackpool Vegans New Meetings :)
  Blackpool Vegans Meeting February 2008 From February 2008, all meetings will be held on the 3rd Sunday of each month. The meeting for June 2008, will be on the 22nd and NOT the 15th. Please send an email to request details.

News from ActiVeg

• The Effect of a Plant-Based Low-Carbohydrate ("Eco-Atkins") Diet on Body Weight and Blood Lipid Concentrations in Hyperlipidemic Subjects

  A low-carbohydrate plant-based diet has lipid-lowering advantages over a high-carbohydrate, low-fat weight-loss diet in improving heart disease risk factors not seen with conventional low-fat diets with animal products.

  Check out this story on archinte.ama-assn.org.

• Cancer incidence in British vegetarians

  Conclusion: The incidence of some cancers may be lower in fish eaters and vegetarians than in meat eaters.

  Check out this story on www.nature.com.

• Eat red meat just three times a week, says World Wildlife Fund Photo: bricolage108

  Packs of red meat should carry warning labels advising shoppers to ration themselves to three portions a week, amid controversial claims that livestock production is killing the planet.

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

• Vegetarians less likely to develop cancer than meat eaters, says study

  For years, they have boasted of the health benefits of their leafy diets, but now vegetarians have the proof that has so far eluded them: when it comes to cancer risks, they have the edge on carnivores.

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

• New Zealand: Govt rules out further milk safety probe

  The New Zealand Government says it won't honour the previous administration's plan to convene a group of experts to discuss the safety of A2 milk, relative to "ordinary" A1 milk.

  Check out this story on www.nzherald.co.nz.

• I don't eat meat - and look at me

  A NORTH Wales vegetarian has slammed a report which claims red meat is a vital source of dietary iron.

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

• Peanut butter 'good for the heart'

  “Peanut butter wards off heart disease,” the Daily Mail has reported. The newspaper said that peanut butter sandwiches could be the secret to beating heart disease after scientists found that snacking on nuts five days a week can halve the risk of a heart attack.

  Check out this story on www.nhs.uk.

• Medical news: Vegetarian diets prevent disease

  The American Dietetic Association has released an updated position paper on vegetarian diets that concludes such diets, if well-planned, are healthful and nutritious for adults, infants, children and adolescents and can help prevent and treat chronic diseases including heart disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes.

  Check out this story on www.scientistlive.com.

• Historic 1.5 million-strong petition calls for road map to end animal experiments

  Largest ever animal protection petition to be submitted to 10 Downing Street.

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

• Fish's off... Heather Mills gets high and mighty as her vegan café replaces seafood diner Photo: bricolage108

  Heather Mills opens her new vegan café - which replaces a popular seafood restaurant.

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

RSS Feeds

• News and Events
• Our events
• Other's events