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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 21h

Mothers do not belong in cages.

A sow is confined in a metal farrowing crate, unable to move freely. She has open wounds and sores on her side. A piglet marked with pink dye is visible beneath her, nursing on the slatted plastic flooring. The image highlights the suffering and injury endured by pigs in factory farming.

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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 17h

95% of lab animals are mice & rats, not because they’re the best models, but because they are small, easy to handle, and cheap to breed 🐀

Mice Show Empathy, Science Shows None 🐁

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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 12h

The RAF’s concession is not the end of the fight. It is evidence that the fight works.

RAF Personnel Win Fight for Vegan Uniforms

The Ministry of Defence has finally conceded what should have been obvious: no one should be forced to wear the skin and hair of another animal.

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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 11h

Don't buy angora. Ever 🐇

🎨 the fuzzy dot

Illustration of a white fluffy rabbit with large pink bald patches on their body, showing where fur has been painfully removed. The rabbit has tears streaming down their face and a speech bubble above reads: “When is it going to be over?” The image conveys the suffering of rabbits exploited for fur and wool.

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Vegan Horizon @veganhorizon.substack.com · 11h

How can you claim to be against animal cruelty while funding an industry that exploits animals like this?

MarcPieterse @marcpieterse.bsky.social · 11h

This is so Sad 😭 and so Evil 👺This is the #dairy industry. This is what they don’t want you to see. It is the truth. It is horrible #EndAnimalSlavery Why support this? #DitchDairy 🙏 #GoPlantbased 🌱

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Vegan Horizon @veganhorizon.substack.com · 11h

Every dish of meat comes at the cost of an entire life spent in exploitation; every restaurant built on animal products profits from generations of pain.

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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 9h

Defining intelligence as 'what humans can do' is merely circular reasoning, proving nothing except the bias in the definition. Higher expectations would be reasonable from those asserting intelligence.

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 9h

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 8h

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Madeline Horwath on St George returning to England – cartoon

The St George’s flag is more popular than ever. It’s more complicated for England’s patron saint

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Jo @pingiarcher.bsky.social · 6h

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And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country

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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 19h

Thousands of animals killed just so humans can shoot grouse for fun. This isn’t “tradition” — it’s canned hunting.

📢 It’s time to end the Glorious Twelfth.

Ban this bloodsport 👇

Sign the Petition

Ban the Glorious Twelfth

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Vegan Horizon @veganhorizon.substack.com · 6h

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Herbiⓥore @herbivoreclub.bsky.social · 5h

In 2023, industrial trawlers clocked 33,000 hours inside Britain’s so-called marine sanctuaries.

The UK Government Has Betrayed the Ocean

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Vegan Horizon @veganhorizon.substack.com · 3h

This quote from Jane Goodall says it all!

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 1d

🚨Urgent: Thames Water want permission from Ofwat to ILLEGALLY pollute rivers and seas until 2040.

🤮They want your bills to fill their pockets with gold, while they fill your rivers with sewage.

✍️Sign now. Tell Ofwat to say NO to Thames Water before Tuesday 21st October.

Thames Water want to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.

Thames water want to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years

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Anne-Marie H. 🐾🌱 @ammahew.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign the #petition now to protect them: 38d.gs/save-nationa...

Sign the petition: Save our National Parks

🚨 The Treasury is threatening our national parks. Dartmoor, the Lake District & wild places could be bulldozed for development. Once gone, they're gone for ever. Join me and sign now to protect them:

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Anne-Marie H. 🐾🌱 @ammahew.bsky.social · 1d

Please sign & share this #petition - Dogs Don't Exist for Our Entertainment. It's Time Citi Field Stop the 'Mets Dog' Abuse. #care2 www.thepetitionsite.com/tell-a-frien...

Sign Petition: Dogs Don't Exist for Our Entertainment. It's Time Citi Field Stop the 'Mets Dog' Abuse.

Dogs don't exist for human entertainment. This cruel act has to finally stop. (31723 signatures on petition)

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Anne-Marie H. 🐾🌱 @ammahew.bsky.social · 1d

Research suggests rich people tend to be more selfish – but why is that?
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Research suggests rich people tend to be more selfish – but why is that?

Research in psychology has found a link between wealth and selfishness

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Vegan Horizon @veganhorizon.substack.com · 1d

A MUST WATCH.

The Real Reason Trump Wants To Invade Chicago and Portland

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 1d

Sign: Vile man sexually assaults helpless cat — cruelty that can’t be ignored! - Animal Victory -

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Sign: Vile man sexually assaults helpless cat — cruelty that can’t be ignored! - Animal Victory

Wichita, Kansas - A 27-year-old Kansas man is facing charges for an unthinkably deviant act of cruelty against a four-year-old cat named Willow. According to the authorities, Jacob Garrett Wilson sexu...

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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 1d

From stray puppy that lived in parking lot to police K9 hero who helped find 2 missing kids

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From stray puppy that lived in parking lot to police K9 hero who helped find 2 missing kids - Pet Rescue Report

Spread the loveAt the Brown County Sheriff’s Office in Indiana, first responders were deployed on Sunday, October 5, 2025 to Sundance Lake in Hoosier National Forest in a search for two 11-year-old ch...

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andysⓋⓋarbs @andyswarbs.bsky.social · 1d

This turner prize entry by Mohammad Sami about hunting speakers to me of man's inhumanity to this planet. Humans rape and pillage the land of everything (or pay for it to be done) and then gave the audacity to call themselves intelligent.

Hunting painting by Mohammad Sami. A 2025 turner prize entry.

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vegan_front @ardentbreath.bsky.social · 1d

The universe is unimaginably vast, possibly infinite; it is beyond imagination. Humanity should try its hand at being humble. We are a conscious virus on a speck of dust. At the scale of all that there is, the problems of the world mean less than nothing, although “nothing” is also, unimaginable ☯️⚖️✌️

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vegan_front @ardentbreath.bsky.social · 1d

Lately, I vacillate between caring about everything and nothing at all. On one hand, I would like humanity to have an awakening, allowing our short time here to feel worthwhile, and on the other hand, I’ll be OK with it if we get hit by an asteroid the size of the moon. ☯️🌚✌️

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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Rose's Refuge in Australia rescued Zinnia, a severely emaciated and pregnant sheep found collapsed in a paddock. 🐑❤️‍🩹

#animalrescue #rescueanimals #animalsanctuary #sheep #animalrescuer

Malnourished Pregnant Sheep Rescued by Australian Sanctuary

On 22nd July 2025, Rose’s Refuge in Australia rescued Zinnia, a severely emaciated sheep found collapsed in a paddock with no access to food. The sanctuary team stopped to help her…

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