VOICES: Imagine a time when all schools and public sector menus included at least one vegan option. In Portugal that’s a reality, so why not the UK? Laura Chepner, chair of The Vegan Society’s Education Network, tells us about their new ‘Vegans Assemble’ campaign.

SPECIAL REPORT: Attempts by animal advocates to influence others’ choices on eating meat run the full gamut from sharing graphic videos from farms and slaughterhouses on social media to recommending documentaries to watch to holding demos and protests. But which type of advocacy actually works to change attitudes and behaviour?

NEWS: First VR slaughterhouse robots, now methane masks to capture cow burps receive funding from the Prince of Wales. It’s yet another bizarre day in the weird world of meat industry technology.

SPECIAL REPORT: On April 23, DxE activist Sasha Zemmel attempted to storm a Timberwolves game, a team majority owned by business magnate and egg tycoon Glen Taylor. While the action was short-lived, it drew much-needed attention to the hours-long cullings of farmed animals by ventilation shutdown.

NEWS: An ex-contract poultry farmer has spoken out against his former industry as part of the launch of a collaborative ‘Farmer Toolkit’ to help other farmers move away from harmful animal agriculture.

DEBATE: With Earth Day coming up this week, Claire Hamlett reports on the first panel discussion held by Viva! Farming in which the future of sustainable farming - animal-free or not? - was discussed. Panellists included veganic farmer Iain Tolhurst, animal welfare expert Professor Andrew Knight and ProVeg Vice President Jasmijn de Boo.

BLOG: At a time of soaring fuel prices, energy bills and other cost-of-living rises that could spell disaster for many families in the UK, the poultry industry has jumped at the opportunity to use financial fears to stifle the slower-growing chicken movement.

Why can’t we leave badgers in peace? They are distinctive and iconic animals, but are subjected to shockingly high levels of abuse and criminal behaviour, including an annual months-long cull across vast areas of the UK based on erroneous beliefs. Anna Champneys, senior lecturer in wildlife conservation at Nottingham Trent University, discusses the issues.

NEWS: In case you missed it, there’s a rebellion happening in London. Activists from XR-offshoot Animal Rebellion and the Scrap Factory Farming campaign were arrested today after spelling out a stark message on the pavement outside Defra HQ.

INVESTIGATIONS: The video of YouTube influencer Niko, paid to visit a farm that supplies KFC with supposedly ‘high welfare’ chickens, went viral in December last year garnering around one million views on Twitter. But as an investigation by VFC has revealed, the claims made by the fast-food giant were anything but genuine.

DEEP DIVE: Britain’s exit from the European Union presented both threats and promises to animal justice in the UK. But since coming into effect in 2020, what - if anything - has actually changed? Devon Docherty writes.

SPECIAL REPORT: Released on World Health Day, new research by World Animal Protection into the negative public health and cost implications of cheap meat, fish and dairy has proved to be a damning indictment of the industries responsible. Claire Hamlett reports.