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V Bites sponsoring the Brighton Eco Veggie Fayre March 20th
Dancing on Ice Queen Heather Mill's flagship vegan restaurant V Bites is sponsoring the Brighton event, organised by Bristol based Yaoh
Fairwear2010 - Fair Trade Fashion Show
4pm and 7pm on Feb 25th at Bristol Cathedral http://www.fairwearfashionshow.org.uk
Timbo of Yaoh wins two awards
Timbo of Yaoh, organiser of the Bristol Vegan Fayres, Eco Veggie Fayres, Publisher of Off The Hoof and A Vegan Guide to Bristol, and co founder of the Bristol Vegans group, has been honoured with the Unsung Hero Award for 2010 and The Arthur Ling Memorial Awards for 2009
Bristol Vegans Next Meet - up at The Lansdown 25th Feb 2010
Big thanks to everyone who came in January Lovely upstairs room, or garden, depending on availabilty, and thanks to our hosts at The Lansdown. All welcome at the next Bristol Vegans Gathering at The Lansdown Pub – date 25th Feb 2010
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Noah's Ark Zoo on BBC 1 Inside Out Monday Oct 19th
This undercover report is also featured in Issue 5 Off The Hoof and a 12 page artcile is available to downlaod free from http://www.offthehoof.co.uk
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Man-kind Images – A New Ethical Photo Library
Launched on International Animal Rights Day, Man-kind Images is a new ethical photo library featuring over 500 animal and related images.
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Off The Hoof - Issue 5 out now - Download For Free
The fifth issue of vegan lifetsyle magazine Off The Hoof, published by Yaoh, is out now! And you can download the whole 100 pages for free right here http://www.offthehoof.co.uk/
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Bristol Vegans - please email Ellen your email address!!
Our wonderful team leader Ellen has been denied access to her email address book after her computer contracted a particularly virulent but fortunately non contagious form of Swine Flu which effects only computers and not humans. Our condolences. Please email your email address to ellenhoward@blueyonder.co.uk so that she can keep you in touch with all Bristol Vegans upcoming activities including our planned super doopa summer BBQ!!
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Reduce Your Carbon Footprint at the Reading Eco Veggie Fayre
Organisers of the first ever Reading Eco Veggie Fayre at the Town Hall on Saturday 19th December have a clear message this xmas – It’s time to reduce our carbon footprint – and this show contains loads of information, products, advice and inspiration to help everyone achieve this.
News from ActiVeg
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US: Senate committee approves bill exempting animal testing
A Senate committee Monday narrowly approved a controversial bill that would exempt scientific experiments in research laboratories from Arizona's animal cruelty statutes.
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Climate change causes wolverine decline across Canada
The wolverine, a predator renowned for its strength and tenacious character, may be slowly melting away along with the snowpack upon which it lives.
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Burrowing US prairie dogs use complex language
A tiny rodent may have the most sophisticated language of any animal.
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Ultimate Fighting Championship event features Vegan Mac Danzig
Mac Danzig faces Justin Buchholz in the Feb. 6 pay-per-view Ultimate Fighting Championship event, UFC 109: âRelentless.â A noteworthy side story to the event: Mac Danzig is a vegan.
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Help wanted for restaurant documentary
Juniper Studio needs your help on producing a documentary on the best and worst of restaurants in the UK.
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Japan's whalers are at sea again, harvesting meat that few will eat
By April, another 900 whales will have died for little profit. So what drives the Japanese to go on defying world opinion?
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Chinese legal experts call for ban on eating cats and dogs
Widespread and ancient practice of eating dog meat increasingly distasteful for China's growing affluent, pet-loving middle class.
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BUAV welcomes DEFRA statement on animal testing under REACH
The Minister clearly states in an answer today that animal testing under REACH should be a last resort and that companies must not conduct pre-emptive testing before testing proposals are agreed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA):
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US: Judge rules that the Animal Liberation Front is not a gang
January 26, 2009 Judge David S. Wesley ruled that the Animal Liberation Front is not a "gang." The government had tried to find two animal rights protestors guilty of being "gang members."
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Hollywood celebrities turning to vegetarianism
Many Hollywood and other celebrities are flocking to vegetarianism for health and ethical reasons, besides reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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