Happy New Year! As we rang in 2019, our resolution was to make 2019 the Year of the Vegan, and those efforts paid off in huge legal victories, groundbreaking investigations, and successful corporate campaigns. We’ve worked hard to make vegan eating easier than ever, so now it’s your turn to transform your 2020. Is your New Year’s resolution to go …
Cow 714: A Letter From a COK Investigator
As an undercover investigator for Compassion Over Killing, I can’t yet tell you my name–but I can tell you the story of cow 714. Last winter, I worked undercover at Martin Farms, a dairy factory farm in Pennsylvania. During my time there, through all the chaos, I connected with a kind and beautiful cow who was only known by her …
The Year of the Vegan: COK’s Actions for Animals in 2019
Compassion Over Killing is an unwavering force for farm animals, and your support has made 2019 one of our best years yet. As we look toward 2020 and our 25th year of Compassion, here are a few ways we made the prediction that 2019 would be the “year of the vegan” come true. 1. Exposing cruelty to cows in Nestlé’s …
Wendy’s Canada Quietly Debuts Plant-Based “Plantiful Burger”
After the ongoing vegan buzz around fast-food chains like Dunkin’ and Burger King, it looks like Wendy’s might finally be catching up by testing a plant-based burger in Etobicoke, Ontario. After an advertisement for the burger was spotted in Ontario by Amanda Logan, Compassion Over Killing followed up with several stores in the region, where workers informed us that while …
NYC Becomes Largest City in the World to Ban Cruel Foie Gras
As part of a historic animal protection package passed in the New York City Council, NYC has become the largest city in the world to ban cruel foie gras. Championed by Speaker Corey Johnson with support from a coalition of animal protection organizations led by Voters for Animal Rights, this bill includes multiple measures to make New York City a …
Rob Zombie Tells USDA: Stop the Line Speeds from Hell!
On the heels of his new movie 3 from Hell, Rob Zombie is appealing to the USDA this Halloween with an urgent message: Stop the line speeds from hell! Right now, billions of animals, workers, and consumers are on the line as the USDA continues expanding its dangerous high-speed slaughter program. Just last month, it finalized a rule that will …
School of Fish Swarms Against Cruelty in Suffolk, VA
Compassion Over Killing’s mermaid and her fish friends swarmed a Virginia seafood plant that is reportedly producing salmon for Martha Stewart in protest of the cruelty we uncovered at a hatchery owned by parent company Cooke Aquaculture. Earlier this month, COK’s undercover investigation documented egregious cruelty to salmon at a hatchery for Cooke Aquaculture, parent of True North–which recently teamed …
The Possibility of Munching on Metal: Is Your “Food” Safe?
Taco Bell has been making headlines, but not for its new vegetarian-friendly menu. The enormous fast-food chain has instead issued a recall of 2.3 million pounds of seasoned beef because it was possibly contaminated with “extraneous materials, specifically metal shavings.” As a former undercover investigator, I can attest to the fact that this isn’t actually that crazy a possibility. I’ve …
VICTORY: Dunkin’ Rolling out Beyond Sausage Nationwide!
Dunkin’ just announced that it is rolling out the Beyond Sausage Sandwich nationwide November 6! When Dunkin’ originally tested the Beyond Sausage Sandwich in Manhattan, the coffee giant hinted at rolling out the sandwich at participating restaurants nationwide at the start of the new year. However, because of sizzling demand, Dunkin’ has just announced that the veganizable Beyond Sausage breakfast …