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The vegan store are holding a christmas festival on December 6th at Kensington town hall in London. The vegan store sells footwear, clothing, toiletries, chocolates and sweets amongst other things.
VIVA have a day of action on saturday December 12th for ducks against sainsbury's because Sainsbury's supermarkets are the largest retailer of duck meat. Gressingham foods supply supermarkets with factory-farmed duck. 15 million ducks a year are slaughtered for human consumption, 40,000 ducks are killed a week, although this has dropped from 18 million per year, thanks to the hard work and campaigning of viva activists who have given the general public true insights and information into the cruelty and disgusting conditions that these birds have to endure and it is seen as an extremely cruel and undignified existence for a wild aquatic bird like the duck.
December 09
Stella McCartney has been named best dressed woman of 2009 by Harpers Bazaar fashion magazine.
Selfridges department stores have pledged to stop selling foie gras forever. Sir Roger Moore who is a patron of PETA accepted the call direct from the department store.
London has been named as the most vegetarian friendly city in the world.
The oldest vegetarian restaurant in Europe opened 111 years ago. It is situated in Zurich on the river Limmat. It is called restaurant Hiltl. Rolf Hiltl, who runs the restaurant nowadays is the great grandson of the founder. Many celebrities visit as well as other interested vegetarians.
Viva! demands FIFA stop proposed bloodshed at 2010 world cup in South Africa.
The cultural ceremony in South Africa involves slaughtering a cow by slicing its throat with a knife at each venue.
February 2010
Saturday 6th 10.30 am - 16.00 pm. The incredible veggie roadshow at the guildhall in bath.
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