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Press Releases
- Sir David Attenborough Pleaded With By Biologist and Supporter Of Animal Rebellion: Michelin-Starred Restaurant Disrupted and Arrest MadeA high-end seafood restaurant charging £65 per person (minimum) was targeted last night as a local marine biologist attempted to[…]
- George Monbiot Announces Support For Plant-Based Universities: University Of Stirling Students Union Votes ‘Yes’ To Going 100% Plant-BasedOn 10/11/22, at a students union general meeting, the Plant-Based Universities campaign put forward a motion for their facilities to[…]
- M25 Disrupted For the Fourth Day: Animal Rebellion Supporters Take Action With Just Stop Oil AgainSupporters of Just Stop Oil have climbed gantries and forced large sections of the road to shut [1] Animal Rebellion[…]
- Milk Supply To Midlands And South Of England Cut Off As Animal Rebellion Supporters Blockade 4 Key Dairy Distribution Centres
Over 100 supporters of Animal Rebellion have stopped the supply of fresh dairy across large areas of England. The distribution[…] - Animal Rebellion blocks access to fresh milk at high-end supermarkets in 4 cities as they begin sustained direct action against Government inaction on a plant-based food transition.Between midday and 1pm on Saturday 3rd September, protestors from Animal Rebellion entered a Whole Foods store in London, Marks[…]
- Animal Rebellion Warns Consumers To Prepare for Milk Shortage This SeptemberAnimal Rebellion declares it will disrupt the supply of dairy to supermarkets all over the UK this month, impacting millions[…]
- Animal Rebellion Appeals To DEFRA Board Ahead Of Planned Disruption Of Dairy IndustryOn 19/08/2022, Animal Rebellion sent a letter to 5 DEFRA ministers, all 32 DEFRA agencies and public bodies and 31[…]
- Animal Rebellion Occupies RSPCA HQAround 50 individuals from Animal Rebellion have today occupied the national headquarters of the RSPCA, calling on the charity to[…]
- Supporters of Animal Rebellion Deliver Demands For a Plant-Based Future To Downing StreetDuring the National Animal Rights March on 06/08/22, two supporters of Animal Rebellion delivered a letter to the Prime Minister,[…]
- ANIMAL REBELLION POUR MILK ON FLOOR OF HARRODS AS PART OF PLANT-BASED FUTURE CAMPAIGNOn 27/07/22, at Harrods in Central London, individuals took nonviolent action and emptied milk onto the floor before being forcibly[…]
- 8 Protestors Found ‘Not Guilty’ after Blockading the UK’s Largest Dairy FacilityOn the 31st of August, 2021, Animal Rebellion blockaded an Arla factory in Aylesbury responsible for processing 10% of the[…]
- Crown Prosecution Service Drop All Charges Against Animal Freedom Movement Beagle Rescuers- Claiming “Lack of Evidence”On 20/6/22 Ben Newman, Dan Kidby, and Beau King Houston liberated 5 beagle puppies from MBR Acres, before turning themselves[…]
- Animal Freedom Movement Supporters Liberate 5 Beagle Puppies in a Second Day of Action Against MBR Acres Beagle FarmIn the early hours of this morning, Animal Freedom Movement (AFM) occupied the Marshall BioResources’ (MBR) puppy farm in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire,[…]
- Animal Rebellion plans to cause “Large scale material disruption to the supply of dairy”Direct action group Animal Rebellion, who earlier this summer disrupted the Queen’s Jubilee [1] and Epsom Derby [2], have released[…]
- Protestors Disrupt Epsom Derby In A Call For An End To Animal ExploitationAt approximately 4:25 pm 6 women, protestors from the group Animal Rebellion, entered the course at Epsom with sashes reading “Animal[…]
- Animal Rebellion Disrupts Platinum Jubilee To Demand A Plant-Based Future And Rewilding Of Royal Land25 supporters of Animal Rebellion have disrupted the ‘Trooping The Colour’ event as the Queen’s procession made its way towards[…]
- Dairy: An Industry Built on DestructionNo doubt about it, April was a hard month for most of us. With the cost of living crisis pricing[…]
- Ex-RSPCA trustees urge charity to take lead on plant-based transitionAn Animal Rebellion delegation that included two ex-RSPCA trustees has met with the RSPCA to press the charity to back[…]
- “Factory Farming is Fuelled by Oil”, say Environmental CampaignersCampaigners from the Scrap Factory Farming campaign and direct action organisation Animal Rebellion staged a demonstration outside the Department for[…]
- Plant-Based Universities campaigners drop banners on 3 London universities highlighting climate crisisStudents from 3 prestigious universities have unfurled large banners and let off non-toxic smoke flares at key university locations in[…]
- Protestors block London’s last slaughterhouse to demand community gardensAnimal Rebellion campaigners are calling for an end to the last slaughterhouse in London in a protest against climate change[…]
- Animal Rebellion paints the Marine Stewardship Council red to demand the end of fishingFour people have sprayed the headquarters of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) blood red, to call on the organisation to[…]
- Students nationwide launch 100% plant-based universities campaign for sustainabilityStudents at over twenty universities across the UK are demanding 100% plant-based on-campus catering by the 2023-24 academic year, to[…]
- Animal Rebellion Campaigners Scale DEFFRA In Climate Change Protest Ahead Of COP26The protesters climbed the building in the early hours of this morning, unveiling a banner that reads “COP26: Invest in a Plant-Based Future”. Animal Rebellion says they intend to remain on the building, suspended in hammocks, until UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledges to cut all taxpayer support for animal agriculture and promises to urge all world leaders to do the same when they attend the COP26 summit later this week.
- Breaking: Police Deny Basic Human Rights At ARLA BlockadeAnimal Rebellion 31/08/21 – 22PM BREAKING : POLICE DENY BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AT ARLA BLOCKADE UK’s largest dairy factory shut[…]
- Climate Activists Blockade UK’s Biggest Milk Factory Calling For An End To DairyWe’re not just demanding that Arla go plant-based by 2025, we’re demanding that the government supports companies like Arla by funding a just transition for workers in meat and dairy industries to just and sustainable alternatives.
- Animal Rights Groups Unite For March Through Central London Amidst “August Rebellion”The march will depart from Smithfield Market and will have a circular route making symbolic stops at Unilever, Cargill and the Marine Stewardship Council Animal Rights marches in previous years have mobilised thousands of people This demonstration was organised by the group Animal Rebellion who will be joined by many other animal rights groups and activists
- Animal and climate protesters dye Buckingham Palace fountains blood red“We are demanding that the Queen end the use of crown land for industries which are contributing to the climate and ecological emergency and the death of animals.”
- Animal Rebellion Stages Overnight McDonald’s Occupation Amid Call For Plant-Based Food SystemProtestors have donned their sleeping bags and are camping out at McDonald’s tonight, as they call out the fast-food chain for its role in destroying the planet.
- Animal Rebellion Holds Blockade At McDonald’s Only Burger Factory For More Than 24HPress release: Animal Rebellion Date: 16/07/2021 UPDATE: ANIMAL REBELLION HOLDS BLOCKADE AT MCDONALD’S ONLY BURGER FACTORY FOR MORE THAN 24[…]
- Animal Rebellion Blockades McDonald’s Only Burger FactoryAround 100 protestors set up a blockade using trucks, tents, bamboo structures and a roof occupation in the early hours of this morning to stop the facility from distributing burgers. The protestors have said they will stay as long as it takes until McDonald’s commits to changing towards a plant-based menu. They are encouraging everyone to join the camp and protest against McDonald’s for their track record of destroying the environment, poor labour conditions and animal exploitation.
- Police Repression At G7Individuals were arrested as police claimed to have intelligence of articles, which could be used to cause damage, at the campsite. Despite the use of hundreds of police, dozens of vans and even police dogs, all that was found was some « scaffolding », « paint » and an « airhorn ». This was the basis of their arrests.
- Animal Rebellion blockades McDonald’s distribution centres across the UKProtestors from Animal Rebellion are targeting McDonald’s by blockading all four of their UK distribution centres, which supply approximately 1300 restaurants and serve 3.5 million customers each day.
- Letter For Our FutureAnimal Rebellion delivered the following open letter signed by scientists, animal rights organisations and environmentalists to the UK Government on Tuesday 8th September 2020
