http://www.viva.org.uk/rss/news.xml Viva! Media Releases en-us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:12:23 GMT Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:12:23 GMT info@viva.org.uk info@viva.org.uk http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=159 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=159 WANT to have a healthy, delicious and affordable Christmas, while doing your bit to help the environment at the same time?Then go veggie, or cut down on the amount of meat you eat this year, say Bristol-based veggie campaigning group Viva!. Want to find out more? Viva!'s Christmas Veggie Roadshow, on Saturday, November 29, promises to have all the answers. The free event is being held at Broadmead... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=158 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=158 PRODUCERS of I'm a CelebrityGet Me Out of Here have been slammed by Europe's largest campaigning vegetarian organisation, for featuring celebrities eating animals on the brink of extinction.Viva! raised concerns as the new series, which started on Sunday evening (November 16) has shown contestants eating a number of exotic animals, including testicles of kangaroo, crocodile eyes and feet, scorpion... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=157 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=157 A LEADING British cash and carry company has dropped the sale of 'exotic meat' to help preserve kangaroos facing extinction. Booker has been congratulated by Europe's largest campaigning vegetarian organisation, Viva! for taking the ethical decision to remove kangaroo, ostrich and crocodile meat from their stock list.Viva! met with Northants-based Booker in August 2008 providing compelling evidenc... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=154 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=154 Tickets are on sale now for Bristol veggie group Viva!'s annual Christmas Fundraising Dinner.This year, ending the factory farming of pigs will be the campaign benefiting from the event, which will be held on Saturday, December 13 at Circomedia in Bristol. Monies raised will specifically fund new undercover investigations. There will be a spell-binding corde lisse performance (an aerial act using ... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=152 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=152 GOVERNMENT body Defra have been accused by a leading animal group of wasting 300,000 of tax payers' money on a limited investigation into the factory farming of ducks and their access to water. Viva! have condemned the Oxford University report, published this week, as not going far enough and supporting cruel factory farming methods.The four year study aimed to ascertain the importance of bathing ... Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=151 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=151 A DAY of Action is taking place across Wales today (September 20) to encourage the Welsh Assembly to rule out a 'cull' of badgers in a misguided attempt to control bovine TB.Supporters of animal group Viva! have taken to the streets across the country to force the issue back into the headlines and get the Welsh people behind their wildlife.In central Cardiff, a giant 'badger' was joined by Viva! s... Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=149 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=149 A DAY of Action is taking place across Wales on Saturday (September 20) to encourage the Welsh Assembly to rule out a 'cull' of badgers in a misguided attempt to control bovine TB.Supporters of animal group Viva! will be taking to the streets across the country to force the issue back into the headlines and get Welsh people behind their wildlife.In central Cardiff, a giant 'badger' will be joined ... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=147 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=147 EATING meat in the UK contributes to the death of animals in the Amazon Rainforest many of them endangered, according to a new campaign being promoted this month (September). Animal group Viva! have found millions of animals such as monkeys, tapirs, parrots and toucans are driven from their homes as 78 million acres of rainforest continue to be stripped bare each year to make way for cattle ranc... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=148 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=148 A SIXTEEN year-old girl from Lutterworth has been crowned Britain's best young veggie by national veggie group Viva!. Caroline Butterwich won the competition to find the most inspirational young veggies and vegans in the country. Viva! youth campaigner, Fiona Galbraith, along with her giant friend Piggles the pig (a Viva! supporter dressed up), will be presenting Caroline with a trophy and a goodi... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=146 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=146 Juliet Gellatley, founder and director of Viva!, Europe's largest campaigning vegetarian organisation, has slammed the latest verbal attack on the group's patron, Heather Mills. It stems from a personal and intemperate tirade by Ms Mills' ex US publicist, Michelle Elyzabeth, who has launched a media campaign against her former employer in the US and which has been widely reported in the UK.Ms Gel... Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=145 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=145 THREE out of the four species of kangaroo shot in the wild for meat and leather are on the brink of extinction, according to a new report from Australia. More than three million animals are still allowed to be slaughtered every year despite the worst drought in living memory and the result is a decimation of kangaroo populations. The Australian Society for Kangaroos, the Wildlife Protection Assoc... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=144 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=144 WELSH Assembly Members have been urged to put pressure on the Minister for Rural Affairs to follow England and throw out proposals for a badger 'cull' in an attempt to control Bovine TB. AMs across Wales have been written to this week by campaigning group Viva!, asking them to call on Elin Jones and the Bovine TB Eradication Programme Board to adopt animal disease methods that do not involve the s... Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=141 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=141 TODAY'S leaked decision by Hilary Benn (Environment Secretary) to rule out a badger 'cull' in England has been welcomed by Viva!. The group Europe's largest campaigning vegetarian organisation has congratulated the Minister for putting science and common sense before the misguided wishes of farmers. Viva!, claim the 'cull' would have been an animal welfare disaster with around 170,000 badgers s... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=143 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=143 TODAY'S leaked decision by Hilary Benn (Environment Secretary) to rule out a badger 'cull' in England has been welcomed by Viva!. The group Europe's largest campaigning vegetarian organisation are renewing calls on Elin Jones (Minister for Welsh Rural Affairs) to follow suit, by acting on the available science and cancelling the proposed 'cull' in Wales.Benn's decision follows a mass rally held ... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=140 http://www.viva.org.uk/mediareleases/display.php?articlepid=140 OVER three hundred animal and wildlife lovers attended a rally outside Cardiff's Welsh Assembly building today (June 28), against the proposed 'cull' of badgers to curb bovine TB in cattle in Wales.Supporters from across the country and beyond were out in force in support of national campaigning organisation Viva!, who claim the 'cull' will be an animal welfare disaster that will do nothing to sol... Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT