Voices: Animal rights made big gains in 2023 – here are 10 of the year’s wins
In many respects, 2023 has been another tough year. From the cost of living crisis to ongoing conflicts in many parts of the world, the challenges of the past 12 months make it even more crucial to celebrate the good news stories – including wins for our fellow animals.
Mouthwatering new vegan food items continued to appear, with Premier Inn serving 2.5 million vegan sausages in a year and Asda selling a vegan “whole roast turkey” for Christmas. But fabulous food aside, there were many other animal victories to cheer about.
From South Korea’s plans to end the to Wales’s ban on selling snares and glue traps, it seems humankind is finally starting to realise that animals are individuals and not ours to cut up for food or clothing, torture in laboratories, confine to cages and tanks for entertainment, or in any other way.
