UK animal rights activists give McDonald’s indigestion

Nicola Slawson, The Guardian, 22 May 2021

Animal rights protesters have set up blockades at four McDonald’s distribution centres across Britain, which they say will affect about 1,300 restaurants. The activist group, Animal Rebellion, planned a 24-hour protest to get the fast-food company to turn fully plant-based by 2025. The protest is also aimed at calling out the animal agriculture industry for its part in the global climate crisis. “We are in the middle of a climate and ecological emergency and we are still consuming huge quantities of meat on a scale that is just not sustainable for our planet”, says one member of Animal Rebellion, arguing that....

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