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Hello everyone!

We have three new commitments for Peru 🇵🇪!!

1-. Sweet Freeze Bakery announces its 100% commitment for December 2024.
Engagement link: https://www.instagram.com/p/C4GcIyVO371/?igsh=NW0zeWFvMWVic3By

Scale: National (Peru)

Schedule: First contact in February 2024, follow-up every 10 days.

Who: ARBA

Failed tactics: There were none from the beginning, communication was very good.

Successful tactics: Direct conversations with the owners, linking them directly with cage-free producers in the area. Phone calls and WhatsApp messages.

Scalability: Sweet Freeze ... (read more)

Hello !

We conducted a new research on the poultry industry in Peru, millions of hens and chickens are used annually to meet the demand for eggs and meat.

ARBA website: https://arba.pe/boletin-arba/como-se-manifiesta-la-crueldad-y-la-falta-de-piedad-en-la-industria-avicola/

YouTube: https://youtu.be/tk_FjJxV0Z0

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6eW65VOSKm/

Peru is one of the countries with the highest consumption of eggs and chicken in Latin America, with a high percentage of informal industry that is not visible or transparent through the Peruvian state ... (read more)

Revealed: Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes

I just wanted to share this excellent research from the Union of Concerned Scientists and the article by the Guardian:  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/30/tyson-foods-toxic-pollutants-lakes-rivers

I just saw a video on instagram of someone basically sabotaging megatrawlers by dropping gigantic pieces of marble into the ocean to mess up their nets. People who know about fishing: does this seem like it could be effective or scalable? If so it seems like it could be massively cost-effective. 

Link to video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3QSQTdvDQh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

You probably have heard of this argument, but I just want to point out that it's very unclear whether trawling decreases or increases animal suffering in the short term. It could decrease suffering by reducing wild animal numbers because wild animals suffer a lot. This consideration doesn't make me want to go and eat shrimp or support trawling, but I do think it's good to ask who would be the beneficiaries of such an intervention before pursuing it.