98- Fifty percent vegan cafes at the National Trust?

First we found out their scones had been secretly vegan for years; now it seems they're ready for their cafes to have a menu that is 50% plant-based. Is The National Trust a vegan sleeper cell? Or should we be sceptical of an organisation that lets the Hunt on its land, and is deeply invested in animal agriculture? Paul & Ant discuss this, as well as eight other stories from the week's vegan & animal rights news covered in today's show...

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This week's stories:

https://animalequality.org.uk/news/permission-granted-to-challenge-uk-first-on-land-mega-salmon-farm/ 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peta-activist-disrupts-pharrell-williams-premiere-1235997813/ 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj354vk8kj1o.amp?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR38ZPNfY845Quun8yAX62ux6eu8SH8XH16TG6xDELeZPt9hBdFqHQ3HTa8_aem_DPi5g9pcjR1rHkwhuKyyCg 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C_xmdhEIajw/?igsh=amo5amZxaW45NWdz&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0eX_ZfwLQBniokxuk6b_z4tvbGp1bclLSEsEIlwTCUl_j9cY9JmNfWb24_aem_D_fE5xkeBwUs9NtaYcOkeQ 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13826231/university-warwick-vegan-student-union-u-turn-vote.html 

https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/french-university-cafeteria-meat-free/ 

https://www.farminguk.com/news/innovative-farmers-needed-for-dragon-s-den-style-competition_65284.html 

https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/markets-and-trends/meat-prices/abattoir-sector-near-tipping-point-warn-meat-processors 

https://www.rideapart.com/news/732712/new-law-update-wyoming-wolf-whacking-hunting/ 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/sep/07/national-trust-members-to-vote-on-making-cafe-food-50-plant-based 

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