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The 2019 Animal Rights National Conference just wrapped up here in the DC area. As usual, this year’s conference was very focused on animal agriculture. It seems as though the activist movement’s focus on the environment will continue, with a common refrain throughout the conference being that a vegan world by 2026 is the only way to save the planet and the human race.
The conference is organized by the Farm Animal Rights Movement and supported by groups like Animal Equality, Compassion Over Killing, The Humane League and Mercy for Animals. Session titles included “Driving Institutional and Corporate Change,” “Liberating the Language of Farmed Animal Abuse,” “Abuse of Land Animals for Food,” and “Using Food Technology to End Meat Consumption.”
Other key insights included:
The Alliance will once again have a full report available soon for our members.
The Alliance issues reports from conferences like this because we believe it is critical for the meat industry (and animal agriculture) to keep an eye on the groups and individuals who are feverishly working to end our industry.
Stay tuned for further details from the conference, but one message is clear: activists are more motivated than ever to take extreme actions against animal agriculture, and we should all be prepared for them to up the ante.
7/30/2019