Animal Rebellion are a group of citizens demanding change through mass non-violent civil disobedience. We are scared for the future, angry with our governments and have had enough of the lies that are being told about the food system we so heavily rely on. Of all mammals 60% are livestock (cows, pigs, sheep), 36% are human, and just 4% are wild. (1) This has come about through decades of abuse, neglect, and us striving to be the top dog in our profit-seeking society.
We must stop emitting greenhouse gases such as: Methane, Nitrous Oxide, and Carbon Dioxide into our atmosphere, we all know that by now but one of the most effective ways of doing this is to stop the mass-production of meat and dairy. Therefore a main demand of Animal Rebellion is a transition away from meat and dairy into a plant-based food system, with farmers being paid and educated to thrive during this transition.
The UN said this over a decade ago in 2006: “The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems… it should be a major policy focus when dealing with problems of land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.”
