Animal Rebellion campaigners occupied the egg aisle of a Nottingham supermarket. Three individuals from the climate and animal group peacefully protested in the Castle Marina Sainsburys store on Saturday, February 25, and held placards calling for the UK to adopt a safer and sustainable plant-based food system free from the spread of zoonotic diseases, animal suffering, climate breakdown, and food shortages.
Similar actions have also taken place in London, Manchester and Exeter, with Sainsbury’s stores being targeted as the group claim Sainsbury’s sell more than 50% of all RSPCA-assured products in the UK. A scheme that the group allege is allowing horrific abuses to happen to animals while leading us to believe that they are well cared for in ‘high-welfare’ farms.
Nottingham-based Engineering Manager, Sam Wessel, was one of the individuals protesting. The 40-year-old said: "I'm here today because I've learned that supermarkets like Sainsbury's are hiding the truth of the egg industry from us.
