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Daily Mirror
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Sarah Ward & Ross Hunter & Sara Odeen-Isbister

Vegan students receive mean notes in 'backlash' to university's plant-based commitment

Vegan students say they've received targeted abuse - even at home - after a university decided to cut all meat and dairy from its menus within five years.

The University of Stirling' s student union has become the first in the UK to commit to a fully vegan menu after a motion was passed this month.

The move hasn't been popular with everyone. Scottish agricultural associations called the decision “bonkers” and said students had been “brainwashed by bias media.”

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