A vegan campaigner is set to run from dawn to dusk on the Winter Solstice in memory of the turkeys slaughtered for Christmas dinner this year. Rory Cockshaw, 21, an animal rights campaigner from Bristol, was inspired to take on the almost eight-hour race after meeting a 'gorgeous' turkey called Harriet.
Rory, who will wear a hat shaped as a turkey for the challenge, said he hopes to help people to "realise that veganism is possible" after going animal-free himself in 2020 - which prompted many of his family members to follow suit shortly after.
"Hearing that farmers are trying to protect turkeys from bird flu so that they can be slaughtered didn't sit right with me, especially after meeting a turkey myself," Rory said.
