After fifty years of campaigning, the UK's Live Export Ban has come into play this week, whilst Australia announce that sheep will cease to be allowed to be exported live from 2028. Is this really a good news story for animals? Or just a tokenistic morale booster for the animal rights movement?

Talking of tokenism, Ant, Julie & Karen cover King Charles' latest baby steps, a Marks & Spencer ban and lifesaving equipment for companion animals that now come as standard inside all West Yorkshire Fire Engines.

As ever, we're also briefly covering ten or so further stories from the week's vegan & animal rights news, giving the facts, our opinions & the occasional bit of silliness.

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Each week we look through news stories from the past 7 days in the world of veganism & animal rights.

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Links to part of this week's show:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-69011718  

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-zoo-panda-dogs-rcna151606 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/free-range-eggs-tesco-mands-rspca-b2538181.html 

https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/27578 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-69004439 

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24308577.white-house-farm-butcher-cant-hire-staff/ 

https://vegconomist.com/market-and-trends/sales-animal-meat-dutch-supermarkets-decreased-16-4-since-2020/

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0300711 

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-reveals-media-representations-animal-rights.html 

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/24322405.peta-animal-rights-group-put-billboard-oat-milk-saga/ 

https://www.peta.org.uk/blog/carrefour-frogs/ 

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240514-uk-law-to-ban-live-animal-exports-clears-parliament 

https://www.theanimalreader.com/2024/05/12/animal-news-australia-ban-sheep-export-sea/ 

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