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Ft. Wayne, Indiana's Vegan Restaurant Month shows how America is going vegan, town by town! Ft. Wayne, Indiana is America's 83rd largest city in terms of population. It's the heart of the heartland and a typical example of America's Midwest. And, it's leaning plant-based as evidenced by the success of its Vegan Restaurant Month celebration, which is taking place all this month, through the end of November. Heather and JR Dahman are the husband and wife team leading the charge to show city residents the joys and health benefits of plant-based living. Fittingly, they also run a company called The Herbivore Next Door. Now, let's get the skinny on how they are veganizing their friends, neighbors, restaurants and institutions by showing everyone in their community that going plant-based is no sacrifice. It's a joyous adventure towards better health, sustainability and compassion for all beings. Every city needs to copy this model. Visit: FortWayneVegan.com and https://theherbivorenextdoor.com for more.

BREAKING NEWS - How artificial intelligence will save India’s elephants from being hit by trains. Famed filmmaker and elephant advocate Sangita Iyer will announce that the AI-based equipment for ???? ???????????????? ?????????????? to be installed inside India’s famed ???????????????????? ???????????????? ?????????????????? has FINALLY arrived!

 

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https://www.vfaes.org/

Starbucks has dropped its surcharge for plant-based milks, a surcharge that was as high as 70 to 80 cents per drink. So, now, those who love soy, oat, almond and coconut milk are treated as equal citizens at Starbucks in US and Canadian stores. FINALLY! This is a monumental victory for the vegan movement! So, UnchainedTV is honoring two organizations that went all out in the battle to end this unfair penalty: PETA and Switch4Good. We talk to S4G’s Executive Director, Dotsie Bausch who is a vegan Olympic medalist & PETA’s Campaigns Manager Amber Canavan about the impact on animals, human health, climate change and OTHER coffee shops and outlets that still charge extra. How do we use this victory to get other stores to change? What are the implications for the societal move away from dairy? UnchainedTV’s Jane Velez-Mitchell digs for answers with two of the nation’s leading experts on the issue! Get involved: https://www.peta.org/ & https://switch4good.org/ & https://unchainedtv.com/

Whale Wars Star and founder of Sea Shepherd, Captain Paul Watson, has been imprisoned since July in Greenland! The anti-whaling hero has applied for political asylum in France as he fights off attempts by Japan to get him extradited to that nation where he could end up behind bars for 15 years. Activists around the world are demanding that Watson be released immediately with protests from Los Angeles to France outside Danish government offices. Watson was first arrested back in July when his ship docked in Greenland, which is park of the kingdom of Denmark. Danish authorities are still deciding whether to extradite him. Japan is one of the few nations that still engages in whaling. Environmentalists and animal lovers across the globe are outraged that any government would side with whalers at a time when our seas and the animals in them are in crisis. UnchainedTV’s Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks with Omar Todd, Global CEO of the Paul Watson Foundation. https://www.paulwatsonfoundation.org/

BREAKING NEWS with coverage of an extraordinary court hearing in Madison, Wisconsin. Famed Open Rescue leader Wayne Hsiung is demanding that a Special Prosecutor be appointed to launch a criminal case against a large laboratory beagle breeding facility that animal advocates charge is filled with many suffering beagles. Hsiung and 2 others entered that facility with cameras rolling back in 2017, documenting conditions. They removed 3 beagles they described as being in extreme distress. Hsiung was facing felony charges and up to 16 years in prison when the case against him and the 2 others was suddenly dropped earlier this year, just days before trial was finally set to start. Now, Wayne Hsiung is back in court demanding the facility be prosecuted. UnchainedTV had a camera in court to bring viewers the developments LIVE. UnchainedTV host Jane Velez-Mitchell, attorney Mirais Holden and animal activist Tiffany Brunelli provide analysis. The company in question is invited on any time.

EMERGENCY APPEAL: Help one amazing couple save more than 100 chimpanzees. Donate here: https://www.liberiachimpanzeerescue.org/donate.html

Now watch as Jenny and Dr. Jim Desmond tell their harrowing story LIVE. In 2015, a group of animal protection groups asked the Desmonds to go to Liberia to save the lives of 66 chimpanzees who the NY Blood Center abandoned on six islands after using them in biomedical research. The Desmonds planned to spend about a month in Liberia putting systems in place and finding locals to take over their care, but they were unable to leave. Soon, government authorities began bringing them orphaned baby chimps who were victims of the bushmeat and exotic pet trades. No one else in Liberia had the experience or expertise to take care of them. It has been almost ten years, and the Desmonds now have about 115 chimps in their care and dozens of employees from neighboring villages. They've built the first phase of a permanent sanctuary in the forest. They are very eager to embark on phase 2, which would enable the adult chimps to get out of their enclosures and spend time in the forest, but they can’t even consider that because they don’t have enough money to cover their operating expenses. The fantastic three-part BBC series about the Desmonds’ conservation and rescue work, Baby Chimp Rescue, led to donations that enabled them to operate and complete phase 1, but that infusion has ended. Because they are in Liberia and do not have a network of supporters abroad, they are not raising the amount of money they need to function, much less build out the sanctuary and create an endowment. Says TheirTurn founder Donny Moss, Having visited them twice while working on the campaign to compel the NY Blood Center for pay for the care of the chimps they abandoned, I have seen the extraordinary work they do in the most challenging of environments. And, as one of the few Americans who has been there, I feel an obligation to help them and the chimps. Their charity, Liberia Chimpanzee Rescue & Protection, is registered in the U.S. VISIT: https://www.liberiachimpanzeerescue.org/ - PLEASE HELP! Now, UnchainedTV's Jane Velez-Mitchell interviews Jenny and Jim Desmond and TheirTurn's Donny Moss.

BREAKING NEWS: Animal Outlook releases shocking, new undercover video of chickens being abused in a California factory farm and is calling for the Fresno County District Attorney’s office to file criminal animal cruelty charges against the corporation, which Animal Outlook identifies as Foster Farms, a major supplier to many big supermarkets. The video appears to show multiple instances of forklifts driving over and hitting live chickens, chickens being thrown, chickens being kicked and grabbed by their wings. Foster Farms says all of its chicken farms are American Humane Association Certified, and that the chickens it raises enjoy the 5 freedoms: including, “freedom from discomfort,” and “freedom from injury, pain, or disease.” Animal Outlook says its investigation “reveals a stark contrast, showing anything but humane care and freedom from discomfort, injury and fear.” Foster Farms is invited on any time to respond to Animal Outlook’s allegations. UnchainedTV’s Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks to Animal Outlook’s new Executive Director, Ben Williamson about this blockbuster breaking news and his fascinating history as a leader in the animal rights movement. Visit https://animaloutlook.org/investigations/foster-farms-2024/

Asha Farm Sanctuary founder Tracy Murphy speaks to UnchainedTV about her ordeal and persecution. Murphy was a New York business executive who went vegan due to her love of animals. A decade ago, she moved to a rural area north of Buffalo to start her own sanctuary, called Asha’s Farm Sanctuary. Things were going wonderfully until 2 cows wandered onto her sanctuary property in the summer of 2022. Murphy took them in and fed them. Then, all hell broke loose. She was ultimately arrested, shackled, charged with a felony and gagged from doing interviews. And, she was targeted by protests and threats as, she says, the surrounding community turned against her. Now, her charge reduced to a misdemeanor, she tells her story to UnchainedTV’s Jane Velez-Mitchell and pleads for help to keep her sanctuary going and get through this persecution and prosecution. To help her sanctuary, donate to:

https://www.ashasfarmsanctuary.org/donate-only.html

A groundbreaking legal battle rages in Peru over vegan meal options at school. Two university students, who are vegan, have sued their school arguing that they are being discriminated against because there is no vegan meal option. Here’s the petition to sign: https://www.drove.com/campaign/66b61378245bf7adb546dece The students argue this violates their constitutional rights and is a form of discrimination, similar to racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. Now, we get to meet these two extraordinary students, Gabriela Santos Tacuri and Luis Nitai Syam Florian Andrade, along with Instituto de Defensa Legal attorney Isaac Peña Lobato, interpreter Yeniffer Yupanqui and Alison Hamje, Climate Healer and Ollas Comunes Veganas representative. Now UnchainedTV’s Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks to these game changers about their courageous struggle for food justice. The university is invited on any time to respond.

Harambe is a true-crime documentary like no other and will have you on the edge of your seat with crucial information never before revealed. You can watch it by clicking here:

https://watch.unchainedtv.com/videos/harambe-the-movie. Erik Crown, the director, is a former TMZ paparazzi who used to photograph and interview celebrities on the fly before reinventing himself and becoming an animal rights filmmaker.

Harambe, a critically endangered, silverback gorilla, was shot and killed after a child entered into his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2016. The story made international news and Harambe’s photo quickly became a viral internet sensation that sparked an important discussion on captivity. Was the gorilla actually trying to protect the child when the primate was shot? Let’s dive deep and find out with the team that made this award-winning film.

Featuring Downton Abbey star Peter Egan, this movie has been hailed as the next Blackfish, revealing the dark underbelly of zoos. “The killing of Harambe was murder,” says Captain Paul Watson, star of Whale Wars and founding member of Greenpeace and Sea Shepherd. UnchainedTV’s Jane Velez-Mitchell speaks with Director Erik Crown and Producer Sierra Williams about this groundbreaking film. For more, or to get involved, visit: https://harambemovie.com/