A climate and animal activist group took to Bristol's streets last night (February 13), the night before Valentine's Day, calling for a transition to a plant-based system. Local supporters of Animal Rebellion are also vocalising that Britain 'lives up' to its label of a 'nation of animal lovers' so it can secure a future for generations to come.
The activist group spray painted and displayed pink and white posters across Bristol city centre with the slogan "Don't Break Any Hearts This Valentines Day, Be Part Of A Plant-Based Future". One photo showed posters stuck on the side of the empty Colston plinth, and 'LOVE' and an animal paw print spray-painted on the ground, right next to the smashed-up concrete slab where the slave trader's statue landed when it was pulled down.
It's not only local residents who will be waking up to fresh paint as the group also targeted Exeter, Brighton, Birmingham, London, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh. Animal Rebellion said it is urging wholesale governmental and societal support for farmers and fishing communities to transition to a plant-based food system.
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This comes after comprehensive research from the University of Oxford showed that 76% of the land currently used for food production would be freed-up by a global transition to plant-based production.
They say this land could be rewilded and begin carbon drawdown, mitigating the worst impacts of climate breakdown. In 2019 a Harvard University report on UK farmland and food production, from Helen Harwatt and Matthew N. Hayek, concluded that the nation could be carbon-negative if it completely transitioned to a plant-based system.
One supporter, who is a teaching assistant, Jenny Brock, said the group are 'spreading love for climate and animals this Valentines Day".
The 29-year-old continued: We are raising awareness of the need to transition away from the violence, cruelty and environmental destruction caused by animal farming and onto a sustainable plant-based food system by displaying posters and messages around the city".
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