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Banker Turned Animal Activist, Nilgün Engin Was Inspired by Her Daughter
Nilgün Engin joined Animal Save Movement in 2019 and is now the Regional Liaison for the Middle East, North Africa, and Greece. She is based in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. What prompted you to become vegan? How long have you been vegan? March 15, 2017: After a...
Psychologist Uses Her Expertise to Impact the Vegan Movement
Angela Crawford, Ph.D. has over 20 years of experience as a licensed psychologist in upstate New York. Her work includes providing holistic psychotherapy approaches to address stress, anxiety, and trauma, and to nurture body, mind, and spirit. After becoming vegan in...
One Woman’s Journey of Activism in Japan and Australia
Katrina Larsen lived in Japan for 17 years, earning her living teaching interpreting skills. Three years ago, she returned to her home in Victoria, Australia. She gave up meat at 17, but didn’t fully commit to veganism because she felt “it was a way to stay ‘normal’...
Varun Virlan Is Challenging Norms
Varun Virlan has been vegan and an activist since 2014, starting with organizing direct actions and vegan outreach to bring awareness to the plight of animals. Even as a young boy in India, he did what he could to help strays in his neighbourhood. He moved to...
Anita Krajnc, One Person in a Big Team
Anita Krajnc doesn’t take all the credit for founding Toronto Pig Save; if it wasn’t for her four-legged companion, Mr. Bean, she wouldn’t have been exposed to the transport trucks carrying pigs to the slaughterhouse in her neighbourhood. “When I moved here in...
There Was a Killing
Documentary filmmaker Shaun Monson made a powerful statement with his film about activist Regan Russell. It was Monson’s job to give us the facts, and he did that with eyewitness and expert accounts. While some scenes are horrific to watch, this documentary explains...