American peanut butter brand Jif launches Peanut Butter & Chocolate Flavored Spread, dairy-free and with 50% less sugar than leading brand (VegNews)

US vegan company Impossible Foods serves celebrities and fashion icons vegan sliders and passion fruit barbecue nuggets at 2024 Met Gala event in New York City (VegNews)

McDonald’s Germany launches vegan Beyond Burger McPlant Menu curated by rock stars Bill & Tom Kaulitz (Vegconomist)

US vegan bakery chain Cinnaholic offers chocolate-covered strawberries and baby buns for Mother’s Day celebration (VegNews)

Vegan charity ProVeg International supports vegan cooking workshops in African schools – to learn more including ways to help, please visit ProVeg.org/Advocacy (Vegconomist)

US vegan fast food chains Next Level Burger and Veggie Grill launch “Birds & the Bees” campaign to protect pollinators (VegWorld)

PETA survey finds significant increase in brands offering vegan car interiors worldwide (Vegconomist)

Vegan food truck Vegan Circus wins “Best Classic Grilled Cheese”, triumphing over dairy grilled cheese at Sacramento Grilled Cheese Festival in California, US (VegOut)

Royal coronation roll, celebrating first anniversary of King and Queen’s ascendancy to the British throne, made with vegan paper for first time thanks to King Charles’ “interest in animal welfare” (Plant Based News)

Bark Air, a new “dog-first” private airline, is taking off this May with first flights serving pooches and their humans in New York City [US] metro area (Forbes)

“Cowspiracy” co-director Journey Zephyr announces new film “How To Make Drugs” that looks at the ‘wasteful, dangerous, and often absurd’ use of animal testing in pharmaceuticals (Plant Based News)

Northland [New Zealand] couple quit dairy industry after 40 years over animal welfare guilty verdicts (The Northern Advocate)

Elephant isolated in captivity for 35 years makes friends instantly at new sanctuary home in Elephant Refuge North America [Georgia, US] (People)

Costa Rica shuts down state zoos, ends wild animal captivity nationwide (The Tico times)

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