World Vegan Month – Could you and your dog take the vegan pledge?
November is World Vegan Month, where celebrities, businesses and everyday folk can take the vegan pledge for a week or a month, and see what it’s like to be vegan! “I love animals…. but I could never...
View ArticleEthical Buisness: Ethical Life. Vol 6.
When did you have the idea to set up your Vegan shoe shop? I started Wills with a passion to provide animal and human friendly shoes with high-street styles and prices. My dream is to bridge the gap...
View ArticleThe Revolution is Coming (and it sounds and tastes goooood!)
On Saturday I popped in to Manchester’s 100% Vegan diner. My socks were blown so far off I never did find them again…. To put this into perspective, I have spent a bit of time in Berlin while working...
View ArticleEthical Pets is Switching to Triados
Following our expansion into wholesale, we have moved some of our banking from the Cooperative Bank to Triodos. We are impressed by the values and methods of Triodos: here are a few example from their...
View ArticleCreative Creation
I spent last week animating with plasticine with some 5-11 year old children from my Mum’s church. I used Phatch, Linux Stop Motion and Kdenlive to make the animation. Those are all Free Software, so...
View ArticleMilo’s Last Miles: no such thing as plain sailing.
In animal sanctuaries there are dogs of all shapes and sizes… and some of them are very old. Milo was, until recently, one such dog. It’s hard for sanctuaries to find homes for dogs like Milo; they are...
View ArticleMilo’s Last Miles: full of surprises
We thought Milo’s life was coming to the end. He had a tumour on his cheek that the animal sanctuary removed before we rescued him, but as is typical of the type of tumour, it came back. It was slowly...
View ArticleFrogs Crossing
Anna went walking with the dogs the other day and found around 30 squashed frogs in the road. The frogs were migrating (en masse) from higher up in the hills down to the waterside – but they had to...
View ArticleJoey’s Animal Facts Vol. 6 – Ribbit Ribbit
Welcome to Joey’s Animals Facts. This time we are focusing on the frogs. What is the difference between frogs and toads? Surprisingly they are not two separate groups. All toads are actually types of...
View ArticleEthical Pets Say NO to Fracking
Today Anna is working from a temporary office outside the council offices in Preston, joining in with the last-ditch attempt to stop fracking in Lancashire. Tomorrow, the council will make their...
View ArticleThe EU referendum: animal welfare and the environment
We try to avoid talking about politics too much, we know you, our wonderful customers, are a diverse bunch of folk and we don’t want to alienate, annoy or stress-out anyone (We even made a way for you...
View ArticleNew dog Arriving Today!
We are getting a new dog today! Hurray! The post New dog Arriving Today! appeared first on .
View ArticleMeet Bryn: our new dog
This is Bryn, our new and oh-my-gosh-how-adorable rescue dog. Bryn, who is 10, has had a really hard time and needs lots of special one-to-one care. His favourite things are walking and playing "go...
View ArticleAn Anxious Dog
Bryn, our new rescue dog, is starting to settle in well. He likes the cats (okay a bit to much) and he gets on really well with my Mum and Dad's dogs. He even likes to play Beco-tug with the...
View ArticleEthical Business: Ethical Life – meet The Afternoon Tea Co!
The Afternoon Tea Co was started at the back end of 2016. I originally had a business called Betsy's Living Vintage which included event styling, vintage prop hire and afternoon tea parties for hen...
View ArticleNorthern Vegan Festival Twitter Competition Winners!
Following the Northern Vegan Festival, those who took their pets an ethical present home from our stall got the chance to enter our photo competition on Twitter. Here are our wonderful winners! A Leggy...
View ArticleEthical Business: Ethical Life – The Crafty Kim Searle
Meet Kim Searle, textile and jewelry super-woman! We met Kim at a vegan fair in Manchester and fell in love with her quirky, intelligent and beautifully made trinkets. Anna even has a “Badass Feminist...
View ArticleWhy I love BecoThings!
I just went on a super long love-rant about why I love BecoThings so much. Thought I should share it with you guys! The post Why I love BecoThings! appeared first on The Ethical Pets Blog.
View ArticleEthical Business: Ethical Life – Plant Faced Clothing
Our interview with plant faced clothing: fresh, fashionable and ETHICAL clothes. We love it! The post Ethical Business: Ethical Life – Plant Faced Clothing appeared first on The Ethical Pets Blog.
View ArticleEthical Business: Ethical Life – Why I am a Goupie Groupie
Family recipe, ethical and not-too-expensive: Goupie chocolates are a sweet revelation! Here is my interview with Grace, about how and why Goupie do what they do so well. The post Ethical Business:...
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