Mariann Sullivan
@marisul.bsky.social
Co-host of Our Hen House podcast and host of Animal Law Podcast. Lawyer, teacher, animal lover.
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The EVERY Co has raised $55M ahead of a major Walmart rollout that will bring products featuring its animal-free egg proteins Why are companies buying in? Not just the climate benefits—but basic economics. After years of volatility, "food manufacturers just want a stable and secure supply of eggs."
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The EVERY Co has raised $55M ahead of a major Walmart rollout that will bring products featuring its animal-free egg proteins Why are companies buying in? Not just the climate benefits—but basic economics. After years of volatility, "food manufacturers just want a stable and secure supply of eggs."
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Fully agreed on all points.
Perhaps Donald Trump had his biggest impact on the world this way:
He’s made climate apathy & support for fossil fuels seem “acceptable” to what seems to be at least a third of humans globally, if not more.
And that exhausts sensible people who then just choose silence
Perhaps Donald Trump had his biggest impact on the world this way:
He’s made climate apathy & support for fossil fuels seem “acceptable” to what seems to be at least a third of humans globally, if not more.
And that exhausts sensible people who then just choose silence
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Fully agreed on all points.
Perhaps Donald Trump had his biggest impact on the world this way:
He’s made climate apathy & support for fossil fuels seem “acceptable” to what seems to be at least a third of humans globally, if not more.
And that exhausts sensible people who then just choose silence
Perhaps Donald Trump had his biggest impact on the world this way:
He’s made climate apathy & support for fossil fuels seem “acceptable” to what seems to be at least a third of humans globally, if not more.
And that exhausts sensible people who then just choose silence
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❗BREAKING: CPS drops Grand National Crown Court case after juries refused to convict horse protectors.
After three successive failures to convict Animal Rising’s supporters, the CPS has dropped our fourth upcoming Crown Court case, indicating two more trials are likely to be dropped due to
After three successive failures to convict Animal Rising’s supporters, the CPS has dropped our fourth upcoming Crown Court case, indicating two more trials are likely to be dropped due to
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
❗BREAKING: CPS drops Grand National Crown Court case after juries refused to convict horse protectors.
After three successive failures to convict Animal Rising’s supporters, the CPS has dropped our fourth upcoming Crown Court case, indicating two more trials are likely to be dropped due to
After three successive failures to convict Animal Rising’s supporters, the CPS has dropped our fourth upcoming Crown Court case, indicating two more trials are likely to be dropped due to
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The National School Lunch Program accounts for roughly 7.5% of U.S. fluid milk sales.
A 2017 peer-reviewed study found that among younger elementary students, 45.5 % of milk offered was wasted over the course of the week.
#onehealth #vetmed #vetstudent #veterinarian #vetschool #gotmilk
A 2017 peer-reviewed study found that among younger elementary students, 45.5 % of milk offered was wasted over the course of the week.
#onehealth #vetmed #vetstudent #veterinarian #vetschool #gotmilk
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The National School Lunch Program accounts for roughly 7.5% of U.S. fluid milk sales.
A 2017 peer-reviewed study found that among younger elementary students, 45.5 % of milk offered was wasted over the course of the week.
#onehealth #vetmed #vetstudent #veterinarian #vetschool #gotmilk
A 2017 peer-reviewed study found that among younger elementary students, 45.5 % of milk offered was wasted over the course of the week.
#onehealth #vetmed #vetstudent #veterinarian #vetschool #gotmilk
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What made you become a conscientious objector to the dairy industry?
Some dairy industry facts:
The average lifespan of a U.S. dairy cow is 2.5 lactations.
A 2014 study of 45 herds in the U.S. Northwest found that 21% of cows had a gait abnormality (clinical lameness ~4%) in those herds.
Some dairy industry facts:
The average lifespan of a U.S. dairy cow is 2.5 lactations.
A 2014 study of 45 herds in the U.S. Northwest found that 21% of cows had a gait abnormality (clinical lameness ~4%) in those herds.
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What made you become a conscientious objector to the dairy industry?
Some dairy industry facts:
The average lifespan of a U.S. dairy cow is 2.5 lactations.
A 2014 study of 45 herds in the U.S. Northwest found that 21% of cows had a gait abnormality (clinical lameness ~4%) in those herds.
Some dairy industry facts:
The average lifespan of a U.S. dairy cow is 2.5 lactations.
A 2014 study of 45 herds in the U.S. Northwest found that 21% of cows had a gait abnormality (clinical lameness ~4%) in those herds.
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Great piece!
"Champions of exceptionalism say humans hold a unique moral status. Yet there’s only one species recklessly destroying the planet it needs to survive..."
~Megan Mayhew Bergman
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"Champions of exceptionalism say humans hold a unique moral status. Yet there’s only one species recklessly destroying the planet it needs to survive..."
~Megan Mayhew Bergman
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The last frontier of empathy: why we still struggle to see ourselves as animals | Megan Mayhew Bergman
Champions of exceptionalism say humans hold a unique moral status. Yet there’s only one species recklessly destroying the planet it needs to survive
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Great piece!
"Champions of exceptionalism say humans hold a unique moral status. Yet there’s only one species recklessly destroying the planet it needs to survive..."
~Megan Mayhew Bergman
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
"Champions of exceptionalism say humans hold a unique moral status. Yet there’s only one species recklessly destroying the planet it needs to survive..."
~Megan Mayhew Bergman
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving
We don’t have to accept all that death and waste for a dry, flavorless bird no one likes.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Turkeys are flavorless and dry, and they want to live. This Thanksgiving, @mbolotnikova.bsky.social encourages you to challenge the status quo and embrace plant-based alternatives, have conversations about ethical food choices, and create more sustainable and compassionate traditions.
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"Articulate, informative, exceptional, iconoclastic, thoughtful and thought-provoking. An extraordinary and timely contribution to the on-going discussion about the ethics of eating...animals."
-- Midwest Book Review, Oct. 2025
-- Midwest Book Review, Oct. 2025
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"Articulate, informative, exceptional, iconoclastic, thoughtful and thought-provoking. An extraordinary and timely contribution to the on-going discussion about the ethics of eating...animals."
-- Midwest Book Review, Oct. 2025
-- Midwest Book Review, Oct. 2025
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This 5-minute video on speciesism and veganism made by Yulia Kravchuk, a Ukrainian high school student, gives me confidence that the struggle will be carried on by future generations, even when their countries have serious problems, as Ukraine surely does, right now.
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
This might be the most important video you will ever see. Please spread it
This speech concerns the horrid tragedy of speciesism — the form of discrimination almost no one notices or talks about. It affects billions of victims every year, and the way they suffer is…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This 5-minute video on speciesism and veganism made by Yulia Kravchuk, a Ukrainian high school student, gives me confidence that the struggle will be carried on by future generations, even when their countries have serious problems, as Ukraine surely does, right now.
Spread the word!
Spread the word!
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This Vox article highlights growing evidence that fish may experience pain. Fishes and shrimp are too often left out of the animal welfare conversation. The article shows why their wellbeing matters and why supporting aquatic animal advocacy is so impactful. https://bit.ly/fish-pain-debate
The surprisingly profound debate over whether fish feel pain
We can never prove that other animals are conscious. What do we do with that?
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This Vox article highlights growing evidence that fish may experience pain. Fishes and shrimp are too often left out of the animal welfare conversation. The article shows why their wellbeing matters and why supporting aquatic animal advocacy is so impactful. https://bit.ly/fish-pain-debate
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The @biologicaldiversity.org & Brighter Green’s new report shows the media failure to fully address the problems/solutions of the climate crisis: nearly 99% of climate stories didn’t mention sustainable diets & 97% failed to mention animal ag broadly.
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The @biologicaldiversity.org & Brighter Green’s new report shows the media failure to fully address the problems/solutions of the climate crisis: nearly 99% of climate stories didn’t mention sustainable diets & 97% failed to mention animal ag broadly.
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...
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A ship carrying nearly 3,000 cows from Uruguay has been blocked in the port of Bandirma prompting concern from authorities. 🛳
#cows #news #turkey #uruguay #animals
#cows #news #turkey #uruguay #animals
Ship With Almost 3,000 Uruguayan Cows Trapped in Turkey Unleashes Animal Abuse Complaints
A ship with almost 3,000 cows blocked in the port of Bandirma, in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey, has caused concern from both the Uruguayan authorities and several animal protection organizations.
veganfta.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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In this week's Hen Report with @marisul.bsky.social & @jasminsinger.com - wildlife overpasses save animals, the coming end of animal testing in the UK, and the bamboozle of animal agriculture.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep872
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep872
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
In this week's Hen Report with @marisul.bsky.social & @jasminsinger.com - wildlife overpasses save animals, the coming end of animal testing in the UK, and the bamboozle of animal agriculture.
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep872
Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep872
Religion and non-religion both lead to the same conclusion -- if God made them sentient, we shouldn't harm them. If this world is all there is and they just happened by some extraordinary combination of circumstances to become sentient, we shouldn't harm them!!
New playlist: #Sentientism and #Religion
Inspired by the latest episode of @ourhenhouse.org and by all my wonderful guests!
I prefer @sentientism.bsky.social, a non-religious worldview, but whatever it takes!
@marisul.bsky.social @jasminsinger.com
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Inspired by the latest episode of @ourhenhouse.org and by all my wonderful guests!
I prefer @sentientism.bsky.social, a non-religious worldview, but whatever it takes!
@marisul.bsky.social @jasminsinger.com
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Sentientism and Religion - YouTube
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November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Religion and non-religion both lead to the same conclusion -- if God made them sentient, we shouldn't harm them. If this world is all there is and they just happened by some extraordinary combination of circumstances to become sentient, we shouldn't harm them!!
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@marisul.bsky.social takes on turkey pardoning ceremonies, child labor in poultry plants, and dairy's school milk schemes in our latest Rising Anxieties episode! Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep874
#AnimalRights #Thanksgiving
#AnimalRights #Thanksgiving
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@marisul.bsky.social takes on turkey pardoning ceremonies, child labor in poultry plants, and dairy's school milk schemes in our latest Rising Anxieties episode! Listen on your fav podcatcher, watch on our YouTube, or check out ourhenhouse.org/ep874
#AnimalRights #Thanksgiving
#AnimalRights #Thanksgiving
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Today, I took ten minutes to give my feedback to the EU about farmed animal welfare standards.
Making sure my voice is heard can go a long way in protecting animal welfare standards! You should contribute too!
Here is the link to submit! You don't even have to be European to do so!
Making sure my voice is heard can go a long way in protecting animal welfare standards! You should contribute too!
Here is the link to submit! You don't even have to be European to do so!
European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
ec.europa.eu
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Today, I took ten minutes to give my feedback to the EU about farmed animal welfare standards.
Making sure my voice is heard can go a long way in protecting animal welfare standards! You should contribute too!
Here is the link to submit! You don't even have to be European to do so!
Making sure my voice is heard can go a long way in protecting animal welfare standards! You should contribute too!
Here is the link to submit! You don't even have to be European to do so!
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New archaeological research from the UAE & Oman is reshaping our understanding of Bronze Age #diets revealing #plantbased eating was far more prevalent than previously thought.
New Archaeological Research Reveals Bronze Age Plant-Based Diets in the Middle East
New archaeological research from the UAE and Oman is reshaping our understanding of Bronze Age diets—revealing that plant-based eating was far more prevalent than previously believed. For decades…
veganfta.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
New archaeological research from the UAE & Oman is reshaping our understanding of Bronze Age #diets revealing #plantbased eating was far more prevalent than previously thought.
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Whoa, JBS buying up a big US cage-free egg producer (that was hit really bad with bird flu earlier this year).
Global meat giant JBS, following its pattern of buying up smaller firms, expands its position in the US egg market - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
JBS Venture Agrees to Buy Hickman’s in Push for US Egg Market
Mantiqueira USA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the joint venture between JBS and the founders of Mantiqueira Alimentos, entered into a binding agreement to acquire Hickman’s Egg Ranch, expanding t...
www.bloomberg.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Whoa, JBS buying up a big US cage-free egg producer (that was hit really bad with bird flu earlier this year).
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In our newest Rising Anxieties, @marisul.bsky.social breaks down the meat industry's Thanksgiving civil war as beef and turkey producers fight for holiday dominance.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, watch on our YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep871
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, watch on our YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep871
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In our newest Rising Anxieties, @marisul.bsky.social breaks down the meat industry's Thanksgiving civil war as beef and turkey producers fight for holiday dominance.
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, watch on our YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep871
Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, watch on our YouTube, or visit ourhenhouse.org/ep871
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Switzerland has taken a step, albeit a small one, towards exposing the dark reality behind animal products.
Switzerland’s New Animal Product Labels 🇨🇭
Herbiⓥore published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Switzerland has taken a step, albeit a small one, towards exposing the dark reality behind animal products.
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Events today are bolstering my once-deemed-crackpot theory that patriarchy was invented by men to legitimize and normalize their wild-stallion-level animal lust.
But then note— it’s not just the drive for a
sexual pleasure; it’s the drive to dominate and shore up male supremacy.
But then note— it’s not just the drive for a
sexual pleasure; it’s the drive to dominate and shore up male supremacy.
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Events today are bolstering my once-deemed-crackpot theory that patriarchy was invented by men to legitimize and normalize their wild-stallion-level animal lust.
But then note— it’s not just the drive for a
sexual pleasure; it’s the drive to dominate and shore up male supremacy.
But then note— it’s not just the drive for a
sexual pleasure; it’s the drive to dominate and shore up male supremacy.
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🐶 In 2022 we saved 23 beagle puppies from animal testing but had to leave thousands behind.
Starting in December, 20 beagle rescuers face trial accused of burglary from MBR Acres. But we all know it’s really animal testing on trial in front of a jury of 12 ordinary people.
Starting in December, 20 beagle rescuers face trial accused of burglary from MBR Acres. But we all know it’s really animal testing on trial in front of a jury of 12 ordinary people.
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🐶 In 2022 we saved 23 beagle puppies from animal testing but had to leave thousands behind.
Starting in December, 20 beagle rescuers face trial accused of burglary from MBR Acres. But we all know it’s really animal testing on trial in front of a jury of 12 ordinary people.
Starting in December, 20 beagle rescuers face trial accused of burglary from MBR Acres. But we all know it’s really animal testing on trial in front of a jury of 12 ordinary people.
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If you're around NYC on December 3rd, I'm giving a talk at Pratt's CritViz symposium about the commoditization of the idea of "animal welfare."
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If you're around NYC on December 3rd, I'm giving a talk at Pratt's CritViz symposium about the commoditization of the idea of "animal welfare."
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Another one bites the dust. Two weeks after JBS settled a false advertising lawsuit with the NYAG to stop making "net zero" claims, Tyson has just settled in D.C. about its own "net zero" claims. There is no such thing as low-emissions or carbon-neutral cattle.
aldf.org/article/tyso...
aldf.org/article/tyso...
Tyson Foods Agrees to Stop Making 'Net-zero' and 'Climate-smart Beef' Claims
Lawsuit alleged Tyson Foods falsely claimed it will be net-zero by 2050 and marketed its industrial beef products as “climate-smart”
aldf.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Another one bites the dust. Two weeks after JBS settled a false advertising lawsuit with the NYAG to stop making "net zero" claims, Tyson has just settled in D.C. about its own "net zero" claims. There is no such thing as low-emissions or carbon-neutral cattle.
aldf.org/article/tyso...
aldf.org/article/tyso...
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"A new survey of 986 U.S. chicken consumers shows how little people know abt the meat they eat.
Only 10% knew what “stunning" is, the process meant to render chickens unconscious before killing. 3.5% could name the methods used (electric shock or gas)." ~Gould
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ani...
Only 10% knew what “stunning" is, the process meant to render chickens unconscious before killing. 3.5% could name the methods used (electric shock or gas)." ~Gould
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ani...
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"A new survey of 986 U.S. chicken consumers shows how little people know abt the meat they eat.
Only 10% knew what “stunning" is, the process meant to render chickens unconscious before killing. 3.5% could name the methods used (electric shock or gas)." ~Gould
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ani...
Only 10% knew what “stunning" is, the process meant to render chickens unconscious before killing. 3.5% could name the methods used (electric shock or gas)." ~Gould
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ani...