- Breaking news!
Australia bans a couple from fostering children
because they're vegan.
I'm Brock Lee.
And this is a World Vegan News mini episode.
Make sure to check in every other Saturday,
including this one for full episodes.
Now let's get into it.
Yes, you did hear that right.
A couple from Queensland, Australia reported on Reddit
that they were denied the ability to foster children
because they were vegan.
Here's what user VulcanVegan wrote in the post.
"We recently learned that in our state of Queensland,
vegans and even vegetarians can't foster children,
unless they agree to feed the children meat."
(sighs)
I don't even-
Australia,
you're crazy.
- And as soon as they saw me, they came bounding over.
( crazy growling)
And I just made it into the front door in time.
- What do you guys think about this?
Should the government be able to step in
and make this kind of decision?
Ariana Grande has announced the release
of her new vegan perfume.
The name of the cruelty-free fragrance
is 'God is a woman'
after her 2018 song of the very same name.
This has sparked some angry comments on her Instagram
from people claiming that vegans push
their lifestyle on everyone.
- I'm here to tell you right now,
we don't care.
(laughs)
We don't care.
- Hey, if you like these episodes,
make sure to give the video a thumbs up
and watch all the way through for the algorithm's sake.
Thanks!
- Thanks!
- Next up, major British bakery chain Gregg's
just welcomed its latest vegan edition,
a dairy and meat-free ham and cheese baguette.
The baguette features Quorn's plant-based ham
and Violife's dairy-free cheese
and it can also be ordered hot or cold.
(exhales)
I can already hear vegan hater, Piers Morgan,
whining about proper Cornish pasties.
- Get down there, aye. Proper Cornish pasties!
- In some of the best vegan news that we got this week,
Argentina passed a bill,
which made it officially the first country to ban
salmon farming.
- (manic laughing)
Get the (beep) out here (beep)!
(screaming)
- Yes,
lawmakers unanimously approved the bill and the decision is
the first of its kind globally.
And you know,
the first is always the hardest.
- Nice.
- And now taking a break from the news
for our new exclusively
curated segment from yours truly,
Brock Lee's favorite animals.
(dramatic music)
- You have the dogs that love the water
and then you have the dogs that hate the water.
- Peck.
He smells it.
(hysterically laughing)
- (laughs)
Bum scratches are life.
Okay.
- Hey, where your mom at?
Where your mom-
(speaking a foreign language)
(dog running)
(ball dropping)
(dog running)
(jumps on the couch)
(laughing)
Have you guys ever just looked at cows and thought,
"Man, those are just big old dogs."
Look at that.
How could anyone want to eat that overgrown cute doggo?
- I freaking love animals.
What do you guys think about having a small mini segment
inside of these episodes?
Okay,
now we go into our new quickfire segment to cover any bits
of news we didn't have time for.
First up, Target is launching a new
line of plant-based goods.
The Good and Gather plant-based brand will offer a
whopping 30 new plant-based items.
All for just $8 or less.
A Spanish startup named Nova Meats
is using 3D printing to
produce 500 kilograms of lab grown meat products per hour.
They'll officially be launching next year.
Would you try this?
In similar news,
a sushi bar named Wild Type is creating lab grown salmon.
At maximum capacity,
the plant will be able to produce upwards of 200,000 pounds
of slaughter free seafood annually.
With all these lab grown
and vegan alternatives growing,
traditional slaughterhouses are absolutely pissed.
- Huh?
What's up?
What's (beep) up, bro?
- Look, maybe we can all just take-
- Get the (beep) outta here, dude!
(gasping)
- Beloved band,
My Chemical Romance has just released a completely vegan
makeup collection.
It features a white eyeliner duo set,
a white primer pot,
a four-piece lip gloss set and an eyeliner palette.
Vegans everywhere are going to be so beautiful.
- It's beautiful, isn't it?
- The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
denied the certification trademark application
for slaughterhouse meat products to have
'certified humane' labels.
They wanted to put 'humane' labels on meat packages.
Damn right.
Them 'Stralians did the right thing.
It's a good day, mate.
- Well then,
good day mate.
- Starbucks Indonesia has expanded its vegan range
by adding two new options to its menu.
A plant-based meatball sandwich
and a vegan chocolate raspberry cake.
They're launching them at 460 locations as a test for now.
And hopefully they'll bring that (beep)
over to the United States soon.
Make sure to join our vegan discord.
We've got 400 members and we're growing.
The link is below.
And also let me know how you guys liked the idea of these
mini episodes in between the full World Vegan News episodes.
Because if you like 'em, I'll keep doing 'em.
As always,
thanks for checking in with me,
Brock Lee,
and for more watch the World Vegan News playlist
with all previous episodes.
I'll see you all Saturday for a brand new full episode of
the World Vegan News.
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