Animal and climate justice group cover Bristol city centre with messages calling for ‘plant-based future’

A Bristol-based animal rights movement has plastered Bristol’s city centre with posters and messages calling for the transition to a plant-based food system.

Animal Rebellion took to the streets last night (February 13) across multiple cities including London, Birmingham, Manchester and Bristol. Posters requesting residents ‘don’t break any hearts this Valentine’s - be part of a plant-based future’ were seen across Millennium Square, Park Street, the Christmas steps and the Harbourside. The word ‘Love’ and pawprints were also spraypainted on various buildings and monuments including the empty Colston plinth.

The group has called for ‘wholesale governmental and societal support for farmers and fishing communities to transition to a plant-based food system and programme of rewilding that will secure a future for generations to come’. One supporter, who is a teaching assistant, Jenny Brock, believes the coordinated movement will raise awareness of the ‘violence, cruelty and environmental destruction caused by animal farming’.

Jenny said: “We are spreading the love for climate and animals this Valentine’s Day. We are raising awareness of the need to transition away from the violence, cruelty and environmental destruction caused by animal farming and onto a sustainable plant-based food system by displaying posters and messages around the city.”