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Building an economic partnership with the League

The advent of an anti-speciesist and vegan society will not happen without entrepreneurs and economic partners who wish to anticipate a more ethical, sustainable future that respects the fundamental rights of sentient beings.

Are you an entrepreneur ? 

Why not prove to society that you are not part of the moral catastrophe currently unfolding?

Obtaining non-human legal personhood for animals, tailored to their needs, and the essential rights that will follow from it, are certainly ambitious goals, but they will inevitably be achieved in the coming decades.

The League is convinced that in the near future, our children will wonder how we could have treated non-human animals with such barbarity and on such a large scale.

The League wishes to establish partnerships with companies that are committed to:

  • Developing a significant range of vegan alternatives for consumers;
  • promoting this range in a concrete way through effective and rewarding marketing and advertising.

This partnership is obviously open to all companies, including, of course, those that do not produce or sell 100% vegan products.

Need information to persuade you to position yourself on the right side of history in the making?
  1. According to the most recent study conducted in 2022, nearly 11% of the world’s population does not eat meat: 6.4% are vegetarian and 4% are vegan. This growth reflects the growing awareness of the environmental and health consequences of meat consumption.
  2. India is the most vegetarian country in the world. Not only does it hold the record for the percentage of the population that does not eat meat: nearly 39%.
  3. In Israel, nearly 13% of the population follows a vegetarian or vegan diet. Israel also holds the world record for the number of vegans: 5% of the Israeli population is vegan, a figure unmatched anywhere else in the world.
  4. The popularity of vegetarianism is expected to continue to grow in the coming years. Awareness of the environmental, ethical and health issues associated with meat consumption will likely contribute to this growth.
  5. The number of vegans in the United Kingdom exploded in 2023, with a significant increase of 1.1 million people adopting a vegan lifestyle compared to the previous year. Generation Z is leading the way in dietary change, with more than half of this generation likely to follow a meat-free diet by 2025.
  6. The vegetarian and vegan market in France grew by 24% in 2018.
  7. The term ‘vegan’ has been searched for five times more on Google over the last ten years.
  8. Around 34% of French people consider themselves flexitarians. Meat consumption has fallen by around 12% in France over the last ten years.
  9. One in three Belgians say they eat vegetarian at least once a week. The percentage of (almost) vegetarians and vegans is increasing compared to 2020, rising from 5% to 8%. The number of flexitarians is also on the rise: 28% eat vegetarian at least three days a week. Women (47%) and young people (46%) are more likely to consider vegetarian foods to be healthy.
  10. The increase in environmental pressure due to the food system by 2050 is estimated at around 90%.
  11. By 2025, the market size for meat substitutes is expected to reach around £19 billion, almost four times more than in 2020, when this segment was valued at just under £5 billion. Sales of milk substitutes are expected to double by 2025: while they represented nearly £16 billion in 2020, they are expected to rise to more than £32 billion within two years.
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  1. The Universal Declaration of Animal Rights already stipulated in 1978 in Article 9 that: ‘The legal personality of animals and their rights must be recognised by law’; and in Article 7 that: ‘Any act unnecessarily causing the death of an animal and any decision leading to such an act constitute a crime against life.’
  2. The 2018 Declaration of Animal Rights states in Article 2 that: ‘Every animal belonging to a species whose sentience is recognised by science has the right to respect for that sentience.’
  3. The European Union has recognised animals as sentient beings since the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union came into force on 1 December 2009.
  4. Many countries recognise animals as sentient beings. This is particularly the case in Germany, Switzerland, Quebec, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, France, etc.
  5. Some countries have elevated animal rights and their protection to constitutional status. This is particularly the case in Switzerland, Germany, India, Brazil, Luxembourg, Belgium, etc.
  6. Historically considered as movable property in their relationship to the world, non-human animals are now only subject to this regime through a legal fiction devoid of any scientific or ethological basis.
  7. Courts and tribunals, as well as the legislation of certain countries, grant non-human animals the legal status of non-human persons. This is particularly the case in India, New Caledonia, Brazil, Argentina, etc.
  8. Proclaimed in March 2019 by legal scholars, the Toulon Declaration states in particular that: ‘Animals must be universally considered as persons and not as things (…) Consequently, the status of person, in the legal sense, must be recognised for animals’.
  1. A significant number of studies, research projects and scientific experiments have concluded that the vast majority of animals are sentient beings or presumed to be so.
  2. According to the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness issued in July 2012 by a group of eminent researchers in cognitive neuroscience, neuropharmacology, neurophysiology, neuroanatomy and computational neuroscience from renowned institutions: “The absence of a neocortex does not seem to prevent an organism from experiencing affective states. Converging data indicate that non-human animals possess the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states, as well as the capacity to engage in intentional behaviour. Therefore, the strength of the evidence leads us to conclude that humans are not alone in possessing the neurological substrates of consciousness. Non-human animals, including all mammals and birds, as well as many other species such as octopuses, also possess these neurological substrates.“
  3. The Montreal Declaration on Animal Exploitation, published on 4 October 2022 and signed by more than 550 researchers and academics specialising in moral and political philosophy, declares that all forms of animal farming, fishing and exploitation must be ended. These researchers condemn ‘all practices that involve treating animals as things or commodities’ and call for a profound transformation of our relationships with other animals by ending their exploitation. They base this on the well-established fact in ethology that most exploited animals are sentient, i.e., capable of subjectively experiencing pleasant or unpleasant things.
  4. The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness, published on 19 April 2024 and co-signed by leading experts in the field, affirms the capacity of birds and mammals to have conscious experiences. With caution, scientists also establish a reasonable presumption of subjectivity in all other vertebrates as well as in many invertebrates, including octopuses, crustaceans and insects.
  1. Livestock farming is responsible for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
  2. 83% of the world’s agricultural land is used by the meat and dairy industry.
  3. 63% of deforestation in the Amazon is attributable to cattle farming.
  4. Livestock farming is responsible for 25% of soil acidification, 80% of ammonia emissions, 80% of antibiotic use and 80% of terrestrial fishery resources.
  5. Since 1970, deforestation has caused the disappearance of 73% of wildlife populations.
  6. A vegan diet can reduce an individual’s food-related GHG footprint by 75%.
  7. Livestock farming is an incubator for pathogens and a trigger for epizootics and zoonoses.
  8. In France, 300 million tonnes of animal waste are produced each year. Pig farms in Brittany produce as much excrement as 60 million inhabitants.
  9. Animal waste also releases nitrous oxide, which has a global warming potential 298 times greater than CO2. 29% of nitrous oxide emissions are linked to animal faeces.
  10. Methane from enteric fermentation in animals accounts for 27% of the methane produced on earth. Methane has a global warming potential 21 times greater than CO₂. If we take into account all animal pollution (meat and milk), the proportion of methane rises to 44% of total emissions.
  11. Many drinking water wells and aquifers have been closed due to pollution from herbicides and pesticides linked to agricultural activities. In addition, the quantities of slurry from pig farms contaminate many groundwater sources with nitrates and other nitrogen compounds that facilitate the proliferation of green algae, which emit hydrogen sulphide, a highly toxic and potentially lethal gas.
  12. Twenty million birds disappear every year in Europe, meaning that 800 million birds have disappeared in 40 years. The intensification of agriculture appears to be the main cause of this phenomenon, due to the use of pesticides and nitrogen fertilisers.
  13. Ninety per cent of the world’s fish stocks are fully exploited or overexploited.
  14. According to the FAO, global food demand is expected to increase by 50% by 2050, with animal-based foods increasing by 70% and ruminant meat by 88%. To meet this demand, an additional 593 million hectares of land will be needed, equivalent to twice the surface area of India.


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