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World-famous model and ’60s icon Twiggy has penned a letter to Fortnum & Mason urging them to end the store’s sale of horrifically cruel foie gras.

Music icon and tireless animal defender Sir Paul McCartney is turning 69. The singer, songwriter and composer is also a devoted vegetarian.

Canadian officials are reporting that 2011’s seal slaughter saw one of the lowest numbers of seals killed in recorded history – less than 10 percent of the 400,000-seal maximum.

Welsh-born star Owain Yeoman, who plays Special Agent Wayne Rigsby in the Channel 5 programme The Mentalist, led a protest against Fortnum & Mason’s continued sale of foie gras.

Celebrity Big Brother star Chantelle Houghton joined PETA in front of the Houses of Parliament to call on the government to ban the use of wild animals in circuses.

PETA, alongside the majority of UK animal protection organisations, has signed a joint letter to David Cameron calling him to reverse his decision not to ban animals in circuses.

After being contacted by PETA and a number of their patrons, the Royal Shakespeare Company and its Rooftop Restaurant have agreed to end their sale of foie gras.

Grammy and Brit Award nominee Moby isn’t just releasing his new album and photo book, Destroyed, this week – he’s also the star of a new PETA video.

West End stage stars Jenny Seagrove, Peter Egan, and Carley Stenson joined PETA in a protest outside Fortnum & Mason in Piccadilly today.

Tamara Ecclestone, daughter of Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, can now add being an “angel for animals” to her ever-growing résumé.