I have recently become more involved with local Leicester vegan groups and have met some truly incredible people, one of whom is Abbie Gomersall, a 23-year-old trainee geography teacher from Leicester. Abbie has been vegan for one year and one month, because as she puts it, “the thought of contributing to unnecessary suffering of other beings breaks my heart. People need to know the truth about what is on their plate.” Earlier this year Abbie took a trip to China to help rescue dogs from the meat trade, and ended up making a total 3 separate trips in 2018, helping rescue, rehabilitate and fly back dogs to the UK. In this interview, Abbie gives us a glimpse into what it’s like to do this type of volunteer work, and how you can get involved. What have your trips to China been like? So, my initial trip was in April of this year and I was only in Harbin (China) for five days. There were 10 of us volunteering over there that week – 8 from the USA, me from the UK and one from the Netherlands. We spent our time at vets’ clinics, socialising dogs at the safe house and cleaning […]