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Ed Winters, also known as Earthling Ed, is an animal rights activist, public speaker, filmmaker, and restaurateur from the UK.

Activism
Winters initially became vegetarian in 2014 after reading an article about a lorry carrying chickens that crashed on the way to a slaughterhouse. He then became vegan after watching the documentary Earthlings.

Appearance on 'This Morning' November 2018.

Big Questions

Through Surge in August 2017 Winters released a documentary film "Land of Hope and Glory", which he also narrated.

February 2017 started a petition to ban fur at LFW.

2 day protest at LFW 2016.

Interview on Sky News re Fur (10th April 2017? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qreCr3uuaWo

In 2018 Winters co-founded a vegan restaurant in London called Unity Diner. Profits from the restaurant go towards his Surge organisation.

Official Animal Rights march - 2500 attended in 2016

Attempted save of turkeys in September 2017

Expose of Turkey Farming in December 2018.

Headline Vegan Campout August 2019

Attacked by farmer in Febauary 2018 while laying roses outside a livestock market.

Dismantle Dairy 2019 - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cow-sexual-abuse-violence-dairy-farm-punch-kick-hit-essex-nfu-a9215306.html

2500 vegans Animal Rights March 2016 - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/thousands-of-vegans-stage-animal-rights-march-in-central-london-a3625626.html

Co-director of Surge

"Caused chaos" at Sep 2017 fashion week.

Petition stop school slaughter pigs -

https://metro.co.uk/2018/01/21/school-hand-reared-four-pigs-now-going-killed-7247634/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/01/22/secondary-school-targeted-animal-rights-activists-vegan-parents/

Feb 2019 Dairy investigation - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/26/undercover-footage-of-violence-at-dairy-farm-prompts-rspca-investigation

In March 2020 Winters posted an image on social media claiming that "COVID-19 was caused by eating animals", which drew wider attention and was resposted by other accounts. The post drew criticism online, and has been analysed by USA Today to be "partly false" since "some of the claim is not supported by our research". A Politifact review concurred, arguing that it "contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression". Winters responded to the USA Today article, concluding "the main rebuttal to the post is actually the same as the main argument for the post, which is that reducing contact is the best measure for reducing zoonotic disease."

July 2020, exposed goat cruelty in Yorkshire. Sales withdrawn from most major UK supermarkets.

Supports "nonviolent activism"

Opened No Catch Co in 2021.

Released "This is Vegan Propaganda" in 2022.

400,000 YouTube subscribers.

In 2022 Winters released the short film "Milk". In 2023 this won a People's Voice Webby Award in the Animation category.