A farm has cancelled its annual turkey auction after vegan campaigners demanded a stop to it.
St Werberghs City Farm turkey auction raises money for homeless people in the Bristol area.
Nine turkeys at the farm were to be auctioned off to raise money in time for Christmas.
The farm, which “keeps animals, grows vegetables and helps the local community learn about the outdoors”, had to cancel its tradition after coming under the wrath of local vegan campaigners.
On a social media post, Bristol Vegan Action said: “With enough support, St Werburghs City Farm may consider sparing these innocent lives, and instead becoming a sanctuary.”
Vegan campaign group Viva!, on a Facebook post dating Tuesday (4 December), told its 90,000-strong audience to “take action” by commenting on St Werburghs City Farm Facebook page, emailing their office and phoning the farm.
However, as of 5 December, St Werburghs City Farm's Facebook page is unavailable to access.
The farm told BBC News it offers turkeys the highest standards of welfare and is proud to keep them for farming.
A statement said: “We are aware that raising animals for meat is an emotive issue, and having listened to the views of a small section of our community, we have decided not to hold our annual turkey auction.
“However, the aims and objectives of the farm will remain unchanged and our turkeys will still be sold for Christmas.”
The news follows vegan campaigners demanding that the ancient Dorset village of Wool change its name to 'Vegan Wool', claiming it promotes sheep cruelty, despite the true origin of the village's name.
