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| name = Joey Carbstrong
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| birth_name = Joseph Dominic Armstrong
| birth_name = Joseph Dominic Armstrong
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| birth_place = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]
| birth_place = [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]]
| nationality = Australian
| nationality = Australian
| occupation = Animal rights activist
| occupation = Animal rights activist
| known_for = Animal rights advocacy
| known_for = Animal rights advocacy
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'''Joseph Dominic Armstrong''', known professionally as '''Joey Carbstrong''', is an Australian [[Animal rights movement|animal rights activist]]. A criminal currently on court bail,<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/09/peaceful-vegan-activist-joey-carbstrong-compared-dairy-farmers/ |title='Peaceful vegan activist' Joey Carbstrong compared dairy farmers to Hitler and told them to kill themselves |last1=Dixon |first1=Hayley |last2=Pearlman |first2=Jonathan |date=9 February 2018 |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=1 April 2018 |url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209213416/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/09/peaceful-vegan-activist-joey-carbstrong-compared-dairy-farmers/ |archive-date=2018-02-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> he has since become an advocate for [[Animal rights|animal liberation]] and [[veganism]] through social media and public speaking engagements, as well as debates and various televised interviews.


'''Joseph Dominic Armstrong''' (born 26 November 1988<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joey Armstrong |url=https://www.gawby.com/person/4944378 |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=GAWBY |language=en}}</ref>), known professionally as '''Joey Carbstrong''', is an Australian [[Animal rights movement|animal rights activist]]. A former criminal,<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/09/peaceful-vegan-activist-joey-carbstrong-compared-dairy-farmers/ |title={{-'}}Peaceful vegan activist' Joey Carbstrong compared dairy farmers to Hitler and told them to kill themselves |last1=Dixon |first1=Hayley |last2=Pearlman |first2=Jonathan |date=9 February 2018 |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=1 April 2018 |url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209213416/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/09/peaceful-vegan-activist-joey-carbstrong-compared-dairy-farmers/ |archive-date=2018-02-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> he has since become an advocate for [[Animal rights|animal liberation]] and [[veganism]] through social media and public speaking engagements, as well as debates and various televised interviews. Carbstrong also does investigative work in animal rights, having investigated slaughter houses. He has campaigned against the [[RSPCA Assured]] scheme and has released undercover footage of [[Cruelty to animals|animal cruelty]] on their farms.<ref name="Dalton 2024">{{cite web |last1=Dalton |first1=Jane |last2=Colley |first2=Claire |date=2024-09-14 |title=Cows on farms supplying M&S and Muller kicked, punched, hit with chains and sworn at in shocking footage |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cows-abuse-muller-marks-spencers-milk-rspca-b2611198.html |website=[[The Independent]] |archive-date=September 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240915180542/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cows-abuse-muller-marks-spencers-milk-rspca-b2611198.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Montgomery 2024">{{cite web |last=Montgomery |first=Samuel |date=2024-09-17 |title=Watch: Cows stabbed and beaten at flagship M&S farm |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/17/cows-beaten-marks-and-spencer-farm-charlie-langmead/|url-access=subscription |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240917143430/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/17/cows-beaten-marks-and-spencer-farm-charlie-langmead/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Carbstrong was born Joseph Dominic Armstrong in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]].<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2"/> He has publicly stated that before his fame he was involved in substance abuse and crime.<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2" /> He became a [[vegan]] after his release from incarceration.<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2"/> He has a tattoo of the word "Vegan" behind his right ear.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-thanks-to-vegans-my-vegetarianism-has-become-a-source-of-shame/ |title=Thanks to vegans, my vegetarianism has become a source of shame |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |last=Lewis |first=Carly |access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
Carbstrong was born Joseph Dominic Armstrong in [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]].<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2"/> He has publicly stated that before his fame he was involved in substance abuse and crime.<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2" /> He became a [[vegan]] after his release from incarceration.<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2"/> He has a tattoo of the word "Vegan" behind his right ear.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-thanks-to-vegans-my-vegetarianism-has-become-a-source-of-shame/ |title=Thanks to vegans, my vegetarianism has become a source of shame |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |last=Lewis |first=Carly |date=17 February 2019 |access-date=2024-09-25 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217200206/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-thanks-to-vegans-my-vegetarianism-has-become-a-source-of-shame/ |archive-date=17 February 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>


At the age of 14, he had left school and developed a heavy [[Substance abuse|drug]] addiction.<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2"/> He had various blue-collar jobs before receiving welfare at age 22. By this point he had gained a lengthy criminal record which included three assaults.<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2"/> He spent 18 months under house arrest. He was arrested in September 2011 after police discovered a concealed, loaded shotgun which Armstrong was bringing to a drug deal. Multiple weapons and additional ammunition in his hotel room were also discovered and he spent six months in jail. While in jail, he claimed to have had an [[Epiphany (feeling)|epiphany]] and decided to change his life, saying, "I began seeing my life with new eyes. I'd seen all the other prisoners in there and didn't want to be there, I wanted to leave the gangs."<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2"/><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uqh_LNpay4 | title = Is Milk Murder for Cows? | last = | first = | date = 2018 |website=Good Morning Britain | publisher = YouTube |access-date=20 January 2023 | quote = }}</ref> In May 2021, he released a video to celebrate eight years of sobriety.<ref>{{Citation |title=My demons nearly took my life from me, this is what saved me... |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIgUxFxwQRg |website=www.youtube.com |language=en |access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>
At the age of 14, he had left school and developed a heavy [[Substance abuse|drug]] addiction.<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2"/> He had various [[Blue-collar worker|blue-collar]] jobs before receiving [[welfare]] at age 22. By this point he had gained a lengthy criminal record which included three assaults.<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2"/> He spent 18 months under house arrest. He was arrested in September 2011 after police discovered a concealed, loaded shotgun which Armstrong was bringing to a drug deal. Multiple weapons and additional ammunition in his hotel room were also discovered and he spent six months in jail. While in jail, he claimed to have had an [[Epiphany (feeling)|epiphany]] and decided to change his life, saying, "I began seeing my life with new eyes. I'd seen all the other prisoners in there and didn't want to be there, I wanted to leave the gangs."<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2"/><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uqh_LNpay4 | title = Is Milk Murder for Cows? | last = | first = | date = 2018 |website=Good Morning Britain | publisher = YouTube |access-date=20 January 2023 | quote = }}</ref> In May 2021, he released a video to celebrate eight years of sobriety.<ref>{{Citation |title=My demons nearly took my life from me, this is what saved me... |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIgUxFxwQRg |website=www.youtube.com |language=en |access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>


== Animal rights advocacy ==
== Animal rights advocacy ==
Carbstrong has been involved in animal rights street activism in Australia, Hong Kong,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2123837/hong-kong-pig-save-activists-stage-vigil-slaughterhouse-raise-awareness |title=Hong Kong Pig Save activists stage vigil at city slaughterhouse |date=2017-12-11 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en |access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref> and the United Kingdom, promoting groups such as [[Anonymous for the Voiceless]] and the Save Movement, an organisation that holds vigils outside [[slaughterhouse]]s and promotes veganism by sharing images and footage from farms and slaughterhouses on social media.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42833132 |title='Vegans call me murderer and rapist' |work=[[BBC News]] |last=Haque|first=Amber |date=2018-01-29 |access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15900775.celebrity-vegan-joey-carbstrong-stands-shoulder-to-shoulder-animal-rights-activists-abattoir-vigil-spenymoor/ |title=Celebrity vegan Joey Carbstrong stands shoulder-to-shoulder with animal rights activists during abattoir vigil in Spenymoor(sci) |last=Anderson |first=Lizzie |website=[[The Northern Echo]] |date=2018-01-27 |access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>
Carbstrong has been involved in animal rights street activism in Australia, Hong Kong,<ref>{{cite web |last=James |first=Lauren |url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2123837/hong-kong-pig-save-activists-stage-vigil-slaughterhouse-raise-awareness |title=Hong Kong Pig Save activists stage vigil at city slaughterhouse |date=2017-12-11 |website=[[South China Morning Post]] |access-date=2024-09-25 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419151506/https://scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2123837/hong-kong-pig-save-activists-stage-vigil-slaughterhouse-raise-awareness |archive-date=2023-04-19 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the United Kingdom, promoting groups such as [[Anonymous for the Voiceless]] and the Save Movement, an organisation that holds vigils outside [[slaughterhouse]]s and promotes veganism by sharing images and footage from farms and slaughterhouses on social media.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42833132 |title={{-'}}Vegans call me murderer and rapist' |work=[[BBC News]] |last=Haque|first=Amber |date=2018-01-29 |access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/15900775.celebrity-vegan-joey-carbstrong-stands-shoulder-to-shoulder-animal-rights-activists-abattoir-vigil-spenymoor/ |title=Celebrity vegan Joey Carbstrong stands shoulder-to-shoulder with animal rights activists during abattoir vigil in Spenymoor |last=Anderson |first=Lizzie |website=[[The Northern Echo]] |date=2018-01-27 |access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref>


[[File:UK Co2 Gas Chambers Investigation.webm|The footage which was released by Carbstrong and his team|thumb]]
[[File:UK Co2 Gas Chambers Investigation.webm|The footage which was released by Carbstrong and his team|thumb]]
In May 2023, Carbstrong is alleged to have published pictures taken from hidden cameras at a [[Pilgrim’s Pride]] abattoir in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]] depicting the "utterly inhumane” nature of using carbon dioxide to [[Stunning|stun]] pigs before being killed.<ref name="Pigs 2023">{{cite web |title=Suffering of gassed pigs laid bare in undercover footage from UK abattoir |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/02/suffering-of-gassed-pigs-laid-bare-in-undercover-footage-from-uk-abattoir |website=[[The Guardian]] |last1=Colley |first1=Claire |last2=Wasley |first2=Andrew |date=2 May 2023 |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> Carbstrong captured the undercover footage for his documentary Pignorant.<ref name="Pigs 2023"/>
In May 2023, Carbstrong is alleged to have published pictures taken from hidden cameras at a [[Pilgrim's Pride]] abattoir in [[Ashton-under-Lyne]] depicting the "utterly inhumane" nature of using carbon dioxide to [[Stunning|stun]] pigs before being killed.<ref name="Pigs 2023">{{cite web |title=Suffering of gassed pigs laid bare in undercover footage from UK abattoir |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/02/suffering-of-gassed-pigs-laid-bare-in-undercover-footage-from-uk-abattoir |website=[[The Guardian]] |last1=Colley |first1=Claire |last2=Wasley |first2=Andrew |date=2 May 2023 |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref> Carbstrong captured the undercover footage for his documentary Pignorant.<ref name="Pigs 2023"/>

Carbstrong has released undercover footage of animal cruelty at [[RSPCA Assured]] farms.<ref name="Dalton 2024"/><ref name="Montgomery 2024"/> Footage showed workers hitting cows with implements on long poles and kicking them. In September 2024, Carbstrong commented that "our latest investigation exposes the facade behind the RSPCA’s Assured label, which is meaningless in protecting animals".<ref name="Dalton 2024"/>


===Debates===
===Debates===
In January 2018, he began a 'Vegan Prophecy UK tour', which involved protesting against multiple slaughterhouses.<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2" />
In January 2018, he began a 'Vegan Prophecy UK tour', which involved protesting against multiple slaughterhouses.<ref name="Telegraph_DairyFarmersHitler2" />


In 2018, Carbstrong appeared on the British TV program ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'' to debate two farmers.<ref name="Young 2018">{{cite web |last=Young |first=Sarah |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/joey-carbstrong-vegan-campaigner-argument-this-morning-farming-couple-death-threats-criticism-viewers-a8196736.html |title=Vegan campaigner Joey Carbstrong criticised after confronting farming couple who received death threats |website=[[The Independent]] |date=6 February 2018 |access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref> During the heated discussion, Carbstrong described [[artificial insemination]] of [[Dairy cattle|cows]] as a form of [[sexual abuse]] and said the [[Dairy farming|dairy]] industry "sexually violates" cows.<ref name="Young 2018"/> On the ''[[Jeremy Vine Show]]'', Carbstrong criticised the host [[Jeremy Vine|Vine]]'s ham and cheese sandwich.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-vine-blasted-by-vegan-activist-offended-by-his-ham-and-cheese-sandwich_uk_5a72eb00e4b06fa61b4db202|title=Vegan Activist Blasts Jeremy Vine After Spotting His Ham And Cheese Sandwich|date=2018-02-01|website=HuffPost UK|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref><ref>Street-Porter, Janet. (2018). [https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/vegans-veganism-ham-sandwich-jeremy-vine-show-a8190646.html "Vegans hurt their case by being too extreme"]. ''The Independent''. Retrieved 2019-11-13.</ref>
In 2018, Carbstrong appeared on the British TV programme ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'' to debate two farmers.<ref name="Young 2018">{{cite web |last=Jones |first=Sarah |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/joey-carbstrong-vegan-campaigner-argument-this-morning-farming-couple-death-threats-criticism-viewers-a8196736.html |title=Vegan campaigner Joey Carbstrong criticised after confronting farming couple who received death threats |website=[[The Independent]] |date=6 February 2018 |access-date=2024-09-25}}</ref> During the heated discussion, Carbstrong described [[artificial insemination]] of [[Dairy cattle|cows]] as a form of [[sexual abuse]] and said the [[Dairy farming|dairy]] industry "sexually violates" cows.<ref name="Young 2018"/> On the ''[[Jeremy Vine Show]]'', Carbstrong criticised the host [[Jeremy Vine|Vine]]'s ham and cheese sandwich.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeremy-vine-blasted-by-vegan-activist-offended-by-his-ham-and-cheese-sandwich_uk_5a72eb00e4b06fa61b4db202|title=Vegan Activist Blasts Jeremy Vine After Spotting His Ham And Cheese Sandwich|date=2018-02-01|website=HuffPost UK|access-date=2019-11-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Street-Porter |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Street-Porter |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/vegans-veganism-ham-sandwich-jeremy-vine-show-a8190646.html |title=Vegans hurt their case by being too extreme |website=[[The Independent]] |date=2 February 2018 |access-date=24 September 2024}}</ref>
In 2020, he appeared in ''Veganville'' on [[BBC Three]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Three - Veganville (On iPlayer: Not available) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07wn1by |website=BBC |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gallier |first1=Thea de |title=Veganuary: Veganism is tearing our families apart |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/1422e623-40b6-47f8-af6d-8603be278643 |website=BBC Three |date=17 January 2020 |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>
In 2020, he appeared in ''Veganville'' on [[BBC Three]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Three - Veganville (On iPlayer: Not available) |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07wn1by |website=BBC |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gallier |first=Thea de |title=Veganuary: Veganism is tearing our families apart |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/1422e623-40b6-47f8-af6d-8603be278643 |website=BBC Three |date=17 January 2020 |access-date=2 May 2024}}</ref>


===2024 arrest===
===2024 arrest===


In April 2024, Carbstrong and six other vegan activists were arrested after they occupied an elevated area at Cranswick Country Foods in [[Watton, Norfolk|Watton]].<ref name="Dunlop 2024">{{Cite web|last=Dunlop|first=Alex|date=2024|title=Protesters arrested at Cranswick Country Foods in Norfolk|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-68721834|website=BBC News|language=en-GB|archive-date=April 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405014421/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-68721834|url-status=live}}</ref> Carbstrong has stated that he wanted to raise awareness about the unethical use of gas chambers to slaughter pigs.<ref name="Dunlop 2024"/><ref name="Boag 2024">{{Cite web|last=Boag|first=Lily|date=2024|title=Six charged after Cranswick Country Foods protest in Watton|url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24231330.six-charged-cranswick-country-foods-protest-watton/|website=Eastern Daily Press|language=en-GB|archive-date=April 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405013642/https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24231330.six-charged-cranswick-country-foods-protest-watton/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2024|title=Seven arrests made after animal rights protesters infiltrate Norfolk abattoir run by Cranswick|url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-04-03/animal-rights-protesters-invade-pig-processing-factory|website=ITV News|language=en-GB|archive-date=April 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405015414/https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-04-03/animal-rights-protesters-invade-pig-processing-factory|url-status=live}}</ref> It is strongly believed by his opponents that this actions were an attempt to promote his film, something which he has already received a large amount of money from amazon who host his documentary.
In April 2024, Carbstrong and six other vegan activists were arrested after they occupied an elevated area at [[Cranswick plc|Cranswick Country Foods]] in [[Watton, Norfolk|Watton]].<ref name="BBC 2024">{{cite web |last1=Dunlop |first1=Alex |last2=Gordon-Farleigh |first2=Neve |date=2024-04-03 |title=Protesters arrested at Cranswick Country Foods in Norfolk|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-68721834 |website=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> Carbstrong has stated that he wanted to raise awareness about the unethical use of gas chambers to slaughter pigs.<ref name="BBC 2024"/><ref name="Boag 2024">{{Cite web |last=Boag |first=Lily |date=2024 |title=Six charged after Cranswick Country Foods protest in Watton |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24231330.six-charged-cranswick-country-foods-protest-watton/ |website=[[Eastern Daily Press]] |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405013642/https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24231330.six-charged-cranswick-country-foods-protest-watton/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Seven arrests made after animal rights protesters infiltrate Norfolk abattoir run by Cranswick |url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-04-03/animal-rights-protesters-invade-pig-processing-factory |website=[[ITV News]] |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405015414/https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2024-04-03/animal-rights-protesters-invade-pig-processing-factory |url-status=live}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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== External links==
== External links==
* [http://www.JoeyCarbstrong.com Official website]
* {{Official website}}
* {{IMDb name|9453838}}
* {{IMDb name|9453838}}


Latest revision as of 17:57, 23 December 2024

Joey Carbstrong
Born
Joseph Dominic Armstrong

(1988-11-26) November 26, 1988 (age 36)
Adelaide, South Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationAnimal rights activist
Known forAnimal rights advocacy
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2015-present
Subscribers161 thousand[1]
Total views42 million[1]
Last updated: December 2024
Websitewww.joeycarbstrong.com

Joseph Dominic Armstrong (born 26 November 1988[2]), known professionally as Joey Carbstrong, is an Australian animal rights activist. A former criminal,[3] he has since become an advocate for animal liberation and veganism through social media and public speaking engagements, as well as debates and various televised interviews. Carbstrong also does investigative work in animal rights, having investigated slaughter houses. He has campaigned against the RSPCA Assured scheme and has released undercover footage of animal cruelty on their farms.[4][5]

Personal life

[edit]

Carbstrong was born Joseph Dominic Armstrong in Adelaide, South Australia.[3] He has publicly stated that before his fame he was involved in substance abuse and crime.[3] He became a vegan after his release from incarceration.[3] He has a tattoo of the word "Vegan" behind his right ear.[6]

At the age of 14, he had left school and developed a heavy drug addiction.[3] He had various blue-collar jobs before receiving welfare at age 22. By this point he had gained a lengthy criminal record which included three assaults.[3] He spent 18 months under house arrest. He was arrested in September 2011 after police discovered a concealed, loaded shotgun which Armstrong was bringing to a drug deal. Multiple weapons and additional ammunition in his hotel room were also discovered and he spent six months in jail. While in jail, he claimed to have had an epiphany and decided to change his life, saying, "I began seeing my life with new eyes. I'd seen all the other prisoners in there and didn't want to be there, I wanted to leave the gangs."[3][7] In May 2021, he released a video to celebrate eight years of sobriety.[8]

Animal rights advocacy

[edit]

Carbstrong has been involved in animal rights street activism in Australia, Hong Kong,[9] and the United Kingdom, promoting groups such as Anonymous for the Voiceless and the Save Movement, an organisation that holds vigils outside slaughterhouses and promotes veganism by sharing images and footage from farms and slaughterhouses on social media.[10][11]

The footage which was released by Carbstrong and his team

In May 2023, Carbstrong is alleged to have published pictures taken from hidden cameras at a Pilgrim's Pride abattoir in Ashton-under-Lyne depicting the "utterly inhumane" nature of using carbon dioxide to stun pigs before being killed.[12] Carbstrong captured the undercover footage for his documentary Pignorant.[12]

Carbstrong has released undercover footage of animal cruelty at RSPCA Assured farms.[4][5] Footage showed workers hitting cows with implements on long poles and kicking them. In September 2024, Carbstrong commented that "our latest investigation exposes the facade behind the RSPCA’s Assured label, which is meaningless in protecting animals".[4]

Debates

[edit]

In January 2018, he began a 'Vegan Prophecy UK tour', which involved protesting against multiple slaughterhouses.[3]

In 2018, Carbstrong appeared on the British TV programme This Morning to debate two farmers.[13] During the heated discussion, Carbstrong described artificial insemination of cows as a form of sexual abuse and said the dairy industry "sexually violates" cows.[13] On the Jeremy Vine Show, Carbstrong criticised the host Vine's ham and cheese sandwich.[14][15] In 2020, he appeared in Veganville on BBC Three.[16][17]

2024 arrest

[edit]

In April 2024, Carbstrong and six other vegan activists were arrested after they occupied an elevated area at Cranswick Country Foods in Watton.[18] Carbstrong has stated that he wanted to raise awareness about the unethical use of gas chambers to slaughter pigs.[18][19][20]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "About @JoeyCarbstrong". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Joey Armstrong". GAWBY. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Dixon, Hayley; Pearlman, Jonathan (9 February 2018). "'Peaceful vegan activist' Joey Carbstrong compared dairy farmers to Hitler and told them to kill themselves". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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