The fast-food giant already offers a vegan burger in Sweden and Finland

The company already offers a plant-based option called the McVegan in Sweden and Finland (Photo: Facebook)

A petition started

by Care2 to add the plant-based Impossible Burger to menus at US McDonald's

restaurants has surpassed 30,000 signatures.

Petition

The petition webpage says that by adding a vegan option, McDonald's would not only be 'helping

the environment but helping to save a life'.

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Care2 goes

beyond ethics, also arguing that fast-food giants 'are taking notice of the

rise of vegan and vegetarianism and it is helping them make big bucks'.

Growing

trend

Were the

petition successful, McDonald's would be contributing to an already rapid

increase in accessibility of vegan options.

A number of

US Chains, including White Castle, Shake Shack, TGI Fridays, and Red Robin,

have already hopped on the vegan bandwagon.

The Impossible Burger is made to closely resemble real meat (Photo: Facebook)

McVegan

While

McDonald's has a vegan burger option in select countries already, there hasn't

been a permanent menu item added in North America.

In light of

this, Care2 makes a final plea on the petition website.

It reads: "American

animals and people deserve to have a cruelty-free option in McDonald's stores

too.

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"That's why

Care2 is calling on McDonald's to bring their vegan burger to the U.S."