This is the gut-wrenching moment a couple of carnivores chomp down on some dead squirrel at a vegan market in central London.

The anti-vegan YouTuber, who calls himself Sv3rige, arrived at the Soho Vegan Market today surrounded by fellow meat eaters waving ‘eat animal fats, don’t die’ placards.

With a necklace made from a dead woodcock bird around his neck, he began tucking into the furry rodent in the middle of the food stands.

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Sv3rige chomps down on some dead squirrel (Picture: Metro.co.uk)

Sv3rige films himself eating raw animals for his YouTube channel (Picture: Metro.co.uk)

Another carnivore was filmed removing bits of fur from between his teeth after taking a bite of the dead squirrel, which had not been skinned.




Shocked passer-bys shouted ‘what the f*** is going on’ as they came across the protest just a stone’s throw from Shaftesbury Avenue.

Many got their phones out to film Sv3rige, with one asking him: ‘Why are you doing this? I eat meat, but I don’t do this.’

Sv3rige tried to explain that he was there to raise awareness of the dangers of not eating meat.

But another passer-by replied: ‘You eating raw animals doesn’t prove anything.’

Sv3rige claims that ‘veganism is malnutrition’ (Picture: Metro.co.uk)

One protester said he was a ‘vegan for 20 years’ and ‘nearly died’ from malnutrition, before taking up the carnivore diet.

Before his protest today, Sv3rige told metro.co.uk about his mission to help ‘malnourished vegans’.

He said: ‘My message is that veganism is malnutrition and the reason I and other people eat raw meat is to show what humans eat in nature.

‘We try to talk to with the vegans and explain to them that there are over 15 nutrients that they can’t get from plants.

‘Quite often, we do make them understand and get them to look into it a bit more.

This carnivore said he ‘nearly died’ while following a vegan diet (Picture: Metro.co.uk)

‘Vegans are mostly about morals and ethics, but they don’t know anything about nutrition.’

He said he talks to vegans who ‘get very ill’ after years of following a vegan diet, but they ‘don’t realise’.

‘They believe it’s the best as it’s become a religion for them,’ he said.

‘They blindly believe we can go from eating meat to just eating plants like a cow, but we can’t as humans.’

But The Vegan Society has hit back at his claims, saying it is ‘perfectly possible’ to get all the nutrients you need as a vegan.

The anti-vegan protesters rip the guts out of the squirrel (Picture: Metro.co.uk)

Spokeswoman Dominika Piasecka said: ‘We regret that this individual feels the need to protest against a compassion-driven lifestyle that simply aims to reduce animal suffering and exploitation.

‘On the upside, many non-vegans were inevitably disgusted by his actions, which graphically raised awareness about how our food choices harm animals.

‘It is perfectly possible to get all the nutrients your body needs as a vegan; the British Dietetic Association shares the message that vegan diets are suitable for people of all ages and life stages.’



Last weekend, Sv3rige ate a raw pig’s head at Brighton’s VegFest 2019.

He claims his group were banned from coming back after being confronted by shocked vegans.

Sv3rige makes a necklace from a dead woodcock bird (Picture: Metro.co.uk)

‘It’s frightening for humanity because there are technically areas where humans can’t eat meat,’ he said.

‘And that’s all we did, we weren’t aggressive to anybody.’

But spokesman for VegFest UK Tim Barford told the Brighton and Hove Independent: ‘We knew about the planned protest and were expecting 30 protesters.

‘Three turned up, which was slightly sad for them and reminiscent of a Nigel Farage march.

‘But they proceeded to upset kids and members of the public, and with that in mind, the police arrived, gave them a warning and sent them packing.

‘What was interesting was that we had meat eating members of the public saying that this revolting spectacle had encouraged them to give up eating meat – so it seems the anti vegan protest actually encouraged people to go vegan.’

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Sv3rige’s series of stomach-churning demonstrations comes after a number of protests by vegans at restaurants that sell meat.

A Brazilian steakhouse in Brighton was stormed by protesters who played the sounds of cows being slaughtered.

It was cut short when diners started jeering, booing and making cow noises.

They also targeted a sustainable shop for ‘selling a lie’ because it promoted ‘happy’ locally sourced and free range meat, eggs and milk.

And in December, vegans in the coastal town targeted the turkey aisle at Waitrose, saying: ‘You can’t shop in peace when you are buying death.’

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