Notorious vegan activist Tash Peterson has launched a plea for $30,000 to fund a trip to the United Kingdom, where she plans to speak at the Vegan Camp Out Festival in Hertfordshire. The 31-year-old, who declared bankruptcy in May after losing a defamation case, needs the money to pay a travel bond required by her bankruptcy trustees to retrieve her passport.
Peterson and her partner Jack Higgs were ordered to pay damages in 2024 after the Western Australian Supreme Court found they had defamed a vet by claiming she 'ate her own patients'. The pair surrendered their passports following the ruling. In a social media video, Peterson said the bond is necessary because trustees fear they might flee Australia permanently.
Higgs claimed the defamation case forced them into bankruptcy, but lawyer Martin Bennett, representing the vet, stated that neither had paid a cent of the damages. The GoFundMe page, hosted by Peterson's mother Sally, has raised $3,200 so far. Higgs said the bond would be refunded after the trip and directed to the Farm Transparency Project.
Peterson is known for disruptive protests, including bursting into a lamb shop playing animal screams and staging blood-soaked stunts outside David Jones. She also runs an OnlyFans account, which she says funds her activism, though her income from it was scrutinised in court.
