Vegetarian Star

Yeah, he looked vicious, but would never harm a thing. Any non-human animal thing, that is.

Killer Kowalski was born Walter Spulnik. He grew up to become one of Canada’s most famous wrestlers and competed in events such as National Wrestling Association and World Wrestling Federation. After his retirement, he opened a training center in Malden, Mass. He’s also proof that true love can come at any age, as he married for the very first time in 2006. Here’s an excerpt from an interview with Vegetarian USA:

How did you become vegetarian?

Killer:It was 1953. I was reading alot of books, studying the effects of food on the body. At first, I wasn’t too sure about becoming a vegetarian. Then I heard about these two runners, Roger Bannister and John Landy. They were the first two men to break the four minute mile barrier. It was at the British Empire Games which were run in British Columbia. Roger Bannister, from England, won in under four minutes. And the little guy, John Landy, from New Zealand, he was just behind by a foot, so he ran under four minutes also. They both broke the four minute barrier. 

In the beginning it was for athletic reasons, but later I became more concerned about life itself. I won’t go too deeply into it, but there is a religious part and meditative part of vegetarianism for me.

After I made the change, people asked me different questions about being a vegetarian such as “Where do you get your protein?” I would say to them, “Elephants, they’re vegetarians. They grow up big and strong. And horses, they have tremendous endurance, and they are vegetarians. But meat eaters, like lions and tigers, they have a short lifespan.” The meat industry cons people into thinking you must eat decaying rotting flesh to get your protein. Bullshit, that’s a lot of baloney. Big, healthy, strong animals get their protein from vegetarian sources, grass even!

Read the rest of Killer’s interview here.

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