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The late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin‘s father, Bob Irwin, is asking China not to import kangaroo meat, as the industry is endangering the animal.

Russia has already banned kangaroo meat imports, and now Australia is looking to Asian countries to export the product, and is expected to start supplying China in the first part of 2010.

“Our kangaroos are in a position at the moment where you would describe their numbers as critical, I believe,” Bob Irwin said. “We are just trying to get the message across to China that it is definitely not necessary to eat kangaroo meat. It is unhygienic for a start and we would not eat their pandas, mate, so why should they eat our kangaroos?”

It is estimated there are 25 million kangaroos across Australia, but some conservationists argue that numbers are far lower.

via voanews.com

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Chris DeCinque, front man for the rising Australian band Closure In Moscow sat down with Vegnews.com to discuss his thoughts on being vegan, including the most important question every vegetarian should be able to answer.

Tofu or seitan?

Chris chose seitan, along with soy milk over rice and and vegan sesame prawn toast.

“Back home in Australia you can’t go past vegan sesame prawn toast—to die for. It’s basically deep-fried batter stuffed with “prawn” filling and a layer of sesame seeds on top, cut into the shape of toast. Simple, but amazing.”

Wonder if fellow Australian vegan musician Missy Higgins snacks on that during her home visits?

There is life after Vegemite down under.

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Gunnar Peterson, a celebrity fitness trainer, has teamed up with Silk Soy Milk to promote the dairy free goodness drink.

“I encourage all of my clients to choose foods that satisfy their hunger and supply them with enough energy and fuel to get through a busy day,” said Peterson.

“Silk soymilk is one of the easiest ways to add protein into your daily diet. With nutrient-rich ingredients like whole harvested soybeans, it’s really a perfect protein for any time of the day.”

Peterson has worked with many professional sports players in the NFL, NBA, NHL and NCAA.

We’re not sure of Gunnar’s vegetarian status. Would it have been more suitable to have vegetarian Biggest Loser coach Bob Harper promote Silk?

“Soymilk contains all of the essential amino acids for optimum health and experts agree that soy protein is comparable to the protein found in dairy, meat and eggs,” Peterson added. “But, unlike many animal-protein sources, Silk is low in saturated fat and 100 percent cholesterol free.”

Yay!

Now show us the soybean mustache, Gunnar.

via reuters.com

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Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so we’ll probably start seeing some turkey burger recipes pop up on Gwyneth Paltrow‘s website Goop.com.

The former vegetarian has been ripped by the community for “going back,” but she does try to refrain from some meat, if only for health reasons.

An Esquirer writer took on the task of following Gwyneth’s advice from Goop, which resulted in a hilarious piece of commentary.

The food plan followed called for eliminating several good for you vegetables, like tomatoes.

“Her meal plan cut out all dairy, gluten, meat, shellfish, condiments, sugar, alcohol, caffeine, and an entire class of food (tomatoes, eggplant, potatoes, and peppers) called nightshades. (Who knew?) Her menus were simple: For breakfast I consumed blueberry-and-almond-milk smoothies (fortified with protein and probiotic supplements), and for lunch and dinner I alternated among Paltrow’s recipes for light salads and thin soups. (The full seven-day menu is on goop.com.) Over the course of a single week I spent about $300 at a cluttered health-food market, and every night I spent about an hour preparing the next day’s meals. For those first few days, I felt terrible, and looking over my notes from that period, I’m kind of amazed I stuck with it.”

Kudos to Gwyneth for the almond milk suggestion, but to cut all Nightshade foods of peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplants?

Sounds night-shady.

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A movie about the editors, models, and photographers that made September 2007 the best selling edition of Vogue magazine ever, The September Issue,  hits the theatres this month.

Anna Wintour, fashion editor and editor-in-chief of American Vogue is known for reviving the fur trend in fashion.

Not sure how the “reviving” works, since the fur is dead, but Anna supposedly has the resurrection powers within her.

“Nobody was wearing fur until Anna put it back on the cover in the ’90s,” one stylist said, according to usatoday.com.

Thanks a bunch, Anna. The animals thank you as well.

Wintour has been quoted as saying,”There’s always a way to wear fur. Personally, I wear it on my back.”

Don’t see why she’s bragging about this, as most men won’t even admit to having a hairy back.

With the cruelty of animals being kept in cages on fur farms and even skinned alive for the hides, the best way to wear fur is to fake it or keep it on the original owner-the animal.

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If meat is evil, the processed meat is the superbionic evil created in a laboratory by Dr. Quickdeath.

Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli is backing a statement made by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), warning people of eating processed meat.

“Processed meat is a different thing – it comes from a huge production and unfortunately we don’t know how good it is for us,” said Zilli. “I would never dream of putting processed meat into my son’s lunchbox. Once they taste that [type of food] it’s hard to get them back into fresh food. When I go back to my family in Italy and I know that my brother has bought his salami from a good supplier I’ll eat it, but I wouldn’t eat salami from a supermarket.”

While we’re promoting the no salami approach, we’re excited that Chef Zilli has recommended some vegetarian alternatives, such as hummus and low fat cheese.

via catersearch.com

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Vegan House actress Olivia Wilde is gracing the cover of the October 2009 issue of GQ magazine and she’s giving the vegs a darn good name.

Apparently before the interview, the reporter had this “fantasy” plan of how everything would be conducted, including Olivia eating veggie burgers at In and Out.

Um, In-n-Out has veggie burgers? Don’t see any on the menu.

“We’re going to shoot sloppy pool and play Galaga and persuade two burly Hells Angels on their Harleys to drive us to an In-N-Out Burger, where I’ll order the Double-Double and Olivia, a vegetarian, will have a veggie burger and maybe a few fries, because, you know, she’s drunk, and those fries are amazing. Then we’ll climb into the hills and scale the famous hollywood sign, where we’ll sit until sunrise on opposite sides of the giant H, and Olivia will grandly recall her adventures in show business before she throws up, as I hold her flowing brown hair.”

Read the more realistic version of the conversation between GQ and Olivia at style.com.

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We briefly touched on the fact that Woody Harrelson turned Zombieland into a more environmentally friendly set during its shooting.

Now we’re learning more details on how Woody used his vegan eco powers to make the set a little greener.

Director Ruben Fleischer, who Woody convinced to eat veg during the filming, has revealed to WENN:

“He practices what he preaches and made us all aware. I’m far healthier since knowing him. He’s very persuasive.”

“He eats raw food and vegan items, so he had a chef making delicious things for him every day that he shared with me and the rest of the cast that was healthy and delicious.”

“One of the requirements for him doing the film was that we have a green set as much as possible. All the silverware was metal that could be washed and reused, as opposed to just thrown away.”

“If we did use plates or cups or glasses it was all biodegradable. We didn’t use plastic. Instead of having plastic water bottles, which he sees as a huge environmental threat, we had big coolers and everybody on the set got their own jug that they could refill.”

Wonder if Fleischer and the cast continued the veg and green efforts once the shooting wrapped up.

via contactmusic.com

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