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This just in from TMZ.

The Shambala Preserve, where Michael Jackson’s old tigers Thriller and Sabu are housed, is close to where the California wildfires are taking place.

However, despite mandatory evacuations, sanctuary officials are not going anywhere.

“We house 64 big cats and it would be a logistical nightmare to bring all these cats down the road and get in the firefighters way of doing their job,” Tippi Hedren, owner of the sanctuary said.

The sanctuary staff plans to stay on the grounds with the tigers and ride the fire out.

What do you think?

Should there have been more emergency plans on part of the sanctuary in case of a situation like this?

Hard to move 64 tigers, but when you have a sanctuary in a place where you know disasters like these happens…kind of like buying ocean front property without flood insurance.

We hope things turn out okay.

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Talk about horror!

The new flick Sorority Row, starring Rumer Willis, is about a group of sorority sisters who accidentally kill a girl and try to keep it a secret.

Good luck with that one.

One of the sets on Sorority Row is filmed in an actual slaughterhouse.

Rumer was interviewed by The Today Show and mentions the “drains” and “hooks” she saw and how they added to the horror experience.

Not nearly as horrifying for animals, I’m sure, as none of them would pay for a show in a real slaughterhouse.

Watch Rumer describe the set.

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A big slice of vegan birthday cake goes out to the following vegetarian or vegan celebrities today.

• J.D. Fortune

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Heather Mills‘ much talked about fashion line, Be@1, launched last week. The event took place at the Celebrity Catwalk charity in Hollywood Highlands. Be@1 takes used clothing and recycles it, helping to make Mother Earth a little more fashionable, ridding her of all the junk placed in her landfill trunk.

Heather states on her website:

“Society throws away over a million tones of clothing and textiles into the rubbish bins annually. Many of these items could be resold or remade into something new and exciting. This is why eco aware and fashion loving Heather had the idea to develop this new inspirational clothing line. The collection consists of women’s and menswear, designed for the assertive, fashionable and eco-conscious person. All the fabrics used in the pieces have been carefully sourced and remodeled into something unique and highly wearable. From a haute couture recycle lace white evening gown to a pair of high waisted trousers for the office, B@1 is about to show there is nothing trashy about recycling unwanted clothing!”

Be@1 will produce two collections per year for men, women, and children.

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Whatever happened to Wilbur the pig from Charlotte’s Web?

After he finished his red carpet activities and stole the spotlight from Dakota Fanning, Wilbur went to live happily ever after on the farm in Tennessee he was picked from with farmer John Batey.

But that almost didn’t happen.

After being chosen to appear on the front cover of an updated version of the book by E.B. White, “Charlotte’s Web,” Wilbur was headed for the slaughterhouse, much to the public’s outcry.

“Calls from Canada, Boston and New York came to the Batey home. “A Saskatchewan radio station thought our famous pigs would be of interest to their listeners,” said Melissa Batey, John’s wife. A vegetarian woman from Boston called to see what was going to happen to Wilbur. Even the publishing company called to offer a pig sanctuary for Wilbur. Calls also came in from Kingsport and Chattanooga.”

Happy ending?

Well, sorta.

Wilbur still lives on Batey farm. But it is still a farm, where other pigs are raised and sent to slaughter. Wilbur just gets “spared.”

But Batey maintains it’s a better life than at a sanctuary.

“I’ve seen those, and what a pitiful life,” said Batey. “I felt he would be much better off with his own kind and someone he knows. He is running with the sows, and they are about his size.”

via tennessean.com

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Audrey Kitching is known to make us hungry and salivate when she blogs or Tweets about her latest vegetarian fare.

Recently, Audrey just had to tell everyone about the vegan dessert she had with her friend, a vegan strawberry cheesecake “to die for.”

Whoa! That’s serious cheesecake. Now, the sugar toothfairy is calling.

However, no one has to die for a vegan dessert with zero dairy or eggs, so try this recipe we found from dairyfreecooking.about.com.

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Tony Gonzalez insists that his success on the football field is most closely tied with adopting “vegan principles,” according to usatoday.com.

Not a complete vegan-not even a complete vegetarian-Gonzalez still eats seafood and chicken occasionally, but has given red meat the permanent punt off his plate.

“You have to put good stuff in your body. Everybody should, but especially athletes. We’re high-performance machines. You wouldn’t put regular gas in a race car. Jimmie Johnson is going to put the high-octane, good stuff in there. It’s the same thing for football players. You’d be surprised by how many players don’t do it. But I’ve seen the results.”

Tony’s trying to get the wifey on board too, but she’s not the best willing participant.

Uh-oh.

Does she need a Skinny Bitch to keep her in line?

“She’s having trouble. When I cook, she’s eating good. But if she has to do it on her own, she might not make the best choices.”

Tony made the switch to a mainly vegetarian diet after sitting next to a man who ordered a vegan meal on a plane flight and bugging the heck out of him with questions, which led Tony to read The China Study, which outlines how diseases that drive health care costs up can be prevented with a plant based diet.

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Bif Naked has a new album out, The Promise, that was created during her fight with cancer and energy zapping chemotherapy.

So most people would think that a song from the album titled “Sick,” would detail Bif’s tumultuous battle with the disease.

Not entirely.

Bif, a raw vegan, is also an animal activist and used to song as a vehicle to express her disgust with some animal industries.

“Sick” is just another word to describe many of the injustices the weaker have to endure.

“‘Sick’ also addresses how I feel about the seal hunt and the puppy mills on Vancouver Island,” said Bif, according to straight.com.

“Obviously, docetaxel and carboplatin made me sick, but the premise of the song, for sure, is there’s just so many travesties and injustices that we have to outrun all the time.”

Bif got so sick during her treatment, she had to temporarily eat something not vegan-yam rolls-because they were the only things she could keep down.

Blah! Sounds horrible.

Happy return to vegan foods, Bif!

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