Vegetarian Star

If Tom Dwan is looking to make any more vegetarian prop bets soon, he’ll have to pick another poker player besides Prahlad Friedman.

According to Poker News Daily, Friedman is a devout follower of the Hindu religion, as well as a vegan, joining the likes of poker players who don’t consume meat or dairy like Daniel Negreanu.

Friedman’s total live tournament earnings exceed $2 million.

Now he and Daniel should make a bet on who’s homemade vegan cookies will be consumed the most by players during the next tournament.

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"Oh My Dog" Beth Ostrosky Stern

Beth Ostrosky Stern‘s new book on choosing and caring for a dog, Oh My Dog,  may appear to have a mixed message about animal welfare.

The wife of Howard Stern who has been both a volunteer at animal shelters and a North Shore Animal League America spokesperson, wrote that although her family had always taken in rescue pets from shelters, for some reason, she and Howard were set on finding a breed-an English Bulldog.

When she arrived at the breeder, she fell in love with a Bulldog that was a former show dog, but developed a wiggle and was of “no use” anymore in her former profession.

The dog went home with Beth and was named Bianca Romijn-Stamos-Ostrosky-Stern.

While adopting a shelter dog is the best way to reduce the millions of animals euthanized every year, like Beth’s story, some adoptions of breeds can prove just as beneficial, especially if the breed was “rescued” from a dangerous or unhealthy situation.

Like a bred dog suffering from the genetic mutation of missing or disabled limbs due to generations of inbreeding.

Retired racing greyhounds are another example of taking in a breed otherwise likely to be euthanized or abandoned.

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Has Mike Tyson taken to not biting the ears of any animal?

USA Today reports the boxing legend has become  vegan, something he revealed during an interview for the “Yes Network” series “CenterStage” that will air May 26.

His change in diet may appease some activists who were upset over his Animal Planet Show that features controversial pigeon racing, “Take On Tyson.”

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“What’s the difference between my dog and slicing him open and eating him or your grandmother? I mean really what’s the difference?”

–Joan Jett, during a break from passing out Vegetarian Starter Kits in NYC’s Union Square.

Joan’s answer took the New York Press by surprise, but at least it got them thinking.

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Betty Crocker Cookbook

A couple has decided to make vegan versions of every meat, poultry and dairy dish in the Betty Crocker Cookbook.

Dan and Annie Shannon at MeettheShannons.net decided to take on the faux whopper of a project after watching Julie and Julia, which freaked Annie out because of the lobster killing scene.

According to Ecorazzi, Annie said, “For as long as it takes – Dan & I will be veganizing every recipe in The Betty Crocker Cookbook and sharing our tips and secrets with you – our lurking readers.”

Dan and Annie have already veganized recipes like Cheeseburger Pie and Tuna Casserole.

Hop over to their website to see if an old comfort food favorite of yours has already been veganfied!

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"Best If Used By Freegans"

A film made by three journalism students at St. Michael’s College in Vermont about people who search through dumpsters for edible food, Best If Used By Freegans, highlights an important lesson in food and health.

According to BurlingtonFreePress, freegan Emily Rose said that despite conditions surrounding a garbage bin and expired food dates, the only freegans who got sick during their dumpster diving adventures were the ones who didn’t follow the prescribed formula.

A true “freegan” eats only free food that is vegan.

“Only one person we talked to said he got sick when he first started,” Rose said in an e-mail, “but he is the person who eats meat such as burgers or pizza that people have left in a food court. Everyone else we talked to, most of whom are vegetarians or vegan, said they’ve never gotten sick. The food they take is food that looks good. They take fruits or vegetables that are fine to eat, they might just have a dent or have soft spots, but it’s nothing that is going to harm you. They wash all the produce and then cook it, just like you’d do if you got it off a grocery store shelf.”

Poor pathetic carnivore can’t handle the leftovers.

The 50 minute film was created to highlight the amount of waste in the American food system, and some freegans ate…well…better than you might on any given week.

Some items consumed by the freegans included smoothies made from oranges and raspberries and green bean and hummus casserole.

Where is the dumpster they found these items from again?

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin made a stop by the Franz Josef Land, an island where scientists capture polar bears to collect data and tag them for surveillance before release back into the arctic.

While examining the giant creatures (a photograph of which can be found at The Guardian), Putin had this to say of the bear’s paws: “They’re heavy.”

Global warming has threatened several species on the island, including polar bears.

The tracking devices placed by researchers will allow them to monitor the extent the environmental change has had on the species.

According to Treehugger, the deputy director of Russia’s Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Vyacheslav Rozhnov said, “The reduction of the ice sheets, caused by climate change and human activities, is bringing about a global redistribution of polar bears, but no one knows how it is happening.”

Compounding this is barrels of discarded fuel left behind after the Cold War, a matter Putin says makes the arctic in need of a “general clean up.”

“From 40,000 to 60,000 tonnes of fuel and lubricants are being stored under inappropriate conditions, and the pollution exceeds maximum permissible levels by six times,” Putin said, according to The Guardian.

Rozhnov fears the pollutants from the leaking barrels of oil will threaten more animals, including whales and walruses.

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If you happen to be in New York City this afternoon and were walking past the PETA literature stand at 14th Street at Union Square, you may have thought you saw a Joan Jett lookalike.

Actually, it was the genuine real vegetarian rocker, helping the organization pass out vegetarian/vegan starter kits.

The kit, which contains facts about the intelligence and sentience of animals, the effects of meat on the environment, recipes and suggestions for frozen and convenience meals and more, is available online or you may order the print version.

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