Vegetarian Star

Bear Grylls will eat anything with legs or tentacles when he’s in the wilderness for one of his Born Survivor episodes, but that doesn’t mean he’ll be microwaving rats or sprinkling salt on woodlice at home.

Or that he enjoys killing animals or wants to tick off activists.

In fact, he’s ran a sanctuary for the same creatures he may consume.

“I love animals,” Grylls told the UK Daily Post. “I’ve run an animal sanctuary up in Wales, and it’s a big part of my life, and wildlife is, and so I’m animal crazy, at the same time I do a show, they’re showing people how to survive if their life really is on the line.”

“We always make sure if we are killing something, it’s killed very fast, and it’s all eaten.”

Less painful slaughter, waste not.

Grylls’ wacky, extreme tactics may be just a good lesson on empathy and environmentalism.

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Friday night’s Medium starring Patricia Arquette will have an animal rights twist to it.

After an animal rights activist working undercover at a farm goes missing, clues to solving the disappearance come from none other than a pig that Allison befriends.

Could pigs serve as detectives like dog serve as canine cops?

In one experiment, pigs were taught to retrieve items and they remember doing so three years later.

Or perhaps they’d be better at pushing paper.

Another experiment showed pigs able to move cursors on a computer screen and distinguish previous scribbles from new ones. In other words, the pigs performed a job similar to what many do in their dreary, boring cubicles from 9-5, Monday through Friday.

Catch Medium tomorrow at 9/8C for the episode.

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Glee star Jane Lynch has recorded a new PSA for PETA about spaying and neutering your pets.

The aggressive cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester is doing a cheer for the millions of animals in shelters waiting for a home.

“The good folks at PETA asked me to say a few words about the importance of good posture and personal hygiene–but I don’t want to talk about that,” says the 2010 Golden Globe award nominee for Best Supporting Actress. “I want to talk about the 4 million dogs and cats who are euthanized every year because there aren’t enough homes for all of them.”

Lynch has one more tip at the end.

Watch to find out!

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"Earthlings" Barbi Twins

The Barbi Twins appear on the new poster for the documentary Earthlings, which examines human dependence on animals for food, fashion, entertainment and more.

The twins, Shane and Sia, are U.S. spokespersons for the film which is set for international release and DVD distribution worldwide in August.

The poster plays on the Got Milk? campaigns with a vegan twist.

According to Go Veg, although a cow’s natural lifespan is about 25 years old, a dairy cow is usually sent to slaughter after 5 years once she can no longer produce milk.

Male cows get less life, as they are taken away from their mothers immediately and fed a diet low in nutrients that will result in the light flesh color found in veal.

Is this why Shane and Sia feel milk is murder?

The former Playboy magazine cover girls have a history of activism for animal rights, including a facebook page against the Canadian Seal Hunt.

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"Eating Animals" Jonathan Safran Foer

You always aced any literature test in high school by reading the Cliffs Notes.

That was, until your Honors English teacher decided to write test questions that specifically couldn’t be answered from the yellow book.

Some people!

If you haven’t read Jonathan Safran Foer‘s book about animals and factory farms, Eating Animals, perhaps you’d like to at least look over 10 main arguments he makes in his book for not consuming animals.

The summarized arguments on issues such as pollution, infected animals and human rights of employees may give you the push to give up eating animals entirely or provide arguments to people who ask why you choose vegetarianism.

Factory farmed animals contribute to antibiotic resistance:
“In the United States, about 3 million pounds of antibiotics are given to humans each year, but a whopping 17.8 million pounds are fed to livestock—at least that is what the industry claims. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has shown that the industry underreported its antibiotic use by at least 40 percent…. Study after study has shown that antimicrobial resistance follows quickly on the heels of the introduction of new drugs on factory farms.” (p 140)

Cruel treatment of animals before they’re even slaughtered:
“Animals are bled, skinned, and dismembered while conscious. It happens all the time, and the industry and the government know it. Several plants cited for bleeding or skinning or dismembering live animals have defended their actions as common in the industry and asked, perhaps rightly, why they were being singled out.” (p 230)

Need to study more before the big “test?”

Visit Sojourners for the other eight key points discussed in Foer’s book.

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Foie Gras Protests At Thomas Keller restaurants

Anti foie gras protests at Thomas Keller‘s restaurants ranged from mild to slightly aggressive, as Eater reports.

Members of The Animal Protection Rescue League targeted Per Se in New York, Bouchon in Los Angeles, and The French Laundry in Yountville, CA.

All three restaurants serve foie gras, the swollen liver of ducks and geese obtained by force feeding them through tubes.

The Bouchon crowd was reported to be the rowdiest, chanting phrases like, “You have blood on your hands” and “We will never back down, till you stop the killing.”

The French Laundry actually fed its protesters with lemonade and cookies and shared its daily “Tasting of Vegetables” event with them.

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Kesha has donated 1,000 pounds of dog and cat food to the Nashville Metro Animal Shelter to help the overflow of animals that were relinquished or abandoned in the wake of the floods in the area.

“The pets were left alone [in flooded homes],” Kesha told People Pets. “A lot of them unfortunately died, but a lot of them were left stranded without food.”

The TiK ToK singer grew up in the city and is also a mother to several dogs rescued from places like Mexico and Honduras.

“I was wheeling massive amounts of dog food and I was with my mom and we both got a little emotional,” she added. “Sometimes animals get left behind when people are going through tragedy.”

She is also holding a benefit concert to help.

Many people don’t have a disaster plan for themselves, let alone their pets.

Along with a first aid kit for humans, The Humane Society of the United States suggests you construct a disaster kit for your pet, which should at least the following:

• Food and water for at least five days for each pet
• Medications and medical records stored in a waterproof container and a first aid kit
• Cat litter box, litter, garbage bags to collect all pets’ waste, and litter scoop
• Sturdy leashes, harnesses, and carriers to transport pets safely
• Current photos and descriptions of  pets
• Pet beds and toys
• Information about your pets-feeding schedules, etc.

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Robert Capron may star in Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but he’s tough as nails because he knows the cool thing to do is adopt a pet from a shelter versus buying from a store.

He and his family adopted a dog who was severely underweight and had experienced hair loss due to mange.

Capron said Sam, the dog, is happy as can be now, despite that fact he’s “been through so much.”

If you’re clueless as to where to find your next pet, just enter your zip code to be directed to the nearest animal shelter in your area.

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